Events per year 272 on record 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
01 Fields and flying grounds1903–1918 · 3 OF 3 LISTED Grass fields, army aerodromes and the first flying schools. An airfield is wherever the ground is flat and the farmer agrees.
13 MAY Disaster 1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash. 17 OCT Disaster Johannisthal air disaster. 19 AUG Disaster Maxstoke air crash.
02 The airport is invented1919–1938 · 6 OF 7 LISTED Terminals, control towers and radio arrive. Capitals are linked by scheduled services, and cities start to build municipal airports.
24 DEC Disaster 1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash. 13 JUL Disaster 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash. 12 DEC Disaster Destruction of Oiseau Bleu no. 3. 10 DEC Disaster 1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash. 9 DEC Disaster 1936 KLM Croydon accident.
03 War1939–1945 · 2 OF 2 LISTED Thousands of military airfields are laid down in six years. Many of today’s airports began as one of them.
18 OCT Disaster 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident. 23 AUG Disaster Freckleton Air Disaster.
04 Postwar and the jet age1946–1969 · 64 OF 68 LISTED Wartime fields pass to civil use and piston airliners fill them. From 1958 jets need longer concrete runways, and airports move further from the cities they serve.
14 NOV Disaster 1946 KLM Douglas DC-3 Amsterdam accident. 19 DEC Disaster 1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash. 25 JAN Disaster 1947 Croydon Dakota accident. 2 MAR Disaster 1948 Heathrow Disaster. 12 MAR Disaster Llandow air disaster. 31 OCT Disaster 1950 Heathrow BEA Viking accident. 31 OCT Disaster 1950 Heathrow BEA Viking accident. 14 JUL Disaster Crash of an Airtaco L-14 in Stockholm. 6 SEP Disaster 1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash. 5 OCT Disaster 1952 Leningrad mid-air collision. 6 JAN Disaster 1954 Aldbury Valetta accident. 25 DEC Disaster 1954 Prestwick air disaster. 1 OCT Disaster 1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash. 5 MAR Disaster Sutton Wick air crash. 14 MAR Disaster British European Airways Flight 411. 1 MAY Disaster 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident. 23 OCT Disaster 1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crash. 4 NOV Disaster 1957 Romanian Ilyushin Il-14 crash. 2 SEP Disaster 1958 London Vickers Viking accident. 18 JAN Disaster Aeroflot Flight 205. 23 OCT Disaster Aeroflot Flight 200. 16 NOV Disaster Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959). 26 FEB Disaster Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960). 20 JUL Disaster Aeroflot Flight 613. 17 AUG Disaster Aeroflot Flight 36 (1960). 26 SEP Disaster Austrian Airlines flight 901. 17 DEC Disaster 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash. 15 FEB Disaster Sabena Flight 548. 30 MAY Disaster Viasa Flight 897. 31 DEC Disaster 1961 Mineralnye Vody Il-18 crash. 3 JUN Disaster Air France Flight 007. 28 JUL Disaster Aeroflot Flight 415. 23 NOV Disaster Malév Flight 355. 19 DEC Disaster 1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash. 20 NOV Disaster Linjeflyg Flight 277. 8 MAR Disaster Aeroflot Flight 513. 6 JUL Disaster 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident. 6 JUL Disaster 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident. 11 NOV Disaster Aeroflot Flight 99. 16 FEB Disaster Aeroflot Flight 302. 17 FEB Disaster Aeroflot Flight 65. 27 AUG Disaster Aeroflot Flight 3772. 1 SEP Disaster Britannia Airways Flight 105. 4 JUN Disaster Stockport air disaster. 30 DEC Disaster Aeroflot Flight 51. 7 MAR Disaster Aeroflot Flight 3153. 3 JUL Disaster BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845. 5 JAN Disaster Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701. 26 AUG Disaster Aeroflot Flight 1770.
05 Wide bodies1970–1989 · 79 OF 101 LISTED The 747 makes mass travel ordinary. New sites are chosen for size, not proximity.
