Cairo International Airport The last few years the international airport near the Egyptian capital has been significantly expanded and improved. In 2009 the new Terminal 3 became operational, not only doubling the capacity to 22 million ...
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport The international airport of the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh used to be called Ophira Airport. There are two terminals and a third one is being built (opening 2012). Many travelers complain about the se...
Langkawi International Airport Langkawi Airport is an attraction in itself, at least when the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition takes place. Every day during this exhibition an air show is held which draws tens of ...
Malé International Airport The international airport of the Maldives used to be known as Hulhulé Airport, after the island. End 2010 the airport was privatized. A consortium, in which Malaysia Airports Berhad plays a significant role, wi...
Cape Town International Airport Cape Town Airport is the second largest airport of South Africa (after Johannesburg). It is 20 kilometers east of Cape Town and is considered the best airport in Africa. There are five terminals that are a...
Durban International Airport Durban is the smallest of the three international airports of South Africa, the other two are Johannesburg and Cape Town. In the coming years, it is likely that a new airport will be built in La Mercy, to the...
Johannesburg International Airport Johannesburg Airport is the largest airport in South Africa and also the largest on the African continent. It was renamed on October 27, 2006 to OR Tambo International Airport, after the former leader o...
Port Elizabeth Airport The local population also calls Port Elizabeth Airport '10 minute airport' after its convenient proximity to the city. The airport is small and conveniently arranged. It operates mostly domestic flights (South-Afri...
Beijing Capital International Airport Based on the number of passengers, the airport of the Chinese capital is the second-largest in the world. The number of passengers has increased tremendously in the last few years: from a little over...
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Chengdu has a modern airport (constructed in 2004) however in the last few years it's seen further expansions and modernizations with the construction of a new terminal and a new, longer runway. It...
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing Airport is an important airport in the Midwest of China, together with the airport of Chengdu. Most flights are domestic, but there are also some international connections. Just like man...
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou International Airport (formerly Canton) is the second-busiest airport of China (after the airport of Beijing). At the moment the airport processes over 40 million passengers a year, but th...
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) Airport has opened a new, large terminal in 2010. This Terminal B now handles all international flights; the old Terminal A is only used for domestic flights.
Hong Kong International Airport The international airport of Hong Kong has two terminals. There is a free automatic train ('people mover') between the east and west wings of Terminal 1 and of the new Terminal 2 to the piers. In addition,...
Kunming Wujiaba International Airport Kunming Airport is the gateway to what many consider to be the kindliest province of China. The airport lies close to the city center which leaves little room for expansion. Therefore a new airport, ...
Macau International Airport Macau International Airport doesn't only draw travelers wanting to place a bet in one of the city's (mega) casinos; it's also an important airport for destinations in southeast China. Just like Hong Kong, Maca...
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Hongqiao Airport is one of Shanghai's two international airports. Hongqiao Airport lies much closer to the city center than Shanghai Pudong Airport. In 2010 a second terminal was opened, f...
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Pudong Airport was opened in 1999 to relieve Hong Qiao International Airport, but a few years after it was opened, its capacity turned out to be insufficient. That is why a new Terminal (2) was built...
Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport Just like many other Chinese airports Shenzhen International Airport (also called Bao'an Airport, after the district in which it lies) has invested a lot in expansion and improvement. Shenzhen Airpor...
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Xi'an Xianyang Airport is, just like many other Chinese airports, working on an extensive expansion program. Once the third terminal and a second runway will be operational, this airport will be the f...
Chennai International Airport Chennai Airport (before: Madras) is the third-busiest airport of India, after the international airports of Mumbai and Delhi. There are two terminals, one for domestic and one for international flights, whic...
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport The airport of Mumbai (previously Bombay) is the biggest and busiest in India. In 2006, the airport processed over 20 million passengers, and the number is rising every year, this is why a...
New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport The international airport of New Delhi is currently being renovated thoroughly. Work is underway on a new terminal, which should be ready in 2010 and will increase the airport's capacity to a...
Bali Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport The airport at the Indonesian island Bali has two terminals, for international and domestic flights. The terminals are next to each other, connected by a corridor with shops and eating facil...
Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport The international airport of the Indonesian capital Jakarta is often referred to as Cengkareng by Indonesians, after its location. That name also reflects the airport's IATA code (CGK). There ...
Osaka Kansai International Airport Kansai International Airport is located on an artificial island in Osaka bay. Its construction caused major problems, due to the softness of the ground, the island has sunk a number of meters, this is a...
Tokyo Haneda International Airport Tokyo International Airport is also known as Haneda Airport and is one of the two international airports of the Japanese capital (the other one is Narita Airport). Until recently mainly domestic flights...
Tokyo Narita International Airport Narita Airport is one of the two international airports of the Japanese capital (the other one is Tokyo Haneda Airport). Until recently international travelers only arrived at Narita, but since October ...
Kota Kinabalu International Airport The airport of the Malaysian Kota Kinabalu has two terminals. Terminal 1 has recently been renovated and expanded and handles both domestic and international flights. Terminal 2 lies somewhat remote, o...
Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Airport is 55 kilometers south of the Malaysian capital. It is a very modern airport with two terminals, Main Terminal and Satellite Terminal, that are connected by an automatic train. In a...
Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Every year, for hundreds of thousands of Muslims, Jeddah Airport forms the gateway to Mecca, for the annual Hajj. To allow for this peak in travelers, there's a special terminal, the Hajj Termi...
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport Riyadh Airport consists of four triangular terminals, of which only three are being used. Terminal 1 is for international flights, except for those operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines which are pro...
Jeju International Airport Jeju Airport on the island of the same name is South Korea's third airport. The island is situated south of the Korean peninsula and is a popular tourist destination, especially for newlyweds and students who r...
Seoul Gimpo International Airport Gimpo Airport was the only airport of the South Korean capital until Incheon Airport was opened in 2001. Gimpo is now mainly used for domestic flights, but there are also some international flights, main...
