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 buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals.

An airport with a helipad for rotorcraft but no runway is called a heliport. An airport for use by seaplanes and amphibious aircraft is called a seaplane base. Such a base typically includes a stretch of open water for takeoffs and landings, and seaplane docks for tying-up. An international airport has additional facilities for customs and immigration.

By continent

• Lists of airports in Africa
• List of airports in Antarctica
• Lists of airports in Asia
• Lists of airports in Europe
• Lists of airports in North America
• Lists of airports in Oceania
• Lists of airports in South America

Busiest airports

By traffic type

• List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
• List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
• List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
• List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic

By continent

• List of the busiest airports in Africa
• List of the busiest airports in Asia
• List of the busiest airports in Europe
• List of the busiest airports in North America
• List of the busiest airports in Oceania
• List of the busiest airports in South America

By code

IATA

ICAO

By elevation

• List of highest airports
• List of lowest airports

Other

• List of international airports by country
• List of eponyms of airports - airports named after people
• List of airports with triple takeoff/landing capability
• List of airports by metropolitan area, see: Category:Airports by city
• List of airports with scheduled commercial service, see: Airline destinations
• Lists of military installations

See also

• List of cities with more than one commercial airport
• List of IATA-indexed railway stations
• Lists of ports
• Seaport

External links

• KML (Google Earth geolocations) file of Airports

This article includes an aviation-related list of lists.