ATC AROUND THE WORLD CRACK

ATC AROUND THE WORLD CRACK

Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg was the sole African airport to crack the top 50. Heathrow moved over 78 million passengers and 1.70 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2017.Īccording to OAG, Singapore Changi and El Dorado International Airport in Colombia were the most connected airports in Asia–Pacific and South America, respectively. This busy air traffic hub recently had a mind-blowing 72,000 possible international connections within a 6-hour window of arriving and departing flights. The heavyweight airport leading the world in international connectivity is London Heathrow. To help put this connectivity between airports into perspective, OAG created the Megahubs International Index.īelow are the top 50 internationally connected airports: Rank While all airports are effective at moving passengers from point A to B, particular locations play a crucial role in the global network. The unique, force-directed layout allows us to see relationships beyond geographical location.Īs the GIF above reveals, Europe remains an important linchpin in international travel, and cities on North America’s West Coast – such as Vancouver and San Francisco – swing in response to Asia’s gravitational pull. Today’s data visualization – created by researcher, Martin Grandjean – is a dramatic look at over 3,200 air traffic hubs that connect our world’s population centers.

Remarkably, the world’s air transport network doubles in size every 15 years, and the International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO) estimates that it will do so again by the year 2030.

In 2017, airlines moved over four billion passengers, a number that continues to grow each year.Īs more and more people around the world can afford to scratch their travel itch, new connections and airports will be created to meet that demand. View the high resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here.

A Network Map of the World’s Air Traffic Connections

Atc around the world