Exploring the Regional Structure of the Worldwide Air Traffic and Route Networks
Table 14
10 max s-core airports of the South America component.
Airport
City
Country
Core strength
Local rank
National rank
Tancredo Neves
Belo Horizonte
Brazil
4305
2
3
Santos Dumont
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
3564
6
7
Afonso Pena
Curitiba
Brazil
3500
7
8
Congonhas
Sao Paulo
Brazil
3030
8
9
Guarulhos-Governador A F Montoro
Sao Paulo
Brazil
2887
1
1
Deputado Luis E Magalhães
Salvador
Brazil
2504
10
8
Presidente J Kubitschek
Brasilia
Brazil
1927
4
4
Rio Galeão-Tom Jobim
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
1914
3
2
Salgado Filho
Porto Alegre
Brazil
2962
11
10
Santa Genoveva
Goiania
Brazil
2095
13
12
Airports not in the top 10 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.
