London , England ’ s Heathrow Airport is Europe ’ s busiest according to passenger traffic volume . In 2016 , Heathrow Airport handled 75.7mn passengers , a 1 % increase over the previous year and a record for the airport . That same year , the airport handled more than 1.54mn metric tonnes of cargo and facilitated nearly 475,000 aircraft movements . Heathrow Airport flies to more than 180 destinations , located in 90 countries . The busiest airport in the world is Atlanta ’ s Hartsfield – Jackson Airport , US , which catered for more than 104mn passengers in 2016

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