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CHICAGO (AP)--O'Hare International Airport handled nearly a million flights in 2004, a record that boosts the Chicago airport's claim of being the world's busiest, officials said.

A surge in regional flights pushed the number of takeoffs and landings at O'Hare to 992,471 last year, a 6.6% increase over 2003, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

Regional jets accounted for more than 40% of the approximately 2,850 daily flights at O'Hare, up from less than one-third of all flights three years ago, officials said.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport came in second, with 962,460 flights in 2004, according to the FAA. Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport handled 811,381 flights.