Four U.S. airports are among the most connected in the world

If you want to get where you’re going, faster, it helps to travel through a well-connected airport hub. Aviation analytics firm Cirium recently revealed a list of the world’s most connected airports. The ranking is based on the number of unique nonstop destinations each airport serves, with data gathered from the first two quarters of 2024.

The 20 most connected airports in the world are also some of the busiest. They include airports in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U.S. While Istanbul Airport, with 309 nonstop flights to destinations around the world, has been named the best-connected airport in the world, four airports in the U.S. made the list of the top 20.

At number five is Chicago O’Hare Airport, with 270 destinations served. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is at number 6 with 261 connections, followed by Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport at number nine with 237 connections and Denver International Airport at number 11 with 229 connections.

These are the world’s 20 most connected airports

1. Istanbul Airport
2. Frankfurt Airport
3. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
4. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
5. Chicago O’Hare Airport
6. Dubai International Airport
7. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
8. Shanghai Pudong International Airport
9. Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
10. Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Aiport
11. Denver International Airport
12. London Heathrow Airport
13. Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport
14. Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
15. London Gatwick Airport
16. Munich Franz Joseph Strauss Airport
17. Barcelona El-Prat Airport
18. Beijing Capital International Airport
19. Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
20. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport