Manchester Airport (MAN) is located in the Ringway, Manchester, England. This international airport was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in 2014 in terms of passenger traffic. Outside of the London region, Manchester Airport is the largest airport by far, with over double the capacity of the next-largest non-London airport. During WWII, the…
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) is the main international airport of the Netherlands. Located 5.6 southwest of Amsterdam, AMS is the hub of several airlines including Arkefly, Corendon Dutch Airlines, Transavia, and KLM. The airport opened in 1916 as, like many of the larger airports in Europe, a military airbase. Schipol began seeing civilian use after…
Originally known as the Idlewild Airport from the time of its opening in 1948, it was given a name change in 1963 following Kennedy’s assassination. 15 miles from midtown Manhattan, on the Jamaica Bay just southeast of Queens County, one can find the JFK International Airport. The airport receives a lot of traffic, particularly in…
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has held the title of “World’s Busiest Airport” for the last 15 years. This airport is constantly growing, and improvements are made on a constant basis to help accommodate the massive influx of domestic and international traffic. The most recent addition at the time of this writing…
Zurich Airport (ZRH) is the largest international airport in Switzerland and the primary hub of Swiss International Air Lines. Zurich Airport serves its namesake city, the largest in Switzerland, as well as most of the remaining country via numerous surface transport links. ZRH is located 8 miles north of central Zurich and is owned by…