Seoul Incheon International Airport Seoul International Airport is built on raised land which connected two islands (Yeongjong and Yongyu). The airport is being further expanded and improved. The activities will be completed in 2020 and ...
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport The new Bangkok Airport which was opened in September 2006, is called Suvarnabhumi (pronounced - Sowannapoem) which means ‘Golden Country’. It is 30 kilometers east of the city center and has encountered quit...
Chiang Mai International Airport Chiang Mai Airport in the north of Thailand is relatively small, but can be busy at times. The city is a popular destination, for both Thai and foreign tourists. The terminal is divided in a domestic and ...
Phuket International Airport Thailand's largest island is a popular tourist destination. It's therefore no surprise that Phuket Airport is the second-busiest of the country. The terminal however is much more compact, convenient and pleas...
Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Ankara International Airport is named after its location. The village, Esenboğa, means 'healthy bull'. The new terminal was opened in 2006, making Ankara Esenboğa Airport an extremely modern airport....
Antalya Havalimani Airport Antalya Airport is the gateway to the seaside resorts on the Mediterranean Sea in Turkey. It is very busy in the terminal during the high season. Antalya Airport processes five million passengers per year. The ...
Dalaman International Airport Dalaman International Airport is one of the three airports which form the gateway to the seaside and holiday resorts in the southwest of Turkey, like Marmaris, Fethiye and Dalyan. The other two airports are ...
Istanbul Atatürk International Airport Istanbul Airport is officially called Atatürk International Airport, after the founder of modern Turkey - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. There are two terminals: one for international flights (A) and one fo...
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul Sabiha Airport is a modern airport in the Asian part of Turkey, east of Istanbul. The airport's name is a tribute to Sabiha Gökçen, the world's first female military pilot.
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport Izmir International Airport, on Turkey's west coast, is named after the former Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The airport processes about 6 million passengers a year.
Milas Bodrum International Airport Milas Bodrum Airport is the gateway for tourist resorts near Bodrum on Turkey's southwest coast. That's why hardly anybody calls the airport by its full name, but simply Bodrum Airport. The airport proc...
Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi Airport has three terminals connected by shuttle busses. In 2012 a new terminal, situated between the two runways and therefore called the Midfield Terminal, will be operational.
Dubai International Airport Dubai International Airport is the Middle East's busiest passenger airport. Yearly, Dubai handles approximately 38 million passengers. For many travelers to the Middle East and Africa, Dubai is an important st...
Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport Innsbruck Airport is the largest in the west of Austria (Tyrol). The airport processes many travelers, especially in the winter months, as it is the entrance point for the winter sport region.
Salzburg Airport (W.A. Mozart) Salzburg Airport is the second largest airport in Austria (after Vienna). Salzburg Airport processed 1.7 million travelers in 2005. It is an important airport for the winter sport region in Austria. There a...
Vienna Airport Schwechat Airport is 18 kilometers southeast of the Austrian capital Vienna. In 2006 they began with the construction of a new terminal (Skylink) to capture an increase of passengers and this terminal was finished in 2008....
Antwerp Airport Antwerp has a small airport that lies in the municipality of Deurne, it is generally called “Airport Deurne”. It is the home airport of VLM Airlines (Vlaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij, or Flemish Air Transport Company), tha...
Brussels Airport Brussels Airport is 12 kilometers northeast of the Belgian capital and processed 23 million passengers in 2015. The airport was built during the Second World War by the Germans. According to legend, the Belgians had show...
Charleroi Airport Charleroi Airport (Brussels South) is also called Gosselies Airport. It's situated north of Charleroi in the municipality of Gosselies, hence the name. The airport handles approximately 4 million passengers yearly. In r...
Sofia Airport The international airport in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia was completely renovated in 2006. The new Terminal 2 was built next to the old Terminal 1. It is a now a modern airport with good facilities. Terminal 1 is exclusi...
Varna International Airport Varna Airport is located in the northeast of Bulgaria, near the tourist beaches on the Black Sea. In recent years, the number of travelers has increased enormously, which is the reason the Bulgarian government...
Dubrovnik Cilipi Airport Dubrovnik's international airport is one of Croatia's most important airports. The airport is also called Cilipi, after its location. Dubrovnik is a popular tourist destination on the Adriatic coast. It has only ...
Split Airport Split Airport is located near the towns Kestala and Resnik on the Adriatic Coast. The Croatians also call the airport Zracna luka Split. It handles more than one million passengers annually. This makes Split Croatia´s secon...
Zagreb Airport Zagreb Airport (Zracna luka) is 14 kilometers southeast of the Croatian capital. The airport is also called Pleso Airport and is a military as well as a civilian airport. In 2006 1.6 million travelers used this airport. In...
Billund Airport Billund Airport is Denmark's second largest airport. The airport is situated in western Denmark. Because of tourist attractions such as Givskund and Legoland, Billund handles approximately 2 million passengers per year. L...
Copenhagen Airport Originally the airport was called the Kastrup Airport, after where the airport is located. The official name of the airport is still Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup is only to distinguish it from the smaller airport by the...
Helsinki Airport The full name of the airport in the Finnish capital is Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and is 18 kilometers north of Helsinki. It was built for the Olympic Games in 1952 and is considered one of the best airports in Europe. Ther...
Tampere Airport Tampere is one of Finland's busiest airports. The airport is located a few kilometers from Tampere, a medium-sized city in Finland. Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is named after its location near the town of Pirkkala. In recent...
Ajaccio Airport Ajaccio is the capital of Corsica and is on the west coat of the island Corse-du-Sud. The airport Campo dell'Oro is five kilometers east of the city on the other side of the bay. One million travelers use Ajaccio Airport ...
Bastia Airport Bastia Airport (Poretta) is the French island Corsica's second airport. The airport is situated close to Lucciana on the north of the island. Bastia lies 22 kilometers southeast of the airport. The U.S. Air Force used Pore...
