Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Worlds busiest 'single runway' airports

A few days ago, I was watching James from Only Planes Network (OPN) filming at Gatwick Airport in London. During the live stream, he mentioned that Gatwick is the second busiest 'single' runway airport in the world. That immediately got me curious — if Gatwick is number two, then which airport holds the number one spot? And more interestingly, which other airports make it into the top ten busiest single-runway airports worldwide?



Place - City - Airport - Passengers in 2024 (millions) Runway length (ft)

01. Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (BOM/VABB) 54.8m   11,302
02. London - Gatwick (LGW/EGKK)                                  43.2m    10,879
03. Lisbon - Humberto Delgado (LIS/LPPT)                     35.1m     12,156
04. London - Stansted (STN/EGSS)                                  29.8m     10,003
05. Xiamen - Gaoqi Intl (XMN/ZSAM)                                27.9m     11,155
06. Urumqui - Tianshan Intl (THQ/ZLTS)                          27.8m     11,811
07. San Diego - International (SAN/KSAN)                      25.2m       9,401 *
08. Shenyang - Taoxian Intl (SHE/ZYTX)                          23.7m     10,499
09. Sanya - Phoenix Intl (SYX/ZJYS)                                 21.4m     11,155
10. Jinan - Yaoquiang Intl (TNA/ZSNJ)                             20.0m     11,814


* Busiest single-runway airport in North America.


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