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
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.