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Hong Kong Airport (cargo)
Hong Kong, China22.31°N 113.91°E
computed criticality28/100
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4.9 Mt of cargo, world's No. 1 (2024)
2024Fault line
The world's busiest cargo airport for the fourteenth time since 2010, it concentrates the electronics and high-value goods of the Pearl River Delta. With global air freight leaning on a handful of hubs, a shutdown of Chek Lap Kok would strand demand already stretched elsewhere.
Actors
Airport Authority Hong Kong
Cathay Cargo
Cainiao, SF Express
DHL Central Asia Hub
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