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Table 17 Core airports of the global component (24)

From: Revealing the component structure of the world air transportation network

Airport

City

Country

Core degree

Global rank

Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt

Germany

16

1

Charles de Gaulle

Paris

France

16

2

Atatürk

Istanbul

Turkey

16

3

London Heathrow

London

United Kingdom

16

4

Dubai

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

19

5

Sheremetyevo

Moscow

Russia

19

6

Amsterdam Schiphol

Amsterdam

Netherlands

16

7

John F Kennedy

New York

United States

19

9

Beijing Capital

Beijing

China

18

10

Hamad

Doha

Qatar

17

11

Narita

Tokyo

Japan

17

13

Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino

Rome

Italy

16

14

Incheon

Seoul

South Korea

18

15

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

17

16

Lester B. Pearson

Toronto

Canada

17

19

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

17

22

Munich

Munich

Germany

15

23

Guarulhos-Governador A F Montoro

Sao Paulo

Brazil

16

26

Shanghai Pudong

Shanghai

China

17

28

Zurich

Zurich

Switzerland

15

29

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

United States

16

30

Indira Gandhi

Delhi

India

16

32

Washington Dulles

Washington

United States

16

38

Chicago O’Hare

Chicago

United States

17

39

Domodedovo

Moscow

Russia

–

8

Suvarnabhumi

Bangkok

Thailand

–

12

Adolfo S Madrid–Barajas

Madrid

Spain

–

17

Pulkovo

St. Petersbourg

Russia

–

18

Singapore Changi

Singapoer

Singapore

–

20

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

–

21

Newark Liberty

Newark

United States

–

24

  1. Airports not in the top 24 inter-regional hubs are in bold. The core degree of a node is its number of links in the maximum k-core. Global rank is the rank in the large local component. Airports in the top 24 inter-regional hubs and not in the k-core are in bolditalic