Airports
Many countries are interested in building airports, airports are the front of the country, which gives the first impression to the visitor, and airports are known as a place for transporting passengers by planes from one country to another. Today, in addition to being a means of transporting passengers and goods, airports provide services to visitors such as pharmacies, cafes, restaurants, markets and other services. In all airports, there must be basic facilities that the airport can only use, such as: runways, control towers, and navigational devices. These facilities would make the airports at the top of the global ranking, and in this article we will talk about the best, strangest and busiest airports. [1]
Ranking of the world’s airports
Ranking of the best airports in the world
The annual ranking of the best airports issued by the Skytrax Award shows the presence of an Arab airport among the top ten airports for 2017, and the following is the ranking of the top ten airports in the world:
- First place went to Changi Airport in Singapore .
- The second place was in favor of Tokyo International Airport.
- The third place was for Inson Airport in Seoul, the capital of South Korea .
- Fourth place is occupied by Munich Airport in Germany.
- Fifth place was for Hong Kong International Airport.
- Sixth place went to Hamad International Airport, which opened in 2014, and is one of the largest and most active airports in the Arab world.
- The seventh place was for Chubu Centrair Airport in Japan .
- Zurich International Airport, the largest airport in Switzerland, ranked eighth.
- The ninth place was for Heathrow Airport in London, which is classified as the largest airport in the world.
- The tenth place was taken by Frankfurt International Airport.
Ranking of the most unusual airports
The pleasure of travel is not complete only in the tourist places frequented by tourists, but the landing of the plane in a unique and picturesque place is what completes the pleasure of travel.[2]
- Princess Juliana International Airport: We find this airport close to Maho Beach in Saint Martin in the French Dutch island in the Caribbean . This airport was opened in 1942, and it was a military airport; However, he later became a civilian; It was updated and redesigned in 1964.
- Courchevel Airport: In the French Alps, specifically in the ski area, you find one of the most unusual airports, which is Courchevel Airport. The runway of this airport is very small, not up to 500m in length, and it is only suitable for small planes. This airport is used by trained pilots who have a special permit. to use it.
- Paro Airport: In addition to being the smallest international airport in the world, Paro Airport is also one of the strangest, located in South Asia in Bhutan. at this airport.
- Barra International Airport: The only airport that is located on the beach is Barra International Airport on the island of Barra (the island opposite the Scottish coast) . It is only used and considered safe when there is reflux and the water has receded.
- Gustav III Airport: On the French island of Saint Paris, we find Gustav III Airport in the Caribbean Sea. The length of the airport runway does not reach 650 m. Its runway is surrounded by green hills on one side and on the other hand it is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, and because the planes take off directly from the beach, there are Tourists are warned not to lie on the beach at the end of the runway.
Ranking of the busiest airports in 2016
The Airports Council International issued a list of the busiest airports for 2016, and this list is as follows: [3]
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: This airport is located in Georgia in the United States of America . It ranked first in the list of the busiest airports for the year 2016; It received more than 104 million passengers, and this is the 19th consecutive time that this airport is at the top of this list.
- Beijing International Airport: Beijing International Airport in China is the second busiest airport in the world; In 2016, the number of passengers reached nearly 94 million.
- Dubai International Airport: In 2016, the number of passengers traveling through Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates reached 83 million.
- Los Angeles International Airport: In 2016, the number of passengers at Los Angeles International Airport in the United States of America reached 81 million, which made it the fourth busiest airport in the world.
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport: In 2016, the number of passengers at Tokyo Haneda International Airport reached more than 79 million.
- O’Hare International Airport: O’Hare International Airport is located in Chicago in the United States of America. According to the Airports Council International, O’Hare International Airport ranks sixth in the list of the busiest airports in 2016; As the number of passengers reached 78 million passengers and more.
- Heathrow Airport in London: The number of passengers at this airport reached 75 million and more, and thus ranked seventh in the list of the busiest airports in 2016.
- Hong Kong International Airport: ranked eighth for Hong Kong International Airport in China; In 2016, the number of passengers at this airport reached more than 70 million.
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport: This airport is the ninth busiest airport in the world; In 2016, the number of passengers reached 66 million and more.
- Charles de Gaulle Airport: The number of passengers at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France reached nearly 66 million, and this number made it the tenth busiest airport.
The reviewer
- ↑ Jamal Al-Aqili, “How do airports work” , books.google.jo , accessed on 12-6-2017. act.
- ↑ “The strangest airports in the world… Someone saved James Bond” , rotana.net , 8-18-2016, accessed 27-12-2017. act.
- ↑ “What is the busiest airport in the Middle East?” , arabic.cnn.com , 12-3-2017, accessed on 6-12-2017. act.
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