This is a list of the busiest airports in the Middle East (handling more than 5,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.

The tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport over the last year. Data is sourced individually for each airport and normally originates from national aviation authority statistics, or those of the airport operator or international civil aviation authorities.

2023 statistics

2023 data is being updated as not all Airports and state regulatory entities have disclosed the statistic up until now.

RankAirportCity servedCountryCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Total
passengers		Rank
change		%
change
1.Dubai International AirportDubai United Arab EmiratesDXB/OMDB86,800,000[1]SteadyIncrease30.2%
2.Istanbul AirportIstanbul TurkeyIST/LTFM76,236,980[2]SteadyIncrease18.2%
3.Hamad International AirportDoha QatarDOH/OTHH45,916,104[3]SteadyIncrease25.8%
4.King Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah Saudi ArabiaJED/OEJN42,700,000[4]SteadyIncrease34.9%
5.Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportIstanbul TurkeySAW/LTFJ37,030,005[2]Increase1Increase20.5%
6.Antalya AirportAntalya TurkeyAYT/LTAI35,538,387[2]Decrease1Increase14.2%
7.King Khalid International AirportRiyadh Saudi ArabiaRUH/OERKTBUTBUTBU
8.Cairo International AirportCairo EgyptCAI/HECA26,000,000[5]TBUIncrease29.9%
9.David Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv IsraelTLV/LLBGTBUTBUTBU
10.Abu Dhabi International AirportAbu Dhabi United Arab EmiratesAUH/OMAA22,000,000[6]TBUIncrease41.6%
11.Kuwait International AirportKuwait City KuwaitKWI/OKKK15,500,000[7]SteadyIncrease7.2%
12.Sharjah International AirportSharjah United Arab EmiratesSHJ/OMSJTBUTBUTBU
13.Mehrabad International AirportTehran IranTHR/OIIITBUTBUTBU
14.King Fahd International AirportDammam Saudi ArabiaDMM/OEDFTBUTBUTBU
15.Ankara Esenboğa AirportAnkara TurkeyESB/LTAC11.914.082[2]IncreaseTBUIncrease37.3%
16.İzmir Adnan Menderes Airportİzmir TurkeyADB/LTBJ10,691,522[2]TBUIncrease8.7%
17.Muscat International AirportMuscat OmanMCT/OOMSTBUTBUTBU
18.Queen Alia International AirportAmman JordanAMM/OJAI9,500,000[8]SteadyIncrease21.2%
19.Hurghada International AirportHurghada EgyptHRG/HEGN8,700,000[5]TBUIncrease21.4%
20.Bahrain International AirportManama BahrainBAH/OBBITBUTBUTBU
21.Beirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut LebanonBEY/OLBATBUTBUTBU
22.Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International AirportMedina Saudi ArabiaMED/OEMATBUTBUTBU
23.Imam Khomeini International AirportTehran IranIKA/OIIETBUTBUTBU
24.Larnaca International AirportLarnaca CyprusLCA/LCLK8,100,000[9]TBUIncrease34.2%
25.Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International AirportMashhad IranMHD/OIMMTBUTBUTBU
26.Sharm El Sheikh International AirportSharm El Sheikh EgyptSSH/HESH5,900,000[5]SteadyIncrease31.1%
27.Dalaman AirportDalaman TurkeyDLM/LTBS5,247,488[2]SteadyIncrease16.0%

2022 statistics

RankAirportCity servedCountryCode
(IATA/ICAO)		Total
passengers		Rank
change		%
change
1.Dubai International AirportDubai United Arab EmiratesDXB/OMDB66,069,981[10]Increase1Increase127.0%
2.Istanbul AirportIstanbul TurkeyIST/LTFM64,518,073[11]Decrease1Increase73.5%
3.Hamad International AirportDoha QatarDOH/OTHH35,730,482[10]Increase3Increase101.8%
4.King Abdulaziz International AirportJeddah Saudi ArabiaJED/OEJN31,648,324[10]Increase3Increase134.6%
5.Antalya AirportAntalya TurkeyAYT/LTAI31,108,181[11]Decrease1Increase41.3%
6.Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportIstanbul TurkeySAW/LTFJ30,737,854[11]Decrease3Increase23.4%
7.King Khalid International AirportRiyadh Saudi ArabiaRUH/OERK26,299,612[10]Decrease2Increase63.5%
8.Cairo International AirportCairo EgyptCAI/HECA20,009,336[12]TBUIncrease76.4%
9.David Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv IsraelTLV/LLBG20,008,532[13]TBUIncrease197.8%
10.Abu Dhabi International AirportAbu Dhabi United Arab EmiratesAUH/OMAA15,540,000[14]TBUIncrease202.0%
11.Kuwait International AirportKuwait City KuwaitKWI/OKKK14,460,000[15]TBUIncrease306.1%
12.Sharjah International AirportSharjah United Arab EmiratesSHJ/OMSJ13,000,000[16]TBUIncrease84.7%
13.Mehrabad International AirportTehran IranTHR/OIII12,430,000[17]TBUIncrease13.0%
14.King Fahd International AirportDammam Saudi ArabiaDMM/OEDF10,000,000[18]TBUIncrease66.7%
15.İzmir Adnan Menderes Airportİzmir TurkeyADB/LTBJ9,834,578[11]TBUIncrease29.9%
16.Ankara Esenboğa AirportAnkara TurkeyESB/LTAC8,679,594[11]TBUIncrease23.5%
17.Muscat International AirportMuscat OmanMCT/OOMS8,600,000[19]TBUIncrease132.0%
18.Queen Alia International AirportAmman JordanAMM/OJAI7,837,501[20]TBUIncrease71.9%
19.Hurghada International AirportHurghada EgyptHRG/HEGN7,164,088[12]TBUIncrease46.0%
20.Bahrain International AirportManama BahrainBAH/OBBI6,900,000[21]TBUIncrease127.5%
21.Beirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut LebanonBEY/OLBA6,349,799[22]TBUIncrease47.0%
22.Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International AirportMedina Saudi ArabiaMED/OEMA6,340,684[23]TBUIncrease24.4%
23.Imam Khomeini International AirportTehran IranIKA/OIIE6,211,927TBUIncrease205.0%
24.Larnaca International AirportLarnaca CyprusLCA/LCLK6,037,133[24]TBUIncrease68.1%
25.Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International AirportMashhad IranMHD/OIMM5,970,000[17]TBUTBU

See also

References

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