Beauvais Tille Airport Beauvais Tille Airport is located at 70 kilometers from downtown Paris. The airport started as a small regional airport near Beauvais. During WWII the German army expanded the airport. Beauvais Tille is a popular d...
Biarritz Airport Biarritz Airport in the southwest of France is called in full Biarritz - Anglet - Bayonne Airport, after the three cities served by the airport. There are magnificent beaches on the Atlantic coast, but the airport is als...
Bordeaux Airport Bordeaux Airport is in Merignac, 12 kilometers west of Bordeaux. There are two terminals (Hall A and Hall B) that are connected to each other by a hallway.
Calvi St. Catherine Airport St. Catherine Airport is situated close to Calvi on the French island of Corsica. Calvi is a popular location to start the GR20 hike right across the island. Calvi is one of Corsica's smaller airports. Most of...
Carcassonne Airport This small airport is officially called Salvaza Airport, this is useful to know if you are driving with a car to the airport (see in Car and bus section). The airport is three kilometers outside of Carcassonne in the ...
Grenoble Airport Grenoble Airport is also called Isère or St. Geoirs airport, after its location. Grenoble is a favorite starting point for winter sports. Near Grenoble, there are three major ski resorts: Isère, Savoie and Haute- Savoie....
Lyon Airport The full name of the airport is Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, after the aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The airport is 20 kilometers east of Lyon in Colombier-Saugnieu. There are two terminals, between wh...
Marseille Provence Airport This airport is 25 kilometers northwest of Marseille. There are two terminals close to each other. Hall 1 is for international flights and Hall 3-4 is for domestic flights (for clarity, this hall will be called...
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport was previously called Fréjorgues Airport. Thanks to the arrival of budget airline Ryanair, the airport has experienced a considerable growth, but Ryanair is the not only l...
Nice (Côte d'Azur) Airport Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur is the second busiest airport in France (Paris - Charles de Gaulle is the busiest). International jetsetters use this airport a lot to fly to luxurious vacation resorts or to second ho...
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle is the most important airport in France and is one of the busiest airports in Europe. The French also call it l’Aéroport de Roissy, the town where the airport is located. The airpor...
Paris Orly Airport Orly Airport is 14 kilometers south of Paris and has two terminals (West and South) that are connected by a shuttle bus. Before the construction of the airport Charles de Gaulle, Paris Orly was the most import airport ...
Pau Pyrénées Airport Pau Pyrénées Airport is ten kilometers north of Pau in the southwest of France, it experienced a considerable growth after the arrival of budget airlines Ryanair and Transavia. Air France maintains connections includ...
Perpignan Airport The southernmost airport of France is called in full Perpignan Rivesaltes Airport, after the two places in between which the airport is located. Although both these places are in France, the airport is an important gate...
Toulon-Hyères Airport The airport of Toulon-Hyères is mostly used by budget airlines (i.e. Ryanair and Transavia). There are direct flights to London-Stansted, Rotterdam, Brussels, Brest and Paris-Orly. About half a million passengers ma...
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport The airport in Toulouse is officially called Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac and is the busiest airport in Midi Pyrénées in southwestern France. Almost 8 million passengers used the airport in 2015. It also processes a...
Berlin Schoenefeld Airport Berlin Schoenefeld Airport will be greatly expanded and renovated in the coming years. It is predetermined to become the only airport in Berlin under the name Hauptstadt-Airport Berlin-Brandenburg International...
Berlin Tegel Airport Berlin, the German capital, has three airports (Tegel, Schoeneveld and the smaller Tempelhof). In 2011 there will be only one airport, Schoenefeld Airport will be renamed Hauptstadt-Airport Berlin-Brandenburg Interna...
Cologne Bonn Airport Cologne Bonn Airport's official name is flughafen Konrad Adenauer, named after West Germany's first chancellor. The former government airport is located near the cities of Cologne and Bonn. After the arrival of sever...
Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf Airport is Nordrhein-Westfalen's biggest airport and the third largest airport of Germany. Annually, it handles 18 million passengers. The airport has grown much in recent years. More and more major airlines...
Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport is the largest in Germany, it is an important transit hub that processed 52 million passengers in 2005, it therefore processes the third most air travelers in Europe, after London-Heathrow and Paris-Ch...
Frankfurt Hahn Airport Frankfurt Hahn is an international airport situated in the German Bundesland Rhineland-Palatinate. The airport is located west of Kirchberg at about 120 kilometers from Frankfurt am Main. The airport was built by t...
Hamburg Airport The international airport in Hamburg is eight kilometers north of the city center. In 2008 a new central hall was finished being built, where the security checkpoint is for both terminals. There is also a large shopping a...
Munich Airport Munich Airport in southern Germany is officially called Franz Josef Strauss International Airport, after the Bavarian politician that passed away in 1988. It is the second most important airport in Germany and processes al...
Nuremberg Airport Nuremberg International Airport has grown tremendously the last few years. This is mainly because the airlines Air Berlin carries out many flights from this airport.
Stuttgart Echterdingen Airport Stuttgart's airport is also called Stuttgart Echterdingen after one of the towns where it is located. Although it has only one runway, the airport is Germany's seventh busiest airport. Annually, Stuttgart E...
Birmingham Airport Birmingham Airport is the fifth largest airport in Great Britain and processes approximately 10 million travelers per year. There are two terminals (1 and 2) that are joined together by the Millennium Link. This link i...
Bristol Airport Bristol is situated in southwest England, near Wales. Bristol Airport handles approximately 5 million passengers on a yearly basis and is one of England´s fastest growing airports. During WWII Bristol Airport was the only...
East Midlands Airport East Midlands Airport is mainly a destination for budget airlines like EasyJet, Ryanair and Bmibaby.
Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport was originally a military airport – Turnhouse Aerodrome – and the Scottish still call the airport by this name. The airport has been renovated in the past few years, including an expansion of the numbe...
