Top Airports
* Atlanta International Airport - Hartsfield Jackson International airport sits seven miles from the central district of Atlanta and accommodates 90 million passengers and over 978 thousand planes per year.
* O'Hare International Airport - situated in the northwest of Chicago, Illinois, O'Hare reported 69 million passengers passing through the airport in 2008.
* Heathrow Airport - dealing mainly with international flights, London Heathrow is located in Outer London, and handles nearly 67 million visitors on an annual basis.
* Haneda Airport - nestled in Tokyo, Haneda annually sees over 66 million passengers.
Although Haneda was originally the primary airport for the Tokyo region, it now shares that role with Narita International Airport. Haneda handles almost all domestic flights to and from Tokyo while Narita handles the vast majority of international flights. In 2010, a dedicated international terminal was opened at Haneda in conjunction with the completion of a fourth runway.
* Charles de Gaulle - Charles de Gaulle, in Paris, sees 559 thousand aircraft movements yearly.
23 kilometres north east of Paris near the village of Roissy-en-France is Charles de Gaulle airport. The largest airport serving Paris, it has two terminals, the second of which is split into terminals 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D.
* Los Angeles International Airport
LAX is in Westchester, United States. In 2009 alone, the airport saw over 59 million visitors, and acts as a gateway to many other countries, inaccessible unless through the USA>
* Dallas International Airport - Dallas / Fort Worth International is located between Dallas and Fort Worth, and sees over 685 thousand planes on a yearly basis.
* Beijing Capital International Airport - located in the city centre, Beijing saw over 55 million visitors in 2008.
* Frankfurt Airport - located in Germany, the airport is well known for numbers exceeding 53 million year on year.
* Dubai International Airport - an up and coming resort, Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, sees 37 million passengers go through per year.
Dubai International Airport is the main airport of Dubai which is the largest city in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai Airport is situated in the district of Al Garhoud which lies around 4km or 2.5 miles southeast of Dubai itself.
Dubai Airport is where the home base for Emirates is located which actually handles around 60 percent of all passenger traffic. The Emirates hub at Dubai Airport is the largest within the Middle East & Africa. Budget carrier Flydubai also has their base at the airport. Dubai Airport is currently operating around 5,600 flights per week served by approximately 100 airlines which transport passengers to over 200 destinations worldwide.
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Haneda Airport
- Haneda international airport
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Dubai Airport
- Dubai International Airport
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Cairo Airport
- Cairo International Airport is now one of the fastest growing airports in the Middle East! With a wider range of traveler amenities and the brand new terminal 3, CAI promises to make passengers airport experience more exciting and pleasant. After the operation of the new terminal 3, Cairo International Airport will compromise 3 terminals capable of handling over 22 million passengers. The New Terminal will be home to EgyptAir and the Star Alliance airlines serving Cairo.
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Varadero Airport
- José Martí International Airport (IATA: HAV, ICAO: MUHA), previously called El Rancho Boyeros International Airport, is located 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Havana, Cuba, and is a hub for Cubana de Aviación, Aerogaviota and Aero Caribbean, and former Latin American hub for Aeroflot Soviet Airlines[1]. The airport lies in the municipality of Boyeros. It is named in memory of patriot and poet José Martí. Havana airport is operated by ECASA (Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos S.A.). It is Cuba's main international and domestic gateway, it serves several million passengers each year, 80% of Cuba's international passengers along with Varadero's Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport. There are currently three terminals in use at the airport plus an additional terminal operated only by Aero Caribbean.
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Faro Airport
- Faro Airport is the only airport along Portugal's popular Algarve coast and in relative terms it's quite a small provincial airport. There are of course the usual coffee shops and gift shops but you will find very little else at the airport. In 2009 just over 5 million passengers passed through the airport with the majority of these coming in the 6 months between May and October. A huge number of the visitors passing through the airport are English but there are also very high numbers of Irish, German and Dutch travellers. The airport is located just 4 kms from the main city area and although it is small, Faro City is certainly worth a visit and is often (sadly) overlooked by many visitors to the area. Most people tend to head east along the Algarve to the main resorts of Quinta Do Lago, Vale Do Lobo, Vilamoura, Albufeira, Portimao and Lagos.
