The North American winner of the small airport Diamond Award was a mild surprise: Florida’s Orlando International Airport, which didn’t appear on our survey last year. Total cargo throughput at MCO in 2015 was more than 188,000 tonnes, which was up from nearly 172,900 tonnes in 2014. “Our nearly 9 percent growth in total cargo movement is reflective of the overall growth in the economy,” said Phil Brown, executive director of the greater Orlando Aviation Authority. “The most significant increase at Orlando International Airport was seen in mail volume which was up almost five times over the previous year.”
In the remaining regional categories, which are not tied to a specific tonnage range, Dubai International Airport won again, not surprisingly, for the Middle East/India/Africa region.
Also, the Latin American region saw Viracopos International Airport (near São Paulo, Brazil), take the Diamond Award.