Exploring the Regional Structure of the Worldwide Air Traffic and Route Networks
Table 9
The 25 largest nodes in the air transportation network are ranked descendingly according to their strength centrality.
Region
Airport
City
Country
Strength
Worldwide strength rank
Local strength rank
Global strength rank
Worldwide degree rank
North and Central America-Caribbean
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
United States
146563
1
11
11
24
Chicago O’Hare
Chicago
United States
146093
2
3
10
6
Hartsfield J Atlanta
Atlanta
United States
135109
4
1
28
5
Dallas Fort Worth
Dallas
United States
122407
5
4
30
8
John F Kennedy
New York
United States
110863
8
4
3
14
Newark Liberty
Newark
United States
106850
9
14
6
19
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
104325
10
10
15
52
Seattle Tacoma
Seattle
United States
98539
11
6
35
67
Charlotte Douglas
Charlotte
United States
89409
13
7
55
26
Ronald R Washington
Washington
United States
88348
14
5
248
73
Lester B. Pearson
Toronto
Canada
85631
15
25
12
23
McCarran
Las Vegas
United States
83054
16
8
76
33
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
United States
81950
17
15
30
40
General E L Logan
Boston
United States
78835
19
19
25
57
George Bush Houston
Houston
United States
77421
20
16
33
13
Denver
Denver
United States
76329
22
11
77
12
Montreal/P E Trudeau
Montreal
Canada
72866
23
18
37
65
Phoenix Sky Harbor
Phoenix
United States
71831
24
12
224
71
Minneapolis-St Paul
Minneapolis
United States
70461
25
13
87
39
Europe
London Heathrow
London
United Kingdom
138629
3
9
4
10
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
113422
6
2
2
3
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt
Germany
112802
7
5
1
2
Amsterdam Schiphol
Amsterdam
Netherlands
91405
12
5
5
1
Munich
Munich
Germany
77154
21
6
7
9
East and Southeast Asia
Beijing Capital
Beijing
China
81235
18
1
9
1
An air transportation network’s strength centrality is ranked by its worldwide strength rank. It is computed using the total strength (internal and external). Local rank is the strength centrality rank in the large local components. Internal strength is used to calculate it. Global rank is the strength centrality rank in the global component. External strength is used to calculate it. No indication is given when an airport does not belong to the global component. Top inter-regional airports are in bold. Top regional and inter-regional airports are in italics. Others are top regional airports.