5 JAN Disaster 1970 Spantax Convair crash. 1 APR Disaster Aeroflot Flight 1661. 15 JUN Disaster Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair. 31 DEC Disaster Aeroflot Flight 3012. 18 JAN Disaster Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 130. 23 MAY Disaster Aviogenex Flight 130. 28 AUG Disaster Malév Airlines Flight 731. 12 NOV Disaster Aeroflot Flight 63. 21 DEC Disaster Balkan airlines Il-18 Crash (1971). 5 MAY Disaster Alitalia Flight 112. 18 MAY Disaster Aeroflot Flight 1491. 18 JUN Disaster British European Airways Flight 548. 14 AUG Disaster Interflug Flight 450. 13 OCT Disaster Aeroflot Flight 217. 19 FEB Disaster Aeroflot Flight 141. 3 MAR Disaster Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307. 13 AUG Disaster Aviaco Flight 118. 11 SEP Disaster JAT Airways Flight 769. 17 DEC Disaster 1973 Rome airport attack and hijacking. 3 MAR Disaster Turkish Airlines Flight 981. 27 APR Disaster 1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash. 1 SEP Disaster Interflug Flight 1107. 30 OCT Disaster Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450. 3 JAN Disaster Aeroflot Flight 2003. 28 NOV Disaster Aeroflot Flight 2415. 17 DEC Disaster Aeroflot Flight 36 (1976). 15 JAN Disaster Linjeflyg Flight 618. 14 FEB Disaster Ławica air disaster. 15 FEB Disaster Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1977). 19 NOV Disaster TAP Portugal Flight 425. 23 DEC Disaster Alitalia Flight 4128. 17 MAR Disaster Aeroflot Flight 1691. 31 JUL Disaster Dan-Air Flight 0034. 14 MAR Disaster LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007. 21 SEP Disaster 1980 Biggin Hill Invader crash. 4 DEC Disaster 1980 Camarate air crash. 7 FEB Disaster 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash. 6 OCT Disaster NLM CityHopper Flight 431. 21 OCT Disaster Malév Flight 641. 6 JUL Disaster Aeroflot Flight 411. 11 SEP Disaster 1982 Mannheim helicopter crash. 13 SEP Disaster Spantax Flight 995. 29 SEP Disaster Aeroflot Flight 343. 7 DEC Disaster Madrid Runway Disaster. 10 JAN Disaster 1984 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash. 16 SEP Disaster Pomnik katastrofy lotniczej 1984.09.16. 4 DEC Disaster Aeroflot Flight 637. — Disaster 1985 Frankfurt airport bombing. 1 FEB Disaster Aeroflot Flight 7841. 22 AUG Disaster British Airtours Flight 28M. 20 OCT Disaster Aeroflot Flight 6502. 12 DEC Disaster Aeroflot Flight 892. 9 MAY Disaster LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055. 19 JUN Disaster Aeroflot Flight 528. 21 DEC Disaster Air Littoral Flight 1919. 8 FEB Disaster Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108. 26 JUN Disaster Air France Flight 296. 28 AUG Disaster Ramstein air show disaster. 14 NOV Disaster Ilmajoki Air Disaster. 8 FEB Disaster Independent Air Flight 1851. 8 MAY Disaster Oskarshamn air disaster 1989. 17 JUN Disaster Interflug Flight 102.
06 Built on water1990–2009 · 61 OF 63 LISTED In East Asia, where there is no land left, it is made: airports on artificial islands and reclaimed sea. Elsewhere, old city airports close.
14 NOV Disaster Alitalia Flight 404. 23 MAY Disaster Aeroflot Flight 8556. 30 MAR Disaster Aviaco Flight 231. 27 AUG Disaster Aeroflot Flight 2808. 21 DEC Disaster Martinair Flight 495. 6 JAN Disaster Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634. 5 MAR Disaster Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301. 27 OCT Disaster Widerøe Flight 744. 24 JAN Disaster 1994 Lake Constance Cessna 425 crash. 24 FEB Disaster Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045. 4 APR Disaster KLM Cityhopper Flight 433. 30 JUN Disaster Airbus Industrie Flight 129. 3 NOV Disaster Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347. 31 MAR Disaster TAROM Flight 371. 24 MAY Disaster Knight Air Flight 816. 13 DEC Disaster Banat Air Flight 166. 3 APR Disaster 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash. 15 JUL Disaster 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident. 21 JUL Disaster 1996 Barton Aerodrome disaster. 29 AUG Disaster Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801. 30 JUL Disaster Air Littoral Flight 701. 25 FEB Disaster Alitalia Flight 1553. 3 SEP Disaster 1999 Glasgow Airport Cessna 404 crash. 14 SEP Disaster Britannia Airways Flight 226A. 22 DEC Disaster Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509. 10 JAN Disaster Crossair Flight 498. 9 MAR Disaster Vologda Aviation Enterprise Flight 9651. 25 MAY Disaster 2000 Charles de Gaulle runway collision. 4 JUL Disaster Malév Flight 262. 25 JUL Disaster Air France Flight 4590. 7 FEB Disaster Iberia Airlines Flight 1456. 29 AUG Disaster Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261. 8 OCT Disaster 2001 Linate Airport runway collision. 23 NOV Disaster ELK Airways Flight 1007. 24 NOV Disaster Crossair Flight 3597. 18 APR Disaster 2002 Pirelli Tower plane crash. 27 JUL Disaster Sknyliv air show disaster. 28 JUL Disaster Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560. 6 NOV Disaster Luxair Flight 9642. 23 SEP Disaster Luxair Flight 8852. 4 DEC Disaster Kato Air Flight 603. 3 MAY Disaster Armavia Flight 967. 5 MAR Disaster 2007 helicopter mid-air collision in Austria. 17 MAR Disaster UTair Flight 471. 30 DEC Disaster TAROM Flight 3107. 17 JAN Disaster British Airways Flight 38. 11 APR Disaster 2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash. 30 JUN Disaster Aeroflot Flight 846. 20 AUG Disaster Spanair Flight 5022. 10 NOV Disaster Ryanair Flight 4102. 25 FEB Disaster Turkish Airlines Flight 1951. 28 FEB Disaster Carpatair flight 128.
07 Hubs2010–2026 · 27 OF 28 LISTED Gulf and Asian hubs grow to the top of the rankings. Historic fields become parks and housing.
21 JAN Disaster Cargolux Flight 7933. 22 MAR Disaster Aviastar-TU Flight 1906. 10 APR Disaster Smolensk air disaster. 4 DEC Disaster Dagestan Airlines Flight 372. 10 FEB Disaster Manx2 Flight 7100. 20 JUN Disaster RusAir Flight 9605. 7 SEP Disaster 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster. 1 NOV Disaster LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16. 29 DEC Disaster Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268. 23 AUG Disaster 2013 CHC Helicopters Eurocopter AS332