What are the largest / busiest airports in Asia?
Due to the growing economy, the number of aviation passengers in Asia has grown enormously in recent decades. Airports in Asia are very common nowadays. All airports from the top 10 in Asia are also part of the top 20 busiest airports in the world. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport and Kuala Lumpur Airport are just out of the Asian top 10. Beijing Capital Airport is the largest airport in Asia based on the number of passengers and is home of Air China.
The largest airlines in Asia are China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Hainan Airlines and AirAsia. Air China is the national airline of China. AirAsia is a low-cost airline, popular with Asians and tourists.
Top 30 busiest/largest airports in Asia, 2019
| Position | Airport | Total passengers |
| 1 | Beijing Capital Airport (China) | 100,013,642 |
| 2 | Tokyo Haneda Airport (Japan) | 87,098,683 (*2018) |
| 3 | Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) | 86,396,757 |
| 4 | Shanghai Pudong Airport (China) | 76,153,455 |
| 5 | Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (China) | 73,378,475 |
| 6 | Hong Kong Airport (China) | 71,543,000 |
| 7 | Seoul Incheon Airport (South Korea) | 71,169,516 |
| 8 | Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) | 68,300,000 |
| 9 | Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport (India) | 67,301,016 |
| 10 | Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Indonesia) | 66,908,159 (*2018) |
| 11 | Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand) | 65,424,564 |
| 12 | Kuala Lumpur Airport (Malaysia) | 62,336,469 |
| 13 | Chengdu Shuangliu Airport (China) | 55,858,552 |
| 14 | Shenzhen Bao’an Airport (China) | 52,931,925 |
| 15 | Taiwan Taoyuan Airport (China) | 48,689,372 |
| 16 | Kunming Changshui Airport (China) | 48,075,978 |
| 17 | Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport (Philippines) | 47,898,046 |
| 18 | Xi’an Xianyang Airport (China) | 47,220,547 |
| 19 | Mumbai Airport (India) | 45,873,329 |
| 20 | Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (China) | 45,637,882 |
| 21 | Chongqing Jiangbei Airport (China) | 44,786,722 |
| 22 | Tokyo Narita Airport (Japan) | 44,344,739 |
| 23 | Bangkok Don Mueang Airport (Thailand) | 41,312,443 |
| 24 | Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport (China) | 40,108,405 |
| 25 | Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat Airport (Vietnam) | 40,000,000 |
| 26 | Doha Hamad International Airport (Qatar) | 38,786,422 |
| 27 | Jeddah King Abdulaziz Airport (Saudi Arabia) | 37,540,000 |
| 28 | Bangalore Kempegowda Airport (India) | 32,361,666 |
| 29 | Osaka Kansai Airport (Japan) | 31,910,732 |
| 30 | Jeju Airport (South Korea) | 31,316,394 |
Sources, among others:
http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/index_172.html?fl=111 (China)
https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k20Annex3.pdf (India)
https://www.airportthai.co.th/en/airports-of-thailand-plc/about-aot/air-transport-statistic/ (Thailand)
https://www.dubaiairports.ae/corporate/media-centre/fact-sheets/dubai-airports (Dubai)
https://www.changiairport.com/corporate/our-expertise/air-hub/traffic-statistics.html (Singapore)