Exploring the Regional Structure of the Worldwide Air Traffic and Route Networks

Table 13

9 max s-core airports of the Africa-Middle East-Southern Asia component.

Airport	City	Country	Core strength	Local rank	National rank
Indira Gandhi	Delhi	India	8699	1	1
Chhatrapati Shivaji	Mumbai	India	7414	2	2
Kempegowda	Bangalore	India	6455	3	3
Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurt	Germany	5907	6	1
King Abdulaziz	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	5539	5	1
Chennai	Madras	India	4882	8	4
King Fahd	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	4757	4	2
King Khaled	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	4658	7	1
Rajiv Gandhi	Hyderabad	India	4609	10	5

Airports not in the top 9 regional airports with the highest strength are in bold. The core strength of a node is its number of flights in the maximum s-core. Local rank is the rank in the large local component. National rank is the airport rank in its country. Airports are ranked from largest to smallest strength.