Published on 26 May 2023 on Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance

30 Busiest Airports in the World by Flights Per Day

In this piece, we will take a look at the 30 busiest airports in the world by flights per day. For more cities, head on over to 5 Busiest Airports in the World by Flights Per Day.

Modern day air travel is nothing short of a miracle. Every day, thousands of massive machines weighing hundreds of tons take to the skies and ferry people thousands of kilometers all over the world. Human flight, or commercial flight at the scale that we see it today, is a relatively new phenomenon and one that was not widely available even a hundred years ago. As is the case with several crucial technologies, such as the Internet, commercial aviation also owes its existence to a large extent to military development.

The Second World War was the real stimulant for commercial aviation. This is due to the fact that not only did the jet engine made it to fighter aircraft during the tail end of the conflict, but the war also provided companies with the experience to develop huge metallic beats for bombing and ferrying cargo and troops. This experience was transferred to the commercial sector, and several aircraft used during the war such as the Douglas DC-3 were converted for civilian use.