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Note: Distance calculated as road distance. Airports require a significant footprint to account for current and future operations. Some airports are now close to one hundred years old, and the older an airport is, the more likely it is to be located near the center of its metropolitan area. This

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2003. In the most basic circumstances, some airports offer no ground services such as refueling or boarding equipment. Therefore, planes must carry sufficient fuel for the return trip and have their own staircase. This is particularly the case in remote areas, such as the Arctic, or

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 1999. Dun Huang (Gansu Province) is an oasis city located in the Gobi Desert, along the old Silk Road, and has become an important touristic destination. In order to keep the limited amount of arable land, the airport was constructed in the outlying desert. Although the

Source: Background image from Google Earth. The construction of Hong Kong Sky Hong Kong International Airport required the setting of a completely new island. It is serviced by two parallel runways, one for take-offs (7R/25L) and the other for landings (7L/25R). The airport was initially composed of the main terminal

Source: Airports Council International. Note: Several metropolitan areas contain more than one airport. Measuring the importance of a metropolitan area in the global air transport system using the passenger or freight traffic of its largest airport can be misleading. This is particularly the case for large metropolitan areas with more than one

Like the world’s population distribution, most commercial airports are located at lower altitudes. More than a third of airports are sited at altitudes of less than 100 feet (30 meters), and three-quarters are sited at less than 1,000 feet (300 meters). Aircraft taking off at higher altitudes require a longer

The suitability of an airport site considering an isotropic plain can be viewed as a balance between two opposing forces: The real locational context of an airport is obviously much more complex with additional geographical (availability of flat land) and land use constraints, implying that fewer sites may be suitable.

An airport has two major components; an airfield and terminals. A typical airfield is composed of a runway for takeoffs and landings as well as two (or one) parallel taxiing lanes (taxiway). Runways are labeled according to the direction (rounded magnetic azimuth in decimal) they are facing. Therefore, a plane

Source: US Census Bureau and Fortune Magazine. Corporate headquarters tend to be located in metropolitan areas that are well-integrated into air transport networks. Conversely, airlines tend to select their hubs based on the level of corporate activity. Among the many advantages of a well-connected airport city is the availability of

Source: Airports Council International. There is a convergence between passenger and freight activity in East and Southeast Asia (including South Asia). While Japan and South Korea can be considered relatively mature markets, the prospects for future growth in passenger air transportation across the region are highly positive. China is developing