Cargo Traffic at international airports in 2012

Cargo Traffic at international airports in 2012.

The table given gives some interesting information about cargo carried in different airports for the year of 2012.

Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap) is first in the list with totally 4,066,738 meter tons of cargo in 2012 which is 2.3% higher than the previous year. Next in the list is Shanghai Pudong International (China) which had a sharp decrease of 4,77% (the highest decrease among 30 airports). However it stood still in its ranking with 3^rd place (2,938,157 meter tons). At Incheon International airport in Seoul, South Korea 3.3% increase (2,456,726 metric tons) is seen, which contributed to 1 ranking raise. The very opposite of this scales is at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport with slightly more than 3 percent decrease and 1 ranking fall. However, they are similar in the total amount of cargo carried as Ted Stevens Anchorage had 2,463,696 metric tons of freight.

Frankfurt Airport in Hesse, Germany had a noticeable growth of 6.7 percent. For this reason it raised positions in ranking up to 9. The total cargo for this airport was slightly more than 2 mln. Similarly, Beijing Capital International Airport expanded 10% comparing to the previous year and went up from 14 to 13 in rank. Finally, London Heathrow Airport nearly didn’t change through the year and had only 0.9 decrease. Therefore, the airport maintained its ranking.

To summarize, the biggest change is seen in Beijing Capital International Airport (Chaoyang, Beijing, China) while the most effective change is in Frankfurt Airport (2 places increase). However, Beijing Airport is highly likely to enter large business in the following years with 2 or more growth in ranking each year.