Top 10 Busiest Cargo Airports in 2023 Released: Hong Kong Continues to Lead

According to the provisional data recently released by Airports Council International (ACI), Hong Kong International Airport's cargo volume in 2023 increased by 3.3% compared to the same period last year, reaching 4.33 million metric tons, maintaining its status as the world's busiest cargo airport.

From the ranking above, it can be seen that the United States still has the most airports on the list, with five airports making the cut. Apart from Miami (MIA), which saw a slight increase of 1% compared to 2022 and moved up one place to seventh, the other four major airports experienced varying degrees of decline, particularly Los Angeles (LAX), which declined by 14.9% and ranked ninth; followed by Louisville (SDF), which dropped by 11.1% and fell one place compared to 2022 to fifth; Memphis (MEM) dropped by 4.0% and ranked second; and Anchorage (ANC) dropped by 2.4%, ranking fourth, falling one place compared to 2022.

Three major airports in the Greater China region made the list, with Hong Kong (HKG) topping the chart. Its cargo volume increased by 3.2% compared to 2022. This is the 13th time since 2010 that Hong Kong International Airport has become the world's busiest cargo airport. Shanghai (PVG) ranked third, moving up one place compared to 2022, with cargo volume increasing by 10.4%, becoming the airport with the largest cargo volume growth. Taipei, China, ranked tenth, declining by 16.8% compared to 2022 and dropping three places.

The two other airports on the list are Incheon, South Korea (ICN), ranking fifth, and Doha, Qatar (DOH), ranking eighth.

Compared to 2019, the best-recovered airport was Anchorage Airport, with a recovery rate of 123.1%. Next was Taipei Airport, with a recovery rate of 103.25%, followed by Los Angeles Airport, with a recovery rate of 101.95%. The other seven airports had recovery rates below 100%, with Incheon Airport recovering to 99.3% of 2019 levels, Louisville Airport to 97.8% of 2019 levels, Shanghai Airport to 94.7% of 2019 levels, Doha Airport to 93.7% of 2019 levels, Hong Kong Airport to 90.1% of 2019 levels, Memphis Airport to 89.8% of 2019 levels, and Miami Airport only recovering to 70.3% of 2019 levels. By Air Cargo Brother