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Alicante Airport
- Alicante Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Alicante), (IATA: ALC, ICAO: LEAL), originally named El Altet, is the sixth busiest airport in Spain, and the main airport for the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia. The airport is situated 9 km (5.6 mi) southwest of Alicante and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Elche in your municipaly on Mediterranean coast. Up to eighty percent of all passenger flights are international. The largest numbers of passengers arrive from the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands. Popular domestic destinations are Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona. Both, international and domestic passenger traffic has been increasing significantly in the last decade. In 2009, Alicante Airport handled 9,139,607 passengers, 74,281 flight operations and 3,199 tonnes of cargo, making it the sixth busiest airport by passenger numbers in Spain, and one of the 50 busiest in Europe. Furthermore, it is the busiest airport in the Valencian Community. The airport is the fourth largest base for low-cost giant Ryanair with 59 destinations served by the airline. The largest number of passengers is carried by Ryanair (2,345,687 passengers in 2009), followed by EasyJet (1,461,647). Air Berlin (691,663) is the distant third
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Bergamo Airport
- Bergamo Airport (officially Orio al Serio International Airport) is 45 kilometers northeast of Milan, close to the city of Bergamo. Milan has two international airports (Malpensa and Linate), but Bergamo also plays an important role for Milan. This airport is especially used by budget companies in which Irish Ryanair is the most important. The airport has one terminal, in 2005 Bergamo processed almost 4.5 million passengers. Information General information about the airport can be found at the counter in the Arrivals Hall (tel: +39(0)35 326 323). There is also a counter there for the Bergamo tourism bureau. (tel: +39(0)35 320 402). Here you can book hotel rooms and purchase a special tourism card that gives you discounts on public transportation and attractions in Bergamo.
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Maui Airport
- Kahului AIrport is the primary airport on the island of Maui and receives both overseas and interisland flights. Kahului Airport is located on the northern edge of the land bridge between Haleakala and the West Maui Mountain Range on the island of Maui. The airport occupies 1,391 acres of land and is located three miles east of the town of Kahului. Kahului is the second busiest airport in the State of Hawaii and the newest in terms of terminal facilities. The airport has two intersecting runways and full air carrier facilities for domestic overseas and interisland commercial service. Kahului Airport provides commuter/air taxi and general aviation operations, including helicopter operations in separate locations. Vehicular access to the passenger terminal, commuter/air taxi, cargo, scenic tour operators, general aviation facilities and airport support facilities is via a roadway network that connects to the Haleakala and/or Hana Highways. The staff at Kahului Airport is also responsible for the operation and management of the Hana and Kapalua-West Maui Airports on the island of Maui; Molokai and Kalaupapa Airports on the island of Molokai; and Lanai Airport on the island of Lanai.
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Lisbon Airport
- Portela Airport in Lisbon is the busiest in Portugal. Both passengers and cargo levels are increasing rapidly and this heavy usage has necessitated an expansion in capacity. Eventually, a totally new airport needs to be built in order to avoid unacceptable levels of congestion. Portela Airport is owned by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, which is a wholly state-owned authority. To meet the anticipated increase in traffic, ABB Airport Systems was contracted to install a new flight information and gate and position allocation system. A consortium of HCI-Construcoes, Alves Ribeiro, Sotecnica, Edifer and Zagope won the contracts to build supporting infrastructures for car hire in Lisbon. As a result of these expansion measures, the airport had a capacity of 14 million passengers per year by 2005. Portela Airport is now being expanded with an investment of %u20AC318 million in the years to 2009. Portela is also due to be connected to the Lisbon Metro system by 2010, part of a %u20AC1.4 billion investment programme that will expand the existing underground railway network from 35.6km to 59.7km and increase the number of stations from 48 to 80. Vítor Constáncio, governor of the Bank of Portugal, has emphasised that Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) would be needed to fund these projects, given that the flow of EU funds to Portugal is diminishing and that public spending had to be restrained to comply with the EU's growth and stability pact. The national airport authority, ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, has announced that Lisbon's international airport at Portela will have 50% more capacity once proposed work has been concluded. According to a programme set out by ANA, work commenced in 2005 and will be completed by 2008. In addition, authorities argued that even if work on the new Ota airport (50km north of Lisbon) were to start now, it would not be ready until 2014, making the enlargement and improvement of Portela all the more necessary.
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Cagliari Airport
- The airport of Cagliari Elmas has been entitled to Mario Mameli and was opened the 3rd of May 1937. This year, for the occasion of its 66th birthday, the new airport has been opened and this makes Sardinia more and more the centre of the Mediterranean sea. "Cagliari Elmas: The door to Sardinia." The airport of Cagliari is situated near the village of Elmas, at six kilometres Away from the pond, famous for its rose flamingos os Santa Gilla. Cagliari Elmas is the biggest airport of the island and the most important busy line.The introduction of trolleys and the reorganization of the commercial facilities. The attention payed To the green areas, the improvement of the means of transport and the parking areas included the means of transport for disabled, the increase of the number of check in desks, the creation of flight timetable brochures, are just some examples of the the increasing quality of the facilities of the airport.
