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  2. Airport - Wikipedia

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    Most airport names include the location. Many airport names honour a public figure, commonly a politician (e.g., Charles de Gaulle Airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Lennart Meri Airport, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Soekarno–Hatta International Airport), a monarch (e.g. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, King Shaka ...

  3. International airport - Wikipedia

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    This affects airport design factors, including the number and placement of terminals as well as the flow of passengers and baggage between different areas of the airport. An airport specializing in point-to-point transit can have international and domestic terminals, each in their separate building equipped with separate baggage handling ...

  4. The fascinating stories behind the names of 10 major airports ...

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    Some airports have a fascinating naming history. Stacker reviewed North America's busiest airports and uncovered how 10 were named. The fascinating stories behind the names of 10 major airports in ...

  5. List of eponyms of airports - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of eponymously named airports. It includes the name of the airport, the facility's location, and the person after whom the airport is named.

  6. Lists of airports - Wikipedia

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    An airport is an aerodrome with facilities for flights to take off and land. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower.An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility ...

  7. Runway - Wikipedia

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    The two numbers differ by 18 (= 180°). For clarity in radio communications, each digit in the runway name is pronounced individually: runway one-five, runway three-three, etc. (instead of "fifteen" or "thirty-three"). FAA airport diagram at O'Hare International Airport. The two 14/32 runways go from upper left to lower right, the two 4/22 ...

  8. List of airports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This list of primary airports contains the following information: CITY – The city generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve. FAA – The location identifier assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). These are linked ...

  9. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (airports) - Wikipedia

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    1: (Place Name) (Proper Name) (Moniker) Airport ie. Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport 2: (Proper Name) (Place Name) (Moniker) Airport ie. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 3: (Proper Name) (Moniker) Airport ie. Ronald Reagan National Airport 4. Whatever the airport authority calls it