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Table 8 Degree centrality in the large global component

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

Region

Airport

City

Country

ED

GRR

GRC

North and central America- Caribbean

John F Kennedy

New York

USA

62

1

9

Lester B Pearson

Toronto

Canada

45

2

19

Newark Liberty

Newark

USA

39

3

24

Miami

Miami

USA

36

4

27

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

USA

34

5

30

Europe

Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Germany

106

1

1

Charles de Gaulle

Paris

France

104

2

2

Atatürk

Istanbul

Turkey

99

3

3

Heathrow

London

UK

89

4

4

Schiphol

Amsterdam

Netherlands

80

5

7

East and Southeast Asia

Beijing Capital

Beijing

China

61

1

10

Suvarnabhumi

Bangkok

Thailand

57

2

12

Narita

Tokyo

Japan

56

3

13

Incheon

Seoul

South Korea

48

4

15

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

47

5

16

Africa- Middle East- Southern Asia

Dubai

Dubai

U A E

89

1

4

Hamad

Doha

Qatar

59

2

11

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

U A E

42

3

22

Cairo

Cairo

Egypt

34

4

30

Indira Gandhi

Delhi

India

31

5

32

Oceania

Sydney K Smith

Sydney

Australia

26

1

41

Melbourne

Melbourne

Australia

20

2

57

Auckland

Auckland

New Zealand

13

3

96

Perth

Perth

Australia

13

3

96

Brisbane

Brisbane

Australia

12

4

106

South America

Guarulhos-G A F M

São Paulo

Brazil

36

1

26

El Dorado

Bogotá

Colombia

30

2

36

Jorge Chávez

Lima

Peru

22

3

53

Ministro Pistarini

Buenos Aires

Argentina

19

4

61

Rio G–T Jobim

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

18

5

69

Russia- Central Asia- Transcaucasia

Sheremetyevo

Moscow

Russia

84

1

6

Domodedovo

Moscow

Russia

77

2

8

Pulkovo

St Petersburg

Russia

47

3

16

Vnukovo

Moscow

Russia

31

4

32

Heydar Aliyev

Baku

Azerbaijan

23

5

51

  1. The top five inter-regional hubs in each region are reported. ED is the external degree. It measures the number of connections of an airport with airports located in the large global component. GRR is the global rank of the airport in its region. GRC is the global rank in the global component is the airport rank in the global component by decreasing external degree