Top 100 international airport hubs
The international hub airports listed here are the connection points the rest of the network bends around — 100 airports across 6 continents and 57 countries, chosen for the volume… of long-haul traffic they actually move rather than how flashy their terminals look. For each hub we surface the city it serves, country and continent, the carriers that base operations there, and the runway and terminal context that helps you predict transfer time before you commit to a tight layover. Use the filters to browse by continent or search by name, IATA, or city; click any hub for a deeper profile, including direct routes and the airlines flying them. Most travellers only know a handful of these airports first-hand — this directory is the cheat sheet for the rest, useful whether you're planning a self-connect, evaluating an alliance reroute, or trying to decide which hub gives you a smoother layover en route to somewhere slower.
Africa
8 hubs
ADDHAABAddis Ababa Bole International AirportAddis Ababa
CAIHECACairo International AirportCairo
CPTFACTCape Town International AirportCape Town
ALGDAAGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgiers
NBOHKJKJomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi
CMNGMMNMohamed V International AirportCasablanca
LOSDNMMMurtala Muhammed International AirportLagos
JNBFAORO.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg
Asia
34 hubs
AUHOMAAAbu Dhabi International AirportAbu Dhabi
BAHOBBIBahrain International AirportBahrain
CMBVCBIBandaranaike International AirportColombo
PEKZBAABeijing Capital International AirportBeijing
TLVLLBGBen Gurion International AirportTel Aviv-Yafo
SINWSSSChangi International AirportSingapore
CTUZUUUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChengdu
MAAVOMMChennai AirportChennai
BOMVABBChhatrapati Shivaji International AirportMumbai
DXBOMDBDubai AirportDubai
CANZGGGGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportGuangzhou
DOHOTHHHamad International AirportDoha
HNDRJTTHaneda AirportTokyo
HKGVHHHHong Kong International AirportHong Kong
ICNRKSIIncheon International AirportSeoul
DELVIDPIndira Gandhi International AirportDelhi
KIXRJBBKansai International AirportOsaka
BLRVOBLKempegowda International AirportBengaluru
JEDOEJNKing Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah
RUHOERKKing Khaled International AirportRiyadh
KULWMKKKuala Lumpur International AirportKuala Lumpur
KWIOKBKKuwait International AirportKuwait
NRTRJAANarita International AirportTokyo
DPSWADDNgurah Rai International AirportDenpasar (Bali)
MNLRPLLNinoy Aquino International AirportManila
HANVVNBNoi Bai International AirportHanoi
HYDVOHSRajiv Gandhi International AirportHyderabad
PVGZSPDShanghai Pudong International AirportShanghai
SZXZGSZShenzhen Bao'an International AirportShenzhen
CGKWIIISoekarno-Hatta International AirportJakarta
BKKVTBSSuvarnabhumi AirportBangkok
TPERCTPTaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaipei
SGNVVTSTan Son Nhat International AirportHo Chi Minh City
KTMVNKTTribhuvan International AirportKathmandu
Europe
28 hubs
MADLEMDAdolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas AirportMadrid
AMSEHAMAmsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam
BCNLEBLBarcelona-El Prat AirportBarcelona
BEREDDBBrandenburgBerlin
BRUEBBRBrussels AirportBrussels
CDGLFPGCharles de Gaulle AirportParis
CPHEKCHCopenhagen AirportCopenhagen
DUBEIDWDublin AirportDublin
DUSEDDLDusseldorf International AirportDusseldorf
ATHLGAVEleftherios Venizelos International AirportAthens
FRAEDDFFrankfurt AirportFrankfurt
MUCEDDMFranz Josef Strauss AirportMunich
WAWEPWAFrederic Chopin AirportWarsaw
GVALSGGGeneve AirportGeneva
HELEFHKHelsinki-Vantaa AirportHelsinki
ISTLTFMIstanbul New AirportIstanbul
FCOLIRFLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino AirportRome
LISLPPTLisbon Portela AirportLisbon
LGWEGKKLondon Gatwick AirportLondon
LHREGLLLondon Heathrow AirportLondon
MANEGCCManchester AirportManchester
MXPLIMCMilano Malpensa AirportMilan
OSLENGMOslo Airport GardermoenOslo
ORYLFPOParis Orly AirportParis
ARNESSAStockholm Arlanda AirportStockholm
PRGLKPRVaclav Havel Airport PraguePrague
VIELOWWVienna International AirportVienna
ZRHLSZHZurich AirportZurich
North America
19 hubs
MEXMMMXBenito Juarez International AirportMexico City
CUNMMUNCancun International AirportCancun
DFWKDFWDallas/Fort Worth International AirportDallas
IAHKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportHouston
ATLKATLHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta
JFKKJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportNew York
BOSKBOSLogan International AirportBoston
LAXKLAXLos Angeles International AirportLos Angeles
LASKLASMcCarran International AirportLas Vegas
MIAKMIAMiami International AirportMiami
YULCYULMontreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontreal
EWRKEWRNewark Liberty International AirportNew York
ORDKORDO'Hare International AirportChicago
YYZCYYZPearson International AirportToronto
SFOKSFOSan Francisco International AirportSan Francisco
SEAKSEASeattle-Tacoma International AirportSeattle
PTYMPTOTocumen International AirportPanama City
YVRCYVRVancouver International AirportVancouver
IADKIADWashington Dulles International AirportWashington
Oceania
5 hubsSouth America
6 hubs
SCLSCELArturo Merino Benitez AirportSantiago
BOGSKBOEl Dorado International AirportBogota
GIGSBGLGaleao Antonio Carlos Jobim International AirportRio De Janeiro
LIMSPIMJorge Chavez International AirportLima
EZESAEZMinistro Pistarini AirportBuenos Aires
GRUSBGRSao Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSao Paulo




