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Originally Posted by nomarandlee
Yep, it is interesting that at one time not to long ago that mid-central hubs like St.Louis, Memphis, and Cinnciannit all were hubs at one time or another. You would think that they, alongg with Louisville and Nashville, would warrant higher numbers then their Metros would warrant. Out of all those the only one I think we can expect steady growth and a reemergence into a major hub in the future is Nashville (which it already does? for Southwest I think).
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At least Memphis (Fedex), Louisville (UPS), and increasingly Cincinnati (Amazon) are massive cargo hubs due to their central locations.
The top ten cargo airports in the world last year (and the pandemic barely affected cargo traffic):
1. Hong Kong
2. Memphis
3. Shanghai-Pudong
4. Anchorage
5. Incheon-Seoul
6. Louisville
7. Taipei-Taoyuan
8. LAX
9. Tokyo-Narita
10. Doha
(For why Anchorage is so high, look at a globe or Google Earth. Equidistant to Asia, the Lower 48, and Europe over the pole.)