Ten of the top twenty airports in the world for departing seat capacity this week are in China, according to OAG. Some of the busiest airports in the world may be places you haven’t heard of or at least, couldn’t place precisely on a map like Hangzhou, Chongquing and Kunming.

China’s domestic travel capacity had collapsed, suggesting the country hadn’t recovered as much in aviation from Covid-19 as they’d previously let on. However Chinese New Year brought travel racing back. Chongquing actually has 8% more seats flying this week than in January 2020.

For all of China’s dominance here in Covid times around Chinese New Year the busiest airport in the world for domestic flying is still Atlantaa – and by a lot (17% ahead of the number two airport). Middle seat blocking helps here (Delta is flying more seats than they are selling) but Delta has retrenched to Atlanta to a large degree and it skews as a domestic hub even during normal times.

While capacity there has fallen nearly a third year-over-year, the airport was the largest already by enough that it retains the spot even as Dallas contracted less.

Here’s the full list, with Denver currently United’s biggest hub.

Airport		Jan 2020		This Week		Vs Last Week		Vs. 2020
Atlanta		1,014,824		690,739		2.5%		-31.9%
Guangzhou		698,419		590,006		42.7%		-15.5%
Chengdu		605,315		581,883		36.3%		-3.9%
Chongquing		520,763		562,768		40.9%		8.1%
Denver		650,980		537,620		4.9%		-17.4%
Shenzhen		562,357		534,415		30.9%		-5.0%
Dallas-Fort Worth		668,358		505,923		2.2%		-24.3%
Tokyo Haneda		829,733		483,028		0.6%		-41.8%
Delhi		583,237		481,042		3.5%		-17.5%
Jakarta		627,397		474,244		-1.4%		-24.4%
Kunming		522,420		456,881		61.6%		-12.5%
X’ian		502,173		415,802		56.9%		-17.2%
Shanghai Hongqiao		472,253		413,893		23.0%		-12.4%
Beijing Capital		841,142		391,917		11.9%		-53.4%
Seattle		461,887		372,986		8.5%		-19.2%
Hangzhou		388,176		371,171		47.5%		-4.4%
Shanghai Pudong		451,681		365,255		43.1%		-19.1%
Chicago O’Hare		698,340		359,799		9.0%		-48.5%
Charlotte		540,852		358,742		0.5%		-33.7%
Los Angeles		631,461		345,389		3.9%		-45.3%

Ten of the top twenty airports for domestic capacity are in China, seven are in the U.S., and that leaves just Tokyo Haneda, Delhi, and Jakarta in other countries. China and the U.S. have among the most robust domestic air networks and limited domestic travel restrictions.