Bangladesh, Aug. 15 -- South Korea's Incheon International Airport has become the world's busiest airport for international passengers, aided partly by disruptions in the Middle East stemming from the Iran war.

Located about 48 kilometers west of the South Korean capital of Seoul, the airport handled 38.39 million international passengers in the first half of 2026, according to preliminary data compiled by the Airports Council International (ACI), the global trade body for airports.

London's Heathrow ranked second with 37.79 million passengers, followed by Singapore's Changi airport with 34.53 million, the data showed.

This marks the first time Incheon has led the international passenger rankings since the facility opened in 2001. The ...