JFK Airport lost its top 20 ranking

JFK Airport, long one of the busiest airports in the world, lost its top 20 ranking on Monday. A preliminary report released by Airports Council International on the number of passengers shows that significant increases in traffic at Asian airports pushed JFK off of the top 20 list. Last year, JFK had about 59.4 million passengers, ranking it 22 out of 1,202 airports. At the top of the list is Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with 120 million passengers. The report said India’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi rose 4 spots to the 16th busiest. The International Air Transport Association estimates that by 2036, air travelers will double to 7.8 billion a year.