Facts About The World's Airports

The world's largest airport by passenger movement is Heathrow Airport in London, U.K.

The world's busiest airport by cargo movement is Chep Lak Kok International Airport in Hong Kong.

The world's largest airport by traffic movement, that is passenger and cargo movement combined, is the Hartsfield - Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

The world's remotest airport is Mataveri International Airport located on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, situated 3,559 km from the west coast of Chile.

The world's highest airport is El Alto International Airport in Bolivia, which is situated at an elevation of 4,061 meters above sea level.

The world's lowest airport is Atyrau International Airport in Kazakhstan, which is situated at an elevation of 22 meters below sea level.

NOTE - PPA = Pax (passengers) per annum

THE WORLD'S BUSIEST PASSENGER AIRPORTS

London Heathrow. (U.K) - 61,345,518 ppa.

Paris Charles De Gaulle. (France) - 55,804,279 ppa.

Amsterdam Schipol. (Netherlands) - 47,349,319 ppa.

Hong Kong International. (China) - 47,201,000 ppa.

Frankfurt International. (Germany) - 46,707,577 ppa.

Dubai International. (United Arab Emirates) 36,592,307 ppa.

Singapore Changi. (Singapore) 36,288,050 ppa.

Tokyo International. (Japan) - 32,343,590 ppa.

London Gatwick. (U.K) 30,433,810 ppa.

Madrid Barajas. (Spain) - 30,135,120 ppa.

THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AIR ROUTES

Seoul Gimpo Airport - Jeju International Airport - South Korea - 10.1 million ppa.

Tokyo Haneda Airport - Sapporo Chitose Airport - Japan - 8.2 million ppa.

Congonhas, Sao Paulo International Airport - Rio de Janeiro, Santos Dumont Airport - Brazil - 7.7 million ppa.

Beijing Capital International Airport - Shanghai Hongqioa International Airport - China - 7.2 million ppa.

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport - Melbourne Airport - Australia - 6.9 million ppa.

COUNTRIES WITHOUT AIRPORTS

Five countries in the world do not have an airport, although they do have heliports linking passengers to their nearest airport.They are;

Andorra - Nearest airport - El Prat Airport, Barcelona, Spain or Toulouse Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, France.

Liechtenstein - Nearest airport - Kloten Airport, Zurich, Switzerland.

Monaco - Nearest airport - Cote d'Azur Airport, Nice, France.

San Marino - Nearest airport - Federico Fellini International Airport, Rimini, Italy.

Vatican City - Nearest Airport - Fiumicino International Airport, Rome,Italy.

CITIES WITH THE MOST AIRPORTS

Three cities in the world have five airports located within their city's metropolitan area.

New York City, USA - John F Kennedy International Airport - La Guardia Airport - Long Island MacArthur Airport - Stewart International Airport - Westchester County Airport.

Los Angeles, USA - Bob Hope Airport - John Wayne Airport - Ontario International Airport - Long Beach Airport - Los Angeles International Airport.

Vancouver, Canada - Abbotsford International Airport - Langley Regional Airport - Vancouver Harbour Water Airport - Vancouver International Airport - Vancouver International Water Airport.

THE WORLD'S HIGHEST AIRPORTS

La Paz, Bolivia - (El Alto Airport, Cerro de Pasco) - 4,061 metres / 13,325 feet above sea level.

Lhasa, Tibet - (Lhasa Gonggar Airport) - 3,570 metres / 11,713 feet above sea level.

Cusco, Peru - (Alejandro Valasco Astete International Airport) - 3,310 metres / 10,860 feet above sea level.

Lukla, Nepal - (Tenzing - Hillary Airport) - 2,860 metres / 9,383 feet above sea level.

Quito, Ecuador - (Mariscal Sucre International Airport) - 2,813 metres / 9,228 feet above sea level.

Bogota, Colombia - (El Dorado International Airport) - 2,628 / 8,361 feeet above sea level.

Asmara, Eritrea - (Asmara International Airport) - 2,335 metres above sea level.

San'a, Yemen - (El Rahaba International Airport) - 2,199 metres / 7,216 feet above sea level.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - (Bole International Airport) - 2,334 metres / 7,656 feet above sea level.

Thimpu, Bhutan - (Paro International Airport) - 2230 metres / 7,300 feet above sea level.

Courcheval, France - (Courcheval International Airport) - 2,008 metres / 6,588 feet above sea level.

Maseru, Lesotho (Moshoeshoe International Airport) - 1,630 metres / 5,348 feet above sea level.

Kathmandu, Nepal - (Tribhuvan International Airport) - 1,338 metres / 4,390 feet above sea level.

THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPORTS

The world's largest airport by land area is the King Fahad International Airport in Saudi Arabia, which sits on 780 sq kms of land.

The world's largest airport building is at the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, which measures 18,580,60.8 sq metres or 20 million sq feet.

The world's largest airport terminal is Terminal Three of Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, which measures 185,000 square metres or 16.15 million square feet.

The airport with the highest number of runways in the world is Dallas Fort Worth Airport in Texas, U.S.A with seven.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORLD'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS