The largest airports in the world
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In a previous post we talked about the largest buildings in the world because today we will talk about the largest airports in the world.
5-Japan: Haneda Airport (Tokyo)
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Located 20 kilometers south of Tokyo Station, Haneda International Airport is one of the two air terminals operating in Tokyo.
In 2005, it ranked number 4 on this list, receiving more than 62 million passengers, both in transit and passengers who stayed in Japan. The airport was inaugurated in 1931, and currently receives around 79 million passengers a year.
4-United States: Los Angeles Airport (Los Angeles)
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This airport is the main one of the city of Los Angeles. It is popularly known by the following LAX, pronounced separately. It is located southwest, in the town of Westchester, 27 kilometers from downtown. This airport became the third busiest in the world, until the attacks of September 11 in the United States.
A curious fact about this airport is that it is the air terminal with the most nonstop flights in the world. It serves 87 domestic destinations in the United States and 69 international destinations. Currently it moves more than 80 million passengers a year, and more than 2 million tons land and take off from its runways.
3-United Arab Emirates: Dubai International Airport (Dubai)
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Located 4 km southeast of Dubai, this international terminal is the main base of the Emirates and Emirates SkyCargo airline, currently the largest in the Middle East. In 2011, the airport had a record of more than 50 million passengers, ranking it number 13 in the world with respect to user traffic. Since 2010, they operate in more than 130 airlines that travel to more than 215 destinations to all continents, including Antarctica.
Emirates opened an exclusive terminal for the airline in October 2008. Terminal 3 cost US $ 4,500 million. This terminal is the second largest building in the world by surface. Thanks to this inauguration, the number of passengers transferred by the air base increased on a large scale. Currently more than 83 million passengers are transferred to this airport.
2-China: Pekin Capital Airport (Beijing)
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This airport is the second on our list and is the main one in the city of Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China.
In 2008 they completed an expansion in their structure on the eve of the Olympics that year in that country. This traffic of tourists for reasons of the sporting event, turned it into the busiest airport of that year. Currently it is always located at the top of the busiest airports due to its large size and because it belongs to the country with the largest population worldwide.
1-United States: Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (Atlanta)
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Number one in our count is located 11 kilometers south of the Financial District of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This airport is the number one landing and takeoff in the world.
In 2008 it was ranked first in the list after serving more than 90 million passengers who flew 978,824 flights. This airport serves as a distribution center for flights to all parts of the United States and outside the country.
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