Glasgow International Airport Glasgow has two international airports, Glasgow International and Glasgow Prestwick, which has experienced a substantial growth thanks to Ryanair. Glasgow International is 13 kilometers west of the city cent...
Glasgow Prestwick Airport Prestwick Airport is 46 kilometers southeast of Glasgow and is only used for charter flights and budget airline companies (Ryanair, Aer Arann, Transavia and Wizzair). There are plans to expand the airport. It is...
Jersey Airport Jersey Airport is a relatively small, but very modern airport. There are two terminals, the old terminal for arriving flights and the newer terminal for departing flights. The two terminals are at walking distance.
Leeds and Bradford Airport Leeds and Bradford Airport is a joint venture from these two cities in West Yorkshire. In 2007 the airport was privatized. It is a fairly small airport, but the number of passengers has grown considerably in th...
Liverpool John Lennon Airport In 2002 Liverpool Airport was named after Beatle John Lennon, 22 years after his violent death in New York. A bronze statue of Lennon stands in the Departures Hall and on the roof are the words from one of h...
London City Airport London City Airport is the youngest airport of all the airports around the British capital. It was opened in 1987 and is in the eastern part of the city, near the Docklands, a harbor that was transformed into a modern...
London Gatwick Airport Gatwick Airport is the second largest London airport. Although there is only one runway this airport processes 33 million passengers each year. Many charter and budget airline companies use this airport. There are ...
London Heathrow Airport In terms of passenger numbers, Heathrow is the largest airport in Europe. The airport lies on the edge of Greater London, 24 kilometers west of the city center. There are four terminals (1-4) Terminals 1, 2 and 3 ...
London Stansted Airport London Stansted Airport is about 50 kilometers northeast of the British capital. It is the fourth busiest airport in Great Britain after Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester Airport. It is used by many budget a...
Manchester Airport The airport is 17 kilometers southwest of the center of Manchester. There are two runways and three terminals. Just like Schiphol, there are roll bands or rolling sidewalks at this airport. It is the third busiest airp...
Athens Airport Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport – the official name of Athens Airport – is a very modern airport. It opened in 2001 and is the most important intersection for the Balkans and the Middle East. The airport proces...
Chania Airport Chania International Airport Ionnis Daskologiannis is one of Crete's three airports. It's named after an 18th century Greek freedom fighter. The airport is situated in western Crete, on a peninsula east of Chania. Yearly, ...
Corfu International Airport Corfu Airport is officially called Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport, but it is mostly called Corfu Airport or Kerkyra Airport. The airport is approximately three kilometers south of the city of Corfu...
Heraklion Airport Heraklion Airport, located in Crete, is officially called “Nikos Kazantzakis” after the writer and philosopher that is known because of the story “Zorba the Greek”. The airport lies at the edge of Heraklion (Iraklio). F...
Lesbos Mytilene International Airport Mytilene International Airport is the airport of the Greek island Lesbos. It's also known as Odysseas Elytis. For many airlines it's mainly a summer destination. The Greek airlines Olympos carries ou...
Rhodes Airport Rhodes Airport is also called Diagoras Maritsa. It is Greece's third biggest passenger airport. The airport is situated near the town of Paradisi, 15 kilometers south west of Rhodes-city. It is an important airport for the...
Thessaloniki International Airport Thessaloniki 'Macedonia' Airport is also called Mikra Airport, after its location. It is Greece's second airport and handles 4 million visitors annually. There is a passenger and a cargo terminal.
Cork Airport Cork Airport (in Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) is the second largest airport in Ireland after Dublin International Airport. In 2006 a new, extremely modern terminal was opened which aimed to support increasing passenger counts. In...
Dublin Airport Dublin Airport is a fast growing airport, with 25 million passengers being processed in 2015. This growth has coincided with the economic rise in Ireland since the beginning of the 90s. The airport has had to keep up with ...
Kerry Airport Kerry Airport (Irish: Aerfort Chiarrai) is also called Farranfore Airport, after its location. Kerry Airport is a good starting point for visiting Ireland´s south west. The airport is located in the heart of Kerry County be...
Shannon Airport Shannon Airport, in the southwest of Ireland, has an interesting history. The airport was developed in a time when airplanes could not fly long distances without filling up, flights from North America landed in Shannon to...
Alghero Airport Alghero is in the northwest of Sardinia. The airport is used especially by the budget airline Ryanair, other airlines fly out of Olbia Airport in the northeast part of the island. Alghero Airport is also called Fertilia A...
Ancona Airport Ancona Airport is one of Italy's smallest airports. Ancona Folconara Airport is named after the famous painter Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael). The airport lies 18 kilometers from the city of Ancona on the Adriatic coast. Its s...
Bari Airport The airports in Apulia (Puglia) in southern Italy have formed a cooperation. The Bari airport is a division of Aeroporti di Puglia, which also includes Brindisi Airport, Foggia Airport and Taranto Airport. Bari Airport is 11...
Bergamo Airport (Orio al Serio) 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 a...
Bologna Airport Bologna Airport is officially called Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi, after the Italian inventor of the radio who was born in Bologna. There are two terminals (A and B) which are within walking distance of each other. Almost ...
Brindisi Airport Brindisi Airport, or ‘Papola Casale’, is three kilometers north of this Italian seaport town. Together with Bari Airport, this airport processes most of the passengers in Apulia (Puglia) in southern Italy. Brindisi Airpo...
Cagliari Airport Cagliari Elmas Airport is the most important airport of the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also called Mario Mameli. It handles approximately 2.5 million passengers per year. The modern building has three levels. The ...
Catania Fontanarossa Airport In Italian this airport is referred to as Aeroporto di Catania-Fontanarossa. It is also called Catania International Airport. The airport lies by Catania, the second largest city in Sicily, on the east coast....
Figari Airport The French call Figari Airport, Figari Sud Corse (South Corsica). The airport is located near Figari and 15 kilometers south west of Porto-Vecchio, Corsica's third city. The small airport is a popular summer vacation desti...
