Below you’ll find interesting aerial photos of the 10 largest airports in the world—largest defined by the number of people passing through each year. 

1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International


Doc Searls, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

2. Beijing Capital International Airport

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 3.0

3. London Heathrow Airport

Konstantin Von Wedelstaedt, Wikimedia Commons // GFDL 1.2

4. O'Hare International Airport

Wikimedia Commons

5. Tokyo International Airport

© National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs) via Wikimedia Commons

6. Los Angeles International Airport

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

7. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 3.0

8. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Tom Walsh, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

9. Frankfurt Airport

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

10. Hong Kong International Airport

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

These numbers are based on 2011 stats.