Revealed: This Year’s Top Airports For Boeing Aircraft Flights
Summary
- Boeing aircraft accounted for about one in three of the world’s flights this year.
- Atlanta had the most services by the manufacturer’s aircraft.
- Of the top five airports, a massive 74% of Tokyo Haneda’s offerings were by them.
The world had almost 35 million scheduled passenger flights in the full year 2023, according to Cirium data. Not surprisingly, the bulk of services (about 77%) were operated by aircraft types and variants manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. About one in three flights saw Boeing equipment.
A quick summary
Analysis of schedules shows over 1,840 airports worldwide had flights using Boeing aircraft this year. With about 30% of them, the US was – hardly surprisingly – overwhelmingly the single largest nation.
Of course, the country is the world’s largest aviation market. However, it is so dominant for Boeing services that it had more than two-thirds more than second-placed China. (As we will see another time, the US is not the first globally for Airbus flights.)
At a continent and regional level, a third of all Boeing aircraft movements were to/from/in North America. Asia was a close second (32%), then Europe (20%), South America (4%), the Middle East (4%), Africa (3%), Australasia (3%), Central America (1%), and the Caribbean (1%).
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Things are inevitably different if widebodies are considered separately. Then, Asia (excluding the Middle East) accounts for the lion’s share, just as you would expect. It is mainly because of heavy 767, 777, and 787 domestic use in Japan and 777, 787, and 747s in China.
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Top airports: flights by Boeing aircraft
As shown below, only three of the top five are in the US. They are joined by Tokyo Haneda (due to so many domestic flights) and Dubai (because of Emirates and flydubai’s huge fleets).
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To make things more readable, I have stated the average number of daily Boeing movements (take-offs and landings combined). As they are averages, they will vary per day.
Atlanta, which remains the world’s busiest airport overall, had more services by Boeing equipment than any other airport worldwide. Nearly six in ten of Atlanta’s movements were by such aircraft, far above the four in ten for the US generally. The proportion rises to almost three-quarters at Haneda.
|
Airport |
Average daily Boeing movements in 2023* |
% of airport movements |
Number one Boeing aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Atlanta |
1,173 |
57% |
737-900 |
|
Denver |
985 |
56% |
737-800 |
|
Tokyo Haneda |
931 |
74% |
737-800 |
|
Chicago O’Hare |
742 |
40% |
737-800 |
|
Dubai |
731 |
66% |
777-300ER |
|
* Take-offs and landings spread equally over the year; passenger-only |
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A look at Atlanta
Schedule analysis indicates that 185+ of Atlanta’s routes (across all carriers) saw Boeing equipment this year, of which 49 only saw aircraft from that manufacturer.
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When all flights are considered, Orlando had the most services by such aircraft, followed by Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore, Jacksonville, Newark, Miami, New Orleans, Nashville, and Richmond. For several of these, the ever-rare 757 was (and remains) particularly important.
What do you make of it all? Let us know in the comments section.