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8 Charts Showing the World’s Largest Airport Megahubs

Dan Peltier

Skift Take

The U.S. is the clear leader for connectivity megahubs as some carriers' hubs get bigger and Americans exhibit increased demand for inter-city business and leisure travel.

Some 22 U.S. airports, among the world's busiest for passenger traffic, are on OAG's list for the top 50 largest global megahubs for the number of connections they offer. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport takes the top spot with its connectivity index ratio, a number which measures the amount of connections the airport offers to the destinations it serves. OAG found that on a single day in August 2015 the airport had more than 570,000 possible connections available. The megahub statuses of several U.S. airports also derive from some of the world's largest airlines basing their hubs at these airports. American Airlines, the world's largest carrier by fleet size, has its main hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport which is the third largest and also the second fastest-growing megahu

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