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Geography4,078 ENTRIES

Highest airports

Open airports with scheduled service, by elevation. First: Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY).

Geography59 ENTRIES

Below sea level

Open airports with negative elevation. First: Bar Yehuda Airfield (MTZ).

Operations29,823 ENTRIES

Longest runways

Open airports by their longest runway. First: Gisp Ice Landing Strip (GL-0002).

Geography1,288 ENTRIES

Steepest runways

Open airports by the average gradient of their steepest runway, threshold to threshold. First: Lolat Airport (ID-0379).

AltiPortMeribel — Méribel Altiport · Mariiwakura · Public domain

Geography98 ENTRIES

Altiports

Open mountain strips named altiport or altisurface, by elevation. First: Altisurface du Glacier Du Dome Du Gouter (FR-0276).

Operations3,435 ENTRIES

Shortest runways with airline service

Scheduled service, paved runway, by longest runway ascending. First: Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB).

Operations1,590 ENTRIES

Busiest airports

Passengers in the latest reported year. First: Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

Operations4,484 ENTRIES

Most connected

Open airports by passenger destinations. First: İstanbul Airport (IST).

Alta-lufthavn — Alta Airport · Algkalv (Algkalv (talk)) · Public domain

Geography4,325 ENTRIES

Northernmost airline service

Open airports and heliports with scheduled service, by latitude. First: Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR).

History2,871 ENTRIES

Oldest airports still open

Open airports by opening year. First: Cannes Mandelieu Airport (CEQ).

Cathay Pacific Spirit of Hong Kong B742 Kai Tak Final Approach — Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak · Ywchow · Public domain

History4,064 ENTRIES

Closed and historic

Closed airfields, best documented first. First: Berlin-Tegel Otto Lilienthal International Airport (DE-0876).

Geography1,326 ENTRIES

Water runways

Open seaplane bases and airports with a water runway. First: Ketchikan International Airport (KTN).

Geography8 ENTRIES

Beach runways

Airfields where aircraft land on the beach itself, chosen by the editors, open ones first. First: Barra Airport (BRR).

A collection is a ranked list with a rule, or an editorial list where no rule in the data can draw one, with a source for every place. For open-ended questions (“all airports above 2,000 m”) use the register.

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