The global airport ranking is out! Shenzhen Airport is ranked second in the country for the first time! Chengdu has been promoted to the "Third City of Aviation"!

At the end of the year, a number of large domestic airports released 2023 annual passenger throughput "report card". After three years of epidemic trough period, 2023 each airport bottomed out. The terminal building reappeared crowded, a plane on the apron frequent takeoffs and landings, "growth", "breakthrough" has become the annual keywords of each airport.

In this year, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport achieved "four consecutive championships" in terms of annual passenger throughput, and Shenzhen Airport's annual passenger throughput returned to 50 million. Changsha Huanghua Airport, Sanya Phoenix Airport, Urumqi Dewoqi Airport and other ten million airports have announced record high annual passenger throughput, of which Changsha Huanghua Airport is the first in Central China.

Although the industry as a whole is recovering rapidly, the pattern of airports in the north, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, which were shuffled under the epidemic, has not been repaired in just one year. Before the epidemic, Beijing Capital Airport and Shanghai Pudong Airport were the top two airports in China, and Capital Airport even compared to Atlanta Airport in the United States with hundreds of millions of passengers. After the impact of the epidemic, Beijing and Shanghai airports were greatly injured,

New breakthrough! Shenzhen Airport ranks second in domestic passenger volume in China for the first time in 2023

In 2023, the development of Shenzhen Airport's main aviation industry delivered a brilliant report card. The annual passenger throughput reached 52.73 million passengers, of which the passenger throughput of domestic routes exceeded 50 million for the first time, reaching 50.25 million passengers, an increase of nearly 7% compared with 2019, ranking second in the country for the first time.

Chengdu to become the "Third City of Aviation"! Chengdu's air traffic to reach 74.92 million by 2023

On January 3, the latest data reported by Sichuan Airport Group showed that in 2023, Chengdu International Aviation Hub completed a total of 538,000 flights, passenger throughput of 74.924 million people and cargo throughput of 771,000 tons, an increase of 92.2%, 141% and 26.1% respectively. Among them, the annual passenger throughput of Chengdu International Aviation Hub ranks third in the country's cities, and Chengdu enters China on January 3, the latest data reported by Sichuan Airport Group shows that in 2023, Chengdu International Aviation Hub will complete a total of 538,000 flights, 74,924,000 passengers and 771,000 tons of cargo and mail throughput. Year-on-year growth was 92.2%, 141% and 26.1%, respectively.

According to reports, in 2023, Chengdu International aviation Hub seized the opportunity of market recovery, production and transportation data repeatedly reached new highs, and the total passenger throughput of Chengdu Shuangliu and Chengdu Tianfu exceeded 70 million passengers on December 7, achieving another 10-million level leap. Tianfu International Airport achieved a "triple jump" in passenger throughput of 10 million, and exceeded 40 million passengers on November 23, officially ranking among the world's busiest airports, and the annual passenger throughput ranked first in the central and western regions.

The production and transportation volume of Civil Aviation Xizang District Bureau reached a new record high in 2023

On December 31, 2023, as the last inbound flight arrived at Lhasa Gongga Airport, the Tibet Regional Bureau of Civil Aviation in 2023 guaranteed 60,700 flights and 6.897 million passenger throughput, an increase of 63.2% and 106.1% compared with 2022, respectively, and the two data reached a new record high. Among them, the annual passenger throughput of Lhasa Gongga Airport exceeded 5 million for the first time, reaching 5.471 million passengers, an increase of 111.8%. The annual passenger throughput of Qamdo Bangda Airport exceeded 420,000 for the first time, reaching 424,000 passengers, an increase of 60%. The annual passenger throughput of Nyingchi Milin Airport exceeded 600,000 for the first time, reaching 683,000 passengers, an increase of 133.1%; The annual passenger throughput of Alikunsa Airport exceeded 190,000 for the first time, reaching 194,000 passengers, an increase of 71.7%.

Global airport rankings for 2023 are out!

Global air capacity in 2023 has recovered to 97% of 2019. Among them, the airport traffic in Europe, the United States and the Middle East recovered faster, and the Asian airport generally recovered relatively slowly.

China Airport Ranking

After the two operations in Chengdu, Tianfu Airport, as the main hub, took over the position of Shuangliu and ranked fifth. Chongqing Airport moved up from ninth to sixth place. Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport has a strong recovery momentum, and 2023 has witnessed the international transfer and smooth operation of T4 terminal, the independent operation of dual runway has been approved, coupled with the opportunity to hold the 19th Asian Games, and the annual passenger volume has reached a record high, which is expected to exceed 3% in 2019.

Global Airport Rankings

Looking at the development trend of global aviation hubs, the top ten aviation hubs in 2023 have undergone significant changes compared with 2019:

➤Among the top 10 airports in the world by passenger volume in 19 years, 4 seats are in North America, 3 seats are in Asia-Pacific, 2 seats are in Europe, and 1 seat is in the Middle East

➤ Among the top 10 airports in the world by passenger volume in 23 years, North America has 5 seats, Europe has 3 seats, and Asia Pacific and the Middle East have 1 seat each➤ 迪拜、达拉斯、丹佛、

The number of passengers at Istanbul Airport is expected to exceed 2019 levels

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Source: Civil Aviation Resources Network