Florence Airport Florence Airport (Italian: Firenze) is named after the Italian businessman and cartographer - Amerigo Vespucci. It is also called Peretola Airport. The airport is not far, 80 kilometers from the airport of Pisa, Galileo ...
Forli Airport Forli Airport is also known as Luigi Ridolfi. The Northern Italian airport is named after a well known Italian aviator. Especially during the vacation season, Forli is a popular destination. Bologna, Florence, San Marino an...
Genua Airport Christoforo Colombo Genua is an important economic center of Italy, moreover, it is a beautiful historical city which draws more and more tourists. The airport has recently been modernized and processes more than one millio...
Lamezia Terme Airport The airport lies in southern Italy, in the ‘point of the boot’. Because of the central location of Lamezia Terme, it is the transportation hub of Calabria. Lamezia is 35 kilometers from Catanzaro, 70 kilometers from...
Milan Linate Airport Linate Airport was originally called “Aeroporto Enrico Forlanini”. It was named after an Italian aviation pioneer who was born in Milan. Linate processed almost ten million passengers in 2015 and is the second airpor...
Milan Malpensa Airport Milan has two international airports, Malpensa and Linate. There are shuttle buses going between the two airports. In addition, there is another airport not far from Milan, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, which is used for ...
Naples Airport Naples airport has two terminals. Terminal 1 is the most important and Terminal 2 is only used for charter flights. These two terminals are within walking distance of each other. Naples Airport is getting increasingly more...
Olbia Airport Olbia lies on the Costa Smeralda in the northeast of Sardinia, one of the most beautiful coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a popular holiday destination for the rich and famous, but you can also find backpack touri...
Palermo Airport Palermo Airport is also known as Punta Raisi Airport or Falcone-Borsellino Airport. The last name refers to two anti-mafia judges who were assassinated in 1992, they were honored with a commemorative plate at the entrance...
Pescara Airport Pescara Airport's official name is d'Abruzzo International Airport, after the region where it's located. This small airport is situated near the port city of Pescara on the Adriatic coast and two hours form Rome. In recen...
Pisa Airport Galileo Galilei Pisa Airport is officially named after Galileo Galilei, an Italian physicist, philosopher and astronomer that was born in Pisa. He claimed that the earth rotated around the sun, but at that time his discovery...
Rome Ciampino Airport Ciampino Airport in Italian is called Aeroporto di Roma-Ciampino. Less known is the name Giovan Battista Pastine Airport. It was originally opened as a military airport, and was opened for civilian use to relieve th...
Rome Fiumicino Airport (Leonardo da Vinci) Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO airport) is generally called Fiumicino Airport and is the most important airport in Rome. The other airport (Rome Ciampino Airport) is especially used by budget ai...
Trapani Airport Trapani 'Vicenzo Florio Airport' is located on the Italian island Sicily's west coast. The Italians also call it Birgi, after its location. It is both a civilian airport and a military airfield. After the arrival of the l...
Treviso Airport Treviso Airport is a small airport by Venice which is mainly used by budget airline, Ryanair, as an alternative to the larger Marco Polo Airport. Treviso Airport together with Marco Polo Airport forms the Sistema Aeroport...
Trieste Airport (Friuli Venezia Giulia) The airport is 33 kilometers northwest of Trieste and 110 kilometers east of Venice. It is the entrance to the region Friuli Venezia Giulia, hence the official name. It is very close to Slovenia an...
Turin Caselle Airport Turin Airport is also called Caselle Airport, after its location in the northwest Italian region of Piemonte. Its official name is Aeroporto Sandro Pertini, after a popular Italian president. The airport has one ter...
Venice Marco Polo Airport Like most Italian airports this airport is also named after a hero from history, explorer Marco Polo lived in Venice from 1254 to 1324. The distance from the airport to Venice depends on your mode of transport, ...
Verona-Villafranca Airport Verona Airport is officially called Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca, but is generally referred to as ‘Verona-Villafranca’. It was originally a military airport, and the western part is still used by the I...
Belfast International Airport The Northern Ireland capital has two airports: the larger Belfast International and the smaller George Best Belfast City Airport that mainly maintains connections with cities in Great Britain and Ireland. Be...
George Best Belfast City Airport The capital of Northern Ireland has two airports: Belfast City Airport that is only three kilometers east of the city center, and Belfast International Airport that is much larger. Belfast City Airport, r...
Bergen Airport Bergen Airport Flesland lies approximately 20 kilometers south of Bergen. It is both a civil airport and a military airbase. As Norway's second airport it handles approximately 5 million passengers per year. Its most impor...
Oslo Airport - Gardermoen Oslo Airport is 50 kilometers north of the capital of Norway. It is a very modern airport which opened in 1998, and is the most important airport in Norway. The other airport in Oslo – Sandefjord Airport – is us...
Sandefjord Airport The Norwegians also call Sandefjord Airport, Sandefjord Torp Airport, after the village near the airport. The arrival of low-cost airlines has increased the number of passengers a lot. Annually, the small airport handl...
Trondheim Airport Trondheim Airport is in Stjørdal, approximately 35 kilometers east of Trondheim. It is a civilian airport as well as a military airbase. The most important domestic connection is with Oslo (25 flight per day). In additi...
Kraków Balice Airport Kraków Balice Airport is, after Warsaw airport, Poland's biggest airport. It is located in the southern Polish town of Balice, near Kraków. The Polish named the airport after the Polish pope and former archbishop of...
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport The countries in East Europe are more and more popular as destinations for short vacations, Poland and the capital Warsaw are no exception. The airport was not designed for a strong growth in the number of ...
Faro Airport Faro Airport is the most important airport in Algarve in south Portugal, it is seven kilometers west of the city, Faro. Many budget companies have direct flights from Faro to North Europe, such as Easyjet, Flybe and Air Berl...
