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Charles de Gaulle Airport. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG) — also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG — is the main international airport serving Paris, the capital of France. Opened in 1974, it is in Roissy-en-France, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Paris and is named after World War II statesman Charles de ...
Vatican City has no airport and is too small to contain one; the Holy See has a land area of 0.44 km 2 (0.17 sq mi), and a maximum width of 900 m (3,000 ft). [13] However, it does have Vatican City Heliport in the western corner, which is used for visiting heads and officials of the city-state. [14] The nearest airport is Rome Ciampino Airport ...
List of airports with a paved runway at least 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long. Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport [35] 19°20′27″N 99°34′01″W / 19.34083°N 99.56694°W / 19.34083; -99.56694 (Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport)
The airport is the primary hub of British Airways and is a base for Virgin Atlantic. It has four passenger terminals (numbered 2 to 5) and a cargo terminal. In 2021 Heathrow served 19.4 million passengers, of which 17 million were international and 2.4 million domestic.
Aerial view of the central airport buildings including The Squaire in the back. In 2011, a large office building called The Squaire (a blend of square and air) opened at Frankfurt Airport. It was built on top of the Airport long-distance station and is considered the largest office building in Germany with 140,000 m 2 (1,500,000 sq ft) floor area.
Aerial view of Torrejón Air Base. Torrejón Air Base was originally the home of the Spanish National Institute Aeronautics, however following the Pact of Madrid of 26 September 1953, construction began at Torrejón on a new 13,400-foot (4,100 m) concrete runway to replace the existing 4,266-foot (1,300 m) grass airstrip and on a massive concrete apron and other necessary maintenance and ...
The airport has a single concrete runway (04/22), which is the longest in Switzerland with a length of 3,900 m (12,795 ft) and one of the longest in Europe, making it open to use by aircraft of all existing sizes. Adjacent to the commercial runway is a smaller, parallel, grass runway (04L/22R) [19] for light aircraft.
This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in Europe (Turkey and Russia included), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers. Data is for 2022 with a partial population of 2023 as statistics are released and is sourced individually for each airport and from a variety of sources, but normally the national aviation authority statistics, or those of the ...