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Asian airports are those that are located in the 48 countries and 6 dependent states as defined by UN and fall within the Asian region. As of 2018, China has 19 airports in the top 50, while Japan has five, India has four, South Korea has three and Indonesia , Saudi Arabia , Vietnam , UAE , Thailand and Turkey ( Asian part ) have two each.
Singapore Changi Airport (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ŋ i / CHAHNG-ee) (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) is a major international airport that serves Singapore, and is one of the largest transportation hubs in Asia. More than 100 airlines operate from the airport, with flights to destinations in Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. [9]
Aerial view of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in 1962. Tan Son Nhat International Airport has its origins in the early 1930s when the French colonial government constructed a small airport with unpaved runways, known as Tân Sơn Nhứt Airfield near the village of Tan Son Nhut. By mid-1956, with U.S. aid, a 7,200-foot (2,190 m) runway had been built ...
Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS) [5] [6] is the main international airport serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. [7] [8] Located mostly in Racha Thewa subdistrict, Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan province, it covers an area of 3,240 ha (32.4 km 2; 8,000 acres), making it one of the biggest international airports in Southeast Asia and a regional hub for aviation.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD) is the main international airport serving Shanghai, the largest city by population in China, and a major aviation hub of East Asia, and a major world airport. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major ...
The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predecessor, the former Kai Tak Airport. Opened in 1998, Hong Kong International Airport is the world's busiest cargo gateway and one of the world's busiest passenger airports. [4] It is also home to one of the world's ...
It serves Almaty, the largest and most populous city in the country, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country. It is the busiest airport both in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In 2023, the airport handled 9,547,136 passengers per year for the first time. [3]
It is often referred to as the Ninoy Aquino Terminal, as it was the site of the former senator's assassination in 1983. The terminal, opened in 1982, [19] is the airport's second oldest and exclusively handles international flights. The development of the Manila International Airport, which includes Terminal 1, was approved by Executive Order ...