Lisbon Portela Airport Lisbon Airport is seven kilometers northeast of the Portuguese capital. It was opened on October 15, 1942, after WW2 rapid expansion was necessary. Lisbon Airport has to deal with the rapidly growing amount of pass...
Madeira Airport (Funchal) Until recently Madeira Airport had a very short runway which made it a difficult airport for pilots. The runway was extended in 2000 with the support of the European Union. More than two million passengers use M...
Porto Airport The airport is in the northern Portuguese city of Porto and is officially called Francisco Sá Carneiro. It was the name of the Portuguese Prime Minister that passed away in 1980 when his airplane crashed. At that time there...
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport Sheremetyevo International Airport is the second-largest airport of the Russian Federation, after Domodedovo Airport which is also located near Moscow. The third airport of the Russian capital is...
Moscow Vnukovo International Airport Vnukovo International Airport is Moscow's oldest airport and one of the three international airports near the Russian capital (the other two are Domodedovo International Airport and Sheremetyevo Inter...
Moscow Domodedovo International Airport There are several airports around the Russian capital. Until recently Sheremetyevo was the most important airport, but meanwhile that role has been taken over by Domodedovo International Airport, t...
St Petersburg (Pulkovo) Airport The international airport of Saint Petersburg has two terminals, which are some distance apart. Pulkovo 1 handles domestic flights, while Pulkovo 2 is the international terminal. There is a free shuttle bu...
Alicante Airport Alicante Airport is nine kilometers southwest of Alicante on the east coast of Spain. It is the entrance gateway to Costa Blanca, an important tourist destination. The airport processes a majority of international flight...
Barcelona Airport Barcelona Airport is 12 kilometers southwest of the Catalan capital. It is the second busiest airport in Spain, only Madrid is busier. Barcelona processed almost 40 million passengers in 2015. In popular speech it is ca...
Bilbao Airport Just like Bilbao itself, the airport in the city has also undergone a facelift in the past few years, in 2000 the new terminal started to be used. It is a design from architect Santiago Calatrava and represents a flying do...
Fuerteventura Airport The airport on the Canary Island Fuerteventura is five kilometers south of the capital Puerto del Rosario. It is a small airport with one terminal, with the Arrivals Hall and Departures Hall on the ground floor.
Girona-Costa Brava Airport First, here is a small explanation about the spelling of Girona. We are keeping here the Catalan spelling, but in Spanish it is spelled Gerona. The complete name of the airport is Girona-Costa Brava. Girona Air...
Granada Airport The airport is officially called Federico García Lorca after the Spanish poet, but everyone calls it Granada Airport for short. The airport is 17 kilometers west of Granada and about 100 kilometers south of Jaén.
Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Airport is, concerning business, the fifth largest airport in Spain. It is 18 kilometers from the capital Las Palmas and 25 kilometers from the popular beaches on the south side of the island. There are ...
Ibiza Airport Ibiza Airport is very busy in the high season (May-October), and apart from that it is quiet. For an indication, more than 85% of the total passengers processed per year are processed in the top months. In 2014 the airport ...
Jerez de la Frontera Airport Jerez Airport has experienced considerable growth in the last few years. More than 700,000 travelers used this airport in 2000, and now that number has almost doubled. There are no air bridges from the termin...
Lanzarote Airport The airport in Lanzarote has two terminals: T2 is only for flights to other Canary Islands, and T1 is for all other flights. The airport process approximately 5.5 million passengers per year, and the majority come from ...
La Palma Airport The information on this page is about the airport on the Canary Island La Palma, not to be confused with Las Palmas in Gran Canaria or with Palma de Mallorca. La Palma Airport processes about one million passengers per y...
Madrid Barajas Airport Madrid Barajas Airport (full name Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport) is the largest airport in Spain and the most important for the Spanish capital. There are two other airports in Madrid (Torrejon and Cuatro Vi...
Malaga Airport The airport of the south Spanish city of Malaga is eight kilometers southwest of the city. It is one of the oldest Spanish airports. In 1919 Spanish aviation pioneers were in search of a suitable area for an airport. They ...
Murcia – San Javier Airport The passenger numbers at Murcia-San Javier Airport have strongly increased in the last years, thanks to the arrival of budget airlines. In 2006, the airport processed 1.6 million passengers, and it was about h...
North Tenerife Los Rodeos Airport North-Tenerife is also called Los Rodeos. This small airport is located in the town of Laguna. Los Rodeos handles about 4 million passengers annually. These are mainly domestic flights from the Spanish m...
Palma de Mallorca Airport The airport of Mallorca, officially called Son Sant Joan, is one of the busiest airports in Spain. In the busiest months of July and August it is the busiest airport in the country. There is one terminal but is ...
Reus Airport Reus Airport is located on the Costa Dorada (Catalonia) near Reus in the province of Tarragona. In recent years, the airport has grown extensively with the arrival of low-cost airlines and handles about one million passenger...
Santander Airport Santander Airport is also called Parayas. The airport is located near the town of Camargo on the Spanish north coast. In recent years the airport has grown rapidly after the arrival of low-cost airlines. The modernized ...
Santiago de Compostela Airport Santiago de Compostela Airport is ten kilometers northeast of the city. The airport processed almost two million passengers in 2006. Work is being done quickly in the coming years to expand the terminal fac...
Seville (San Pablo) Airport Seville Airport is an airport especially for domestic flights (almost 80%). But the number of international flights is increasing especially with the arrival of the budget airline Ryanair. The well known and r...
Tenerife South - Reina Sofia Airport Reina Sofia is the largest and busiest airport in Tenerife where many vacation flights arrive and depart. In the north part of the island there is a small airport, Los Rodeos, that is mainly used for ...
Valencia Airport Valencia Airport has been considerably developed over the last years. Since 1995 the number of passengers more than doubled. In 2015, more than 5 million people flew through Valencia Airport. This is especially because o...
