Mexico City International Airport (AICM) has had good years, but this was not one of them, because in the ranking Top 50 International Airport Megahubs de 2024 carried out by the English company OAG, fell more than 10 places.
The English firm, which is dedicated to evaluating the connectivity of international airports, published its ranking of the 50 best-rated flight sites to fly, in which only one from Mexico appears.
Where did AICM rank in the AOG rankings for 2024?
According to the ranking of the firm AOG, the Mexico City International Airport It was ranked 32nd, but last year it was ranked 18th.
A nivel Latin AmericaAICM was placed second; last year it led the list of the best connected in the region.
Last year, AICM was ranked as one of the top airports in Latin America, but this year El Dorado International Airport, which is in Colombia, is ranked 20th. In 2023, it was ranked 29th.
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport is the third in Latin America, ranking 46th, having only moved up 3 places, since in 2023 it was in 49th place.
In 2022, AICM was ranked 10th; and in 2019 it was ranked 15th in the ranking of the 50 best connected countries.
It is worth noting that the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), located at the Santa Lucía military base in the State of Mexico, has not yet managed to enter the ranking.
However, at a regional level, more than one Mexican airport does appear. In the top 10 from Latin America The International Airport is located Cancun in place 8; and that of Guadalajara in the 9th.
The firm explained that it evaluated the 100 largest international airports in the world, based on the total number of seats scheduled for a full year (September 2023 to August 2024).
The data is taken from the busiest day for global aviation over the past year (September 2023 to August 2024), which was Friday, August 2, 2024.
“The total number of all possible connections between incoming and outgoing flights within a six-hour window is calculated, considering those in which the incoming flight, the outgoing flight or both are international,” it explained on its website.
Top 10 best airports in the world
- London Heathrow International Airport, United Kingdom
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
- Tokyo International Airport, Japan
- Amsterdam International Airport Schiphol, Netherlands
- Incheon International Airport, South Korea
- John F. Kennedy International Airport, United States
- Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
- Istanbul Airport, Türkiye
- O’Hare International Airport, United States
- Frankfurt am Main Airport, Germany
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