Exploring the Regional Structure of the Worldwide Air Traffic and Route Networks
Table 8
Strength centrality in the large global component.
Region
Airport
City
Country
External strength
Global rank in the region
Global rank in the component
North and Central America-Caribbean
John F Kennedy
New York
United States
72166
1
3
Newark Liberty
Newark
United States
40924
2
6
Chicago O’Hare
Chicago
United States
38539
3
10
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
United States
35148
4
11
Lester B. Pearson
Toronto
Canada
34818
5
12
Europe
Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Germany
101024
1
1
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
72206
2
2
London Heathrow
London
United Kingdom
64265
3
4
Amsterdam Schiphol
Amsterdam
Netherlands
53340
4
5
Munich
Munich
Germany
40785
5
7
East and Southeast Asia
Narita
Tokyo
Japan
40608
1
8
Beijing Capital
Beijing
China
39915
2
9
Suvarnabhumi
Bangkok
Thailand
29477
3
16
Incheon
Seoul
South Korea
29288
4
17
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
25989
5
20
Africa-Middle East-Southern Asia
Dubai
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
27074
1
19
Indira Gandhi
Delhi
India
16882
2
32
Hamad
Doha
Qatar
1121
3
40
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
13512
4
41
Cairo
Cairo
Egypt
12803
5
43
South America
Guarulhos-G A F M
São Paulo
Brazil
21733
1
24
El Dorado
Bogotá
Colombia
13616
2
39
Ministro Pistarini
Buenos Aires
Argentina
9447
3
50
Rio G-T Jobim
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
6103
4
64
Jorge Chávez
Lima
Peru
4575
5
80
We report the top five inter-regional hubs in each region. An airport’s external strength is the number of connections it has with airports in the large global component. The global rank in a region is determined by decreasing external strength in that region. Airports’ rank in the global component is based on decreasing external strength.