Valladolid Airport The airport is 13 kilometers northwest of Valladolid. Thanks to the arrival of budget airline Ryanair the number of passengers has strongly increased. The airport processes about half a million travelers per year.
Göteborg Airport Göteborg Airport is an international airport, located in western Sweden. In Sweden the airport is also called Landvetter, after its location. With more than 5 million passengers annually and 50 destinations, it's Sweden'...
Stockholm Arlanda Airport The airport in Stockholm is closer to Uppsala (28 kilometers) than to the Swedish capital (42 kilometers). It is a very modern airport with four terminals: T2 and T5 are for international flights, T3 and T4 are ...
Stockholm Skavsta Airport Stockholm Skavsta Airport is 100 kilometers south of the Swedish capital and is used mostly by budget airlines. Other companies use the Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The old city Nyköping is right by this airport (...
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is a unique airport, the airport is developed jointly by two countries, France and Switzerland. It lies completely in French territory, but the airport itself has a ...
Geneva Cointrin International Airport Geneva Airport is officially called the Cointrin International Airport and is a unique airport, it has a French part and a Swiss part. It is six kilometers north of Geneva and is accessible from both...
Zurich Airport Zurich Airport is also well known as Flughafen Kloten, after the place where the airport is situated. In 2003 the renovation activities were completed. A new terminal was built and an automatic train connection was set up ...
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is 15 kilometers southwest of the Dutch capital. It is situated in the Haarlemmermeerpolder and that is also where the name Schiphol comes from. A part of the former lake was named Sc...
Eindhoven Airport Eindhoven (Welschap) Airport was origanally an airforce base, but has experienced a considerable growth in the last few years thanks to budget airlines. The military part of the airport is still called Welschap, but the...
Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam The Hague Airport was originally named Vliegveld Zestienhoven (Sixteen Courts Airport). The airport was opened in 1956 and was initially, reasonably successful. In the 70s the airport was less succes...
Punta Cana International Airport Punta Cana Airport in the Dominican Republic is the country's main gateway for tourists. Nearby you'll find magnificent beaches and numerous holiday resorts. The number of travelers is rapidly increasing ...
Santo Domingo Las Américas International Airport Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic, but it's not the country's busiest airport. That would be Punta Cana International Airport, the gateway to the popular tourist beach...
Acapulco General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport Acapulco is a popular holiday destination, especially for Americans. The airport has a fairly compact and modern terminal servicing both domestic and international flights.
Cancún International Airport Cancún is one of the main tourist destinations in Mexico and the international airport is therefore one of the largest airports in the country. The airport processes over 12 million passengers a year. Cancún ...
Guadalajara International Airport The international airport of the Mexican Guadalajara is officially called Aeropuerto Internacional Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. It's called after the Mexican freedom fighter who started the war of inde...
Mexico City International Airport Mexico City Airport is officially called Benito Juárez International Airport. The airport is named after Benito Juárez, who was president of Mexico for 14 years in the second half of the nineteenth centu...
Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo International Airport Monterrey Airport has three terminals: A, B and C. Terminal B was opened in 2010 and is considered one of the most modern terminals in Mexico (together with Terminal 2 of Mexico Ci...
Calgary International Airport Calgary International Airport (YYC) is the Canadian state of Alberta´s most important airport. YCC yearly handles approximately 12.5 million travelers and is Canada´s third largest passenger airport. The air...
Montréal-Trudeau Airport The airport, in full, is called Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport after a former Canadian Prime Minister. The name is daring because Trudeau just built a new airport, north of the city, that h...
Ottawa Macdonald Cartier International Airport The international airport of the Canadian capital Ottawa (in French: Aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier) is named after two Canadian heads of state. The airport is known for the art of...
Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto Airport is the busiest airport in Canada, approximately 30 million passengers use the airport each year. It was opened in 1939 under the name ‘Malton Airport’ and was renamed Toronto Internat...
Vancouver International Airport The airport is 13 kilometers south of Vancouver. There are three terminals, the International and Domestic Terminals are connected with each other by a covered corridor, there is also a separate ‘South Ter...
Anchorage Airport Anchorage International Airport is also known as Ted Stevens International Airport. The airport is situated southwest of Anchorage and is named after a famous Alaskan senator. As Alaska's biggest airport, Anchorage acco...
Baltimore-Washington International Airport The airport of Baltimore also serves as the airport of Washington DC, as does Washington Dulles International Airport, which is why its full name is Baltimore-Washington International Airport. T...
Boston Logan International Airport The full name of Boston's airport is General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, and it processes over 27 million passengers each year, which makes it one of the 20 busiest airports in the Unit...
Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago O’Hare Airport is located 29 kilometers to the northwest of Chicago and has four terminals. Terminal 5 is used for international flights, while the other three are divided among companies that...
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is huge and is usually abbreviated to DFW Airport (Americans have a preference for abbreviations, think of LAX for the airport near Los Angeles and JFK for N...
Denver International Airport Denver International Airport is the fifth largest airport of the United States. A striking feature is the pointed roof of the airport building, which is supposed to represent the snowy peaks of the Rocky Moun...
Honolulu International Airport Hawaii The airport of Hawaii's capital has three terminals. The largest is the Overseas Terminal and then there are the Inter-Island Terminal and the Commuter Terminal.
Houston William P. Hobby Airport Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport used to be the city's busiest airport, until the opening of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in 1969. Now, it is a relatively small airport for domestic flights.
Las Vegas McCarran Airport McCarran International Airport is in America's top 10 of busiest airports and handles about 30 million passengers annually. It is named after a Las Vegas politician. At the gambling city's airport you realize i...
Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles International Airport is a large, busy airport with more than 60 million travelers per year. The residents of Los Angeles usually call it L-A-X after the airport code. There are nine terminal...
Miami International Airport Miami Airport was recently completely renovated. There are Piers A, C and D (B was torn down) joined together to the North Terminal and Piers G, H and J to the South Terminal. Between them is a central area wi...