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Naples Airport
- Around 7 km / 4 miles from central Naples and within the city's suburbs of Capodichino, Naples International Airport (NAP) is surrounded by Arzano, Casoria, Miano and Poggioreale, and lies on the north-easterly outskirts. Also close to Casalnuovo di Napoli, the airport handles over five million yearly passengers and is operated by the Gestione Servizi Aeroporti Campani (GESAC), which is part of the British Airports Authority (BAA) group. There are many hotels to be found both in and around Naples and Italy's surrounding Campania region, being within easy reach of the airport. These include the Naples Charming International Hotel, which is directly linked to the facility itself and also features regular courtesy shuttle buses. Airport buses link destinations such as the city's Piazza Garibaldi, Piazza Municipio and the Parcheggio Brin area, along with the neighbouring towns of Avellino, Benevento and Caserta. Taxis are also available at Capodichino Airport, with the most popular destinations including central Naples, and the harbours of Mergellina and Molo Beverello. Naples Capodichino International Airport (NAP) Information: History and Facilities Although planes have been known around the skies of Naples since the early twenties, Capodichino International Airport did not come into being until the Second World War. Soon after, the Pascale Brothers began manufacturing light aircraft here, including the P48B Astore, and the commercial side of Capodichino International Airport (NAP) started to expand, causing the need for many expansions and improvements over the years to come. Today, operations are managed by GESAC S.p.a. - a subsidiary of BAA. There are countless amenities offered by Naples Capodichino Airport, such as currency exchange, cash machines (ATMs), the Telelink Internet Centre and an extensive food and beverage area, where passengers and visitors are able to enjoy an array of different cuisines. Many of the main eateries are located within the shopping arcade, the boarding area and outside of Terminal 1. The Ciao restaurant is especially popular and is self-service, while for fast-food, Burger King is hard to beat. Those looking for a little gourmet dining should take time out to sample the dishes at the Oro di Napoli restaurant, which is open daily between 05:30 and 21:00. For last-minute gift ideas, be sure to pay a visit to the ever busy Sunstore on the ground floor of departures, or the Air Shop within the main boarding area, where toys, perfumes, alcohol and more can be found.
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Palma Airport
- Palma de Mallorca Airport, located 8 km from the city, is the gateway for the millions of tourists who visit the island. Airport traffic is primarily international and reaches its greatest levels during the summer season. There are also numerous connections to the mainland. The most important connections are to Barcelona and Madrid-Barajas, with over one million passengers, and Düsseldorf and Manchester, each of which handles over 700,000 passengers per year. By nationality, Germany accounts for the largest number of passengers, followed by Spain and the United Kingdom. In 2009, Son Sant Joan closed the year with a total of 21,203,041 passengers, 177,502 operations and 17,086 tonnes of cargo.
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Heraklion Airport
- Heraklion international airport
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Istanbul Airport
- Atatürk International Airport (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararas%u0131 Havaliman%u0131) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened in 1924 and located in Ye%u015Filköy, on the European side of the city, it is 24 km (15 mi) west[1] of the city centre. In 1980, the airport was renamed to Atatürk International Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. With total passenger traffic of 30 million for the year 2009, it is among the top 40 airports in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and the 20th busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic. It is Europe's 9th busiest airport.
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Madrid Airport
- Madrid-Barajas Airport (IATA: MAD[3], ICAO: LEMD) is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. It is the country's largest and busiest airport, the world's 11th busiest airport (2008) [4] and Europe's fourth. It opened in 1928, and has grown to be one of the most important aviation centres of Europe. Located within the city limits of Madrid, just 9 km (5.6 mi) from the city's financial district and 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of the Puerta del Sol, Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district of Barajas, which has its own metro station on the same rail line serving the airport.
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Izmir Airport
- izmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (IATA: ADB, ICAO: LTBJ) is an airport serving %u0130zmir and is named after former Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes. It is located in the Gaziemir area of zmir's main airport is located 18 km (11 mi) southwest[1] of the city on the way to Selçuk, Ephesus and Pamukkale. The easiest way to get there from airport shuttle bus (every 20 minutes, 35 to 60 minutes) from the Turkish Airlines office. Trains operated by the Turkish State Railways stop at the Airport Station. There are several trains daily 14 trains daily in both directions. Northbound trains all go to Basmane Terminal in the city center, while southbound trains serve , Tire, Söke
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Thessaloniki Airport
- Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia"(IATA: SKG (SaloniKa Greece), ICAO: LGTS), formerly known as Mikra Airport (after the municipality of Mikra), is located about 15 km SE of the city centre of Thessaloniki at Mikra, close to the suburb of Peraia and the municipalities of Pylaia and Thermi. The airport is the largest state owned and operated airport in the country.[citation needed] It opened in 1930 and today it's the third busiest airport in Greece[3], serving almost 4 million passengers annually. It is linked to the city centre by a 24-hour OASTH bus service (78 & 78A during the day and 78N during the night). A Thessaloniki Metro extension to the airport is currently under consideration. There is a master plan for a major expansion of the airport, including a new much bigger terminal building that could accommodate 9 million passengers per year.[citation needed] Currently the expansion of one runway into the sea is underway, in order for the airport to serve long haul flights. It has two runways (10-28 & 16-34) and two taxiways. There are 22 stands for wide bodied aircraft and about 20 for light ones.