List of airports
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List of airports is an organized list of airport
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Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
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- Lists of military bases
- By country: see :Category:Lists of airports
- By metropolitan area: see :Category:Airports by city
- Worldwide list of airports with scheduled commercial service, see: Airline destinations
- List of eponyms of airports (airports named after people)
- Lists of the busiestWorld's busiest airportThe definition of the world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Geneva, Switzerland. The ACI defines and measures the following three types of airport traffic:...
airports: by air trafficWorld's busiest airports by traffic movementsThe thirty world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements . One total movement is a landing or take off of an aircraft.- 2010 final statistics :-2009 final statistics:...
, by passengersWorld's busiest airports by passenger trafficThe world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers . One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day...
, by international passengersWorld's busiest airports by international passenger trafficThe following is a list of the world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic.London Heathrow has been the busiest since 2000-2010 year-to-date statistics:Airports Council International's year-to-date figures are as follows....
, or by cargoWorld's busiest airports by cargo trafficThe world's thirty busiest airports by cargo traffic for various periods . Numbers listed refer to loaded and unloaded freight in metric tonnes.-2010 final statistics:...
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See also
- List of cities with more than one airport
- List of IATA-indexed train stations
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
- List of airports in the United States
- List of Airport Museums