which cities are rising, and which are fading

1. 3 Shanghai China 135.1M
2. 5 Beijing China 124.4M
3. 10 Bangkok Thailand 94.5M
4. 11 Chengdu China 90.2M
5. 12 Delhi India 78.1M
6. 14 Singapore Singapore 70.0M
7. 16 Shenzhen China 66.5M
8. 17 Hong Kong China 61.0M
9. 18 Bengaluru India 43.8M
10. 19 Sydney Australia 42.5M
11. – Dhaka Bangladesh not reported
12. – Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam not reported
13. – Jakarta Indonesia not reported
14. – Karachi Pakistan not reported
15. – Kolkata India not reported
16. – Lahore Pakistan not reported
17. – Manila Philippines not reported
18. – Mumbai India not reported
19. – Seoul South Korea not reported
20. – Tokyo Japan not reported

Source: airport operators and national aviation authorities (one per airport) · 2025 data. 28 cities have no published figure from a primary source yet. Cities with no full-year figure from the airport or its regulator show as not reported; most African, South Asian and Latin American airports publish none yet. New York: Port Authority total for its airports, rounded; Los Angeles: five airports in the region; Dubai: DXB only; Dubai World Central (about 1m) not yet published for the full year; Bangkok: Don Mueang given as 31.6m in AOT's summary and 31.7m in its chart; Delhi: summed from the operator's monthly filings; São Paulo: Guarulhos rounded by its operator; Hong Kong: rounded by the airport authority; Sydney: published as 'more than 42.54 million'.