Definition: This entry gives the total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, earth, sand, or gravel surfaces) but may include closed or abandoned installations. Airports or airfields that are no longer recognizable (overgrown, no facilities, etc.) are not included. Note that not all airports have accommodations for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Coke’s New Airport Stunt Welcomes Travelers to ‘World’s Happiest Country’
Media Bistro - 5/14/2013 2:04:50 PM
Coke has long associated its brand with happiness — even dedicating entire websites to the philosophical meaning of the word, and calling the contents of a can of cola “140 happy calories.” Now, the company is taking advantage of a happy coincidence ...
CompareAirportTransfers.co.uk Helps International Tourists Find Great Airport Transfer Deals Across 85+ Countries
SBWire - 5/14/2013 8:21:14 AM
Colchester, Essex -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2013 -- Going to unknown places often puts tourists in confusion and a state of wonder due to different reasons. One of the common reasons is transfers between two unknown towns, cities or countries. Even if the ...
Seven groups qualify to bid for $430 mln Philippine airport project
Reuters - 5/16/2013 10:13:24 AM
The groups include some of the world's top airport operators and the largest conglomerates in the country. The project involves the right to build a new terminal with an annual capacity of 8 million passengers at the international airport of the ...
Airports in need of major upgrade
financialgazette.co.zw - 5/18/2013 1:45:46 PM
A revamp of the country’s airports would also help improve revenue generated ... President Robert Mugabe indicated that CAAZ would be split into two units — a development that would go a long way in improving the country’s aviation facilities and ...
DIA named in top 10 list of best airports worldwide
KDVR Fox-31 - 5/14/2013 4:13:41 PM
DENVER — Denver International Airport is one of the best in the world, according to a survey by Skytax, a worldwide leader in airport research services. DIA was ranked ninth on the list of World’s Best Airports over 50 million passengers per ...
Baggage handlers strike in Cairo airport, passengers from 20 flights wait hours for luggage
FOX News - 5/18/2013 9:31:04 PM
CAIRO – Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport ...
Syria state TV: Powerful blast rattles Damascus
KSL-TV - 5/18/2013 6:53:35 PM
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian state TV says a powerful explosion has hit the nation's capital, causing an unknown number of casualties. State TV says the blast rattled the Damascus neighborhood of Ruken al-Deen late Saturday. Residents confirmed they heard a large ...
Airport Show: Technology Optimization to Further Enhance Passengers' Airport Experience
aviationpros.com - 5/13/2013 11:53:00 PM
They are realizing the importance of facilitation of passengers - countries realize today that creating hub airports like in Singapore or Dubai are a great asset, fuelling infrastructure growth elsewhere. The airline industry, growing 6 to 8 per cent ...
Gannett Fleming, Design Engineer for PHX Sky Train™: First Transit Bridge in the World to Cross an Active Taxiway
PRWeb - 5/18/2013 8:12:19 PM
The congested site required many innovative solutions during the ... Fleming as design engineer of the first transit bridge in the world to cross an active taxiway. Defined as an automated people-mover system, the PHX Sky Train™ allows one of the country ...
Indian airports low in world rankings; Hyderabad best in country
in.com - 4/19/2013 3:43:05 AM
New Delhi: Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGI) has been rated as the best airport in India, the fifth best regional airport in Asia and the eighth best airport in the 5-10 million passengers per annum capacity category. The ratings were ...
China: World Bank to Help Develop Green Airport to Improve Connectivity in Jiangxi Province
The World Bank Group - 5/13/2013 10:19:56 PM
In 2011, the country’s air passenger throughput reached 621 million ... and plans to build 69 additional airports bringing the total civil airports to 244 by 2020. Based on the long-term partnership between China and the World Bank in the ...
Jonathan commissions re-modelled Enugu Airport, lays foundation stone of new N13b terminal
worldstagegroup.com - 5/18/2013 7:22:13 PM
WorldStage Newsonline-- President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday commissioned the newly remodelled Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu, saying the ceremony is not only a fulfilment of his campaign promise in 2010 to give the South East geo-political ...
Syrian rebels attack military airports across country, opposition says
CNN - 4/29/2013 12:53:44 AM
At the Hama military airport, rebels from the Free Syrian Army traded Grad missiles for Syrian army mortars Sunday, the Hama Revolutionist Command Council said in a statement. Rebels also engaged in fierce clashes with Syrian troops and took ...
Nigeria: Rating Nigerian Airports
AllAfrica - 5/8/2013 10:15:44 AM
It must be somewhat embarrassing that none of the country's airports made it to the top ten in Africa in the 2013 Skytrax World Best Airports ranking. At Skytrax Awards held recently in Geneva, Switzerland, South African airports dominated the top ten in ...
Belgian prosecutor: 31 people in 3 countries detained in spectacular airport diamond heist
FOX News - 5/8/2013 8:42:40 AM
BRUSSELS – A Belgian prosecutor says 31 people have been detained in three countries in connection with a spectacular $50 million airport diamond heist that was pulled off with clockwork precision. Prosecutor Anja Bijnens says one person was ...
