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Busiest Airport Clusters

Top 20 airports by number of other airports within 500 km

A proxy for regional air-traffic density — dense clusters mean overlapping catchment areas, heavy short-haul competition and often congested airspace.

#AirportNearby Airports
1
Paris-Orly AirportORY · Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne), France
149 airports within 500km
2
Charles de Gaulle International AirportCDG · Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise), France
147 airports within 500km
3
Brussels South Charleroi AirportCRL · Charleroi, Belgium
129 airports within 500km
4
Brussels AirportBRU · Zaventem, Belgium
122 airports within 500km
5
London Gatwick AirportLGW · London, United Kingdom
117 airports within 500km
6
Düsseldorf AirportDUS · Düsseldorf, Germany
115 airports within 500km
7
EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBSL · Bâle / Mulhouse, France
115 airports within 500km
8
London Heathrow AirportLHR · London, United Kingdom
113 airports within 500km
9
Amsterdam Airport SchipholAMS · Amsterdam, Netherlands
113 airports within 500km
10
Washington Dulles International AirportIAD · Dulles, United States
113 airports within 500km
11
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportBWI · Baltimore, United States
113 airports within 500km
12
London Luton AirportLTN · Luton, Luton, United Kingdom
113 airports within 500km
13
Philadelphia International AirportPHL · Philadelphia, United States
111 airports within 500km
14
Newark Liberty International AirportEWR · Newark, United States
111 airports within 500km
15
London Stansted AirportSTN · London, Essex, United Kingdom
110 airports within 500km
16
Stuttgart AirportSTR · Stuttgart, Germany
110 airports within 500km
17
Geneva International AirportGVA · Geneva, Switzerland
109 airports within 500km
18
Cleveland Hopkins International AirportCLE · Cleveland, United States
109 airports within 500km
19
Zürich AirportZRH · Zurich, Switzerland
108 airports within 500km
20
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportDTW · Detroit, United States
108 airports within 500km
Data note: Rankings are based on the LandingAtlas dataset sourced from OurAirports and OpenFlights. Values reflect records in our dataset and may not represent current operational status. Data sources →
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