New research takes stock of the impact of passenger flights and, for the first time, air freight at 1,300 airports around the world.

New research has revealed the climate and air quality impacts of the world’s worst polluting airports.

The 2024 Airport Tracker, produced by think tank ODI in partnership with Transport & Environment, measures the impact of passenger flights and, for the first time, air freight.

It found that Dubai International was overall the most polluting airport, producing the same emissions as five coal plants in 2019 alone, the last year for which data is available.

In Europe, Frankfurt, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol all rank among the world’s worst 20 performing airports.

London was the city most affected by air pollution from aviation. Its six airports generated the same amount of air pollution as 3.23 million cars, producing 27 million tonnes of CO2, 8,900 tonnes of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and 83 tonnes of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5).

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