Key points
- This region has 4 of the world's 50 busiest airports in 2024: 1 each in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Colombia. It is the smallest region page, kept short on purpose.
- Colombia is a yellow-fever risk country. The CDC carries a Level 2 Travel Health Notice for yellow fever in Colombia, updated 16 October 2026.
- For Dubai, Doha and Jeddah, no airport-specific health item was found in research. That is absence of evidence, not evidence of absence.
- For passenger figures, see the directory — the only page on this site that carries them. This page lists ranks, airports and cities only.
Direct answer: The Middle East and Latin America has 4 of the world's 50 busiest airports in 2024 — one each in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Colombia. It is the smallest region page, kept short on purpose rather than padded. The one sourced health item in this region is Colombia: it is a yellow-fever risk country, and the CDC carries a Level 2 Travel Health Notice for yellow fever in Colombia, updated 16 October 2026. Whether this page should be folded into the directory or kept standalone is a decision for a future review.
The 4 airports
Passenger figures are not repeated here — the directory is the only page on this site that carries them. Ranks are from the 2024 ranking (ACI World Airport Traffic Dataset, 2025 Edition); ranks 21–50 are DRAFT, as the directory explains.
| Rank | Airport | City / location | Country | IATA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB |
| 33 | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | DOH |
| 39 | King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | JED |
| 49 | El Dorado International Airport | Bogotá | Colombia | BOG |
Colombia: yellow fever
El Dorado International Airport (rank 49) serves Bogotá, Colombia. Colombia is a yellow-fever risk country, and the CDC carries a Level 2 Travel Health Notice — “Practice Enhanced Precautions” — for yellow fever in Colombia, updated 16 October 2026 and confirmed on the CDC Travelers’ Health hub on 7 November 2026. The yellow-fever rule is the standing IHR entry-health rule explained in the IHR guide on this site: some countries may require proof of yellow-fever vaccination from travellers arriving from a yellow-fever-risk country, including after a long transit there, and the certificate is valid for life since 2016. Check the CDC destination page for Colombia and the IATA Travel Centre before travel.
Dubai, Doha and Jeddah: what was found, and what was not
For Dubai International Airport (rank 2), Hamad International Airport (rank 33) and King Abdulaziz International Airport (rank 39), no airport-specific health item was found in the research behind this area. For Dubai, only 2020-era thermal-screening material was found — stale, and not used here. The absence of a found item is absence of evidence, not evidence of absence: no airport-operator health page was opened for all 50 airports, and no airport on this site is described as having “no measures”. The country-level route exists for all three — the CDC destination page and the IATA Travel Centre for the country, and the destination country’s own health authority. Jeddah is a Hajj and Umrah gateway; the pilgrimage health requirements were not researched in the airports pass, and this page does not add them. The travel vaccinations guide on this site carries the Hajj and Umrah rules for the 2026 pilgrimage year, with the Saudi Ministry of Health as the authority to check.
Frequently asked questions
Which airports are in the top 50 in this region?
4 in 2024: Dubai International in the UAE, Hamad International in Doha, Qatar, King Abdulaziz International in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and El Dorado International in Bogotá, Colombia.
Why is this page so short?
Only four airports fall in this region, and only one has a sourced health item. The page is kept short on purpose rather than padded. Whether it should be folded into the directory is a decision for a future review.
Why is there no health rating for these airports?
No public per-airport health or IHR compliance rating exists. WHO does not publish a per-airport scorecard, and CAPSCA assistance-visit reports are confidential to the State.