• Taxis wait for passengers at Beijing Capital International. The airport handled almost 82 million passengers last year. Tee Eng Koon / AFP
    Taxis wait for passengers at Beijing Capital International. The airport handled almost 82 million passengers last year. Tee Eng Koon / AFP
  • A British Airways plane comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London. Heathrow airport handled about 70 million passengers last year. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Photo
    A British Airways plane comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London. Heathrow airport handled about 70 million passengers last year. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Photo
  • Passengers walk through the newly opened international terminal building of Tokyo’s Haneda International airport in 2010. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP
    Passengers walk through the newly opened international terminal building of Tokyo’s Haneda International airport in 2010. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP
  • NBA basketball player Darko Milicic waits at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Paul Beaty / AP Photo
    NBA basketball player Darko Milicic waits at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Paul Beaty / AP Photo
  • Los Angeles International airport handled 63.6 million passengers last year. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP
    Los Angeles International airport handled 63.6 million passengers last year. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP
  • A traveller looks at boarding announcements at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Thomas Coex / AFP
    A traveller looks at boarding announcements at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • American Airlines planes on the tarmac at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport. Louis DeLuca / The Dallas Morning News
    American Airlines planes on the tarmac at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport. Louis DeLuca / The Dallas Morning News
  • A passenger at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. Beawiharta / Reuters
    A passenger at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. Beawiharta / Reuters
  • Dubai International expects to attract 65.4 million passengers this year. Stephen Lock / The National
    Dubai International expects to attract 65.4 million passengers this year. Stephen Lock / The National

In pictures: Top 10 airports by passengers in 2012


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