BUSINESS MEMO: CHICAGO, MEMPHIS BUSY

Chicago's O'Hare and the Memphis International were the world's busiest airports last year.

Airports Council International reports that O'Hare handled 67,254,586 passengers in 1995, up 1.2 percent from the year before. And Memphis, home of Federal Express, topped the cargo-handling category with 1,712,066 metric tons moved, a 3.5 percent increase. A metric ton is 2,205 pounds.

Behind O'Hare, the remainder of the world's 10 busiest airports for passengers were: Atlanta Hartsfield, 57,734,755; London Heathrow, 54,452,636; Dallas-Fort Worth, 54,369,613; Los Angeles International, 53,909,223; Tokyo Haneda, 45,822,503; Frankfurt, Germany, 38,179,543; Miami International, 33,235,658; Denver, 31,028,191; and New York-JFK, 30,327,723.

For handling cargo, rounding out the top 10 were: Tokyo Narita, 1,662,852; Los Angeles, 1,597,219; Miami, 1,584,680; New York-JFK, 1,572,840; Hong Kong, 1,484,741; Frankfurt, 1,461,284; Louisville, Ky., 1,351,147; Chicago O'Hare, 1,235,806; and London Heathrow, 1,125,608.