Mumbai airport recently broke the record for number of flights handled in a 24 hour period. Can you guess the record? Try – 969 flights in 24 hours, at an airport only operating one runway at a time. That’s about 40 flights per hour! If you’ve been hoping to brush up on largely useless, but amusing and occasionally useful (in pub quiz) knowledge – here’s a look at some other world breaking stats from the world of air travel.
World’s Busiest Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – 104,171,935 passengers in 2016
World’s Longest Non-Stop Current Passenger Flight
Auckland – Doha (Qatar Airways) – 14,524 km, ~17.35 hours
World’s Shortest Passenger Flight
Westray – Papa Westray (Loganair) – 2.7km, ~1 minute
World’s Largest Passenger Plane Configuration
Emirates Airbus A380 – 2 class, 615 passengers
World’s Largest Airline Fleet
American Airlines – 1,556 (2016)
Airline Serving The Most Worldwide Destinations
American Airlines/Air Canada – 350 destinations (2017)
World’s Busiest Airport By Cargo Traffic
Hong Kong International Airport – 4,521,000 tonnes
World’s Fastest Current Commercial Passenger Plane
Boeing 747-8i – average cruise speed 0.86 Mach/~1,062 km/h
World’s Largest Airline Alliance
Star Alliance – 28 airlines
World’s Oldest Airline Still Operating
KLM – founded 1919