Newark Liberty International Airport Newark airport in the American state of New Jersey is also called Newark Liberty International Airport. Newark is only 25 kilometers from Manhattan (New York) and handles approximately 33 million pass...
New York John F Kennedy International Airport The most important airport in New York is also the largest in the United States. More than 40 million passengers use John F. Kennedy Airport each year, mostly called JFK for short. Two other ...
Orlando International Airport Orlando International Airport is the busiest airport in Florida which 35 million travelers use per year. There is one terminal, but this is divided in four ‘airsides’. Airside 1 and 2 on the north side, form...
Philadelphia International Airport The international airport of Philadelphia is located 11 kilometers from the city center and has six terminals. Between the terminals and the long-term parking areas, there are free shuttle buses. The hi...
Phoenix International Airport The airport of the American city Phoenix, the capital of the American state Arizona, is called in full Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. This airport, in the southwest of the United States, proudly c...
San Diego International Airport The international airport of San Diego is located seven kilometers to the west of the city and it has three terminals (1, 2 and a Commuter Terminal). Between the terminals, there is a free shuttle bus, the...
San Francisco Airport San Francisco is one of the United States busiest airports. It handles about 33 million passengers annually. The airport has four terminals which are connected by a free AirTrain. It has three domestic terminals (T1...
Seattle Airport Seattle Airport is located near the city of Tacoma, therefore it's also known as Sea-Tac. Handling 30 million passengers annually, Seattle-Tacoma is one of North-America's busiest airports. The airport has one terminal, w...
Tampa Airport Tampa International Airport handles about 20 million passengers annually. The airport is known as one of the United States' best airports. This is mainly due to the terminals' clear layout. The airport has a central termina...
Washington Dulles International Airport Dulles Airport is 42 kilometers west of the American capital Washington D.C. In 2006 the number of flights strongly increased, especially by the budget airline Independence. This airline became ban...
Alice Springs Airport Alice Springs Airport is a small, pleasant airport. There are only scheduled flights to other Australian destinations, with the domestic airlines Qantas and the budget company Tiger Airways. International charter fl...
Brisbane Airport Brisbane International Airport is one of Australia´s biggest airports (after Sydney and Melbourne). The airport is situated close to Brisbane (Queensland) and was opened in 1928. The airport is renowned for its friendly ...
Cairns Airport Cairns Airport is Northern Queensland's largest regional airport. Situated between the Great Barrier Reef and the tropical (Daintree) rainforest, for many people Cairns is the starting point for their Australia tour. Yearl...
Gold Coast Airport, Australia Gold Coast Airport used to be called Coolangatta Airport. Originally it wasn't more than a patch of grass for light planes. In 1980 a terminal was built and the name was changed into Gold Coast Airport. The ...
Melbourne Airport Melbourne Airport is, after Sydney, Australia's biggest airport and handles 25 million passengers annually. The Aussies also call it Tullamarine Airport, after its location. Melbourne has four terminals, which are conne...
Perth Airport Perth Airport is Australia's fourth biggest airport. Annually, it handles about 9 million passengers traveling to and from Western Australia. The airport has three main terminals and a few smaller terminals for regional fli...
Sydney International Airport Sydney International is Australia's biggest airport and handles about 28 million passengers annually. Half of the country's foreign visitors arrive at this airport. Kingsford Smith International Airport is on...
Auckland Airport Auckland Airport is New Zealand's most important airport. For many travelers, the airport of Auckland is the gateway to New Zealand. Approximately 7 million international backpackers and business travelers arrive here ev...
Christchurch International Airport Christchurch Airport is the most important airport on the south island of New Zealand. The airport underwent radical renovation activities that were completed at the end of 2008, the International Termi...
Wellington International Airport The international airport of the New Zealand capital was thoroughly renovated in 2010. A new terminal was built, nicknamed 'The Rock'. When the design was made public there was a lot of criticism, many th...
Buenos Aires Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini International Airport Argentina's capital has two international airports, of which Ministro Pistarini Airport is by far the most important. This airport processes over 9 million passengers a year. T...
Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery Airport Jorge Newbery Airport is the second airport of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. This airport is mainly used for domestic flights and international flights to neighboring countries. Other international ...
La Paz El Alto International Airport The airport of the Bolivian capital La Paz isn't the main airport of the country. That would be the more modern airport Viru Viru near Bolivia's commercial center Santa Cruz de la Sierra. As indicated...
Santa Cruz Viru Viru International Airport Usually the airport near the capital is the country's main airport. In Bolivia this isn't the case: Viru Viru Airport near Santa Cruz is Bolivia's main airport. This is because the capital La Pa...
Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte Airport is officially called Tancredo Neves International Airport, but is better known locally as Aeroporto Confins. Not too long ago this was a fairly unimportant airpor...
Brasília International Airport The Brazilian capital's airport is called in full Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport. There are two terminals, the new Terminal 2 and the old Terminal 1. Shuttle busses connect b...
Porto Alegre Salgado Filho International Airport The airport of the Brazilian Porto Alegre is named after politician Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho who died in a plane crash in 1950. The plane had departed from this airport.
Recife Guararapes International Airport The official name of Recife Airport is Aeroporto Internacional Gilberto Freyre, but it's better known as Aeroporto dos Guararapes. It's the largest airport in the northwest of Brazil. Just like man...
Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro Galeão Airport is officially called Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport. It's named after a famous Brazilian musician. The airport is investing tens of millions of dollars...
Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport Santos Dumont is the second airport of the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro. Just as at Galeão Airport tens of millions of dollars will be invested in the coming years to improve and expand the airport f...
Salvador International Airport Salvador Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhães Airport is also known under its former name Dois de Julho International Airport. The airport is located near Salvador, in the province of Bahia. The airport has one ...
Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport Sao Paulo international airport is situated in the district of Guarulhos. The airport got its name from a former governor of Sao Paulo state: Govenador André Franco Montoro. But the Brazilians ca...