Curiosities about Airports
* The largest airport in the world is the Airport King Khalid, in Saudi Arabia, with a total area of 225 square kilometers. In America, the largest airport is the Airport of Mirabel, Canada, with 150 square kilometers.
* The largest airport in influx of passengers is the Hartsfield International Airport, in Atlanta, United States, with an influx of 82 million passengers per year, closely followed by the Airport O’Hare, Chicago, also in the U.S., that prompted 75 million passengers in 2004.
* The largest airport of international trafficking of the world is the Heathrow Airport, in London, England, with an average of 460,000 landings and take-offs per year. An 80 per cent of its annual turnover of 55 million passengers is through international flights.
* The largest airport of local traffic of the world is the Los Angeles Airport. About 60 per cent of its annual turnover of 60 million passengers possesses as destination or point of departure of the metropolitan region of Los Angeles.
* The airport air cargo with more influx of the world is the International of Memphis, USA. There is located the operational center for FedEx.
* The airport highest in the world is Bangda, in Tibet, located 4,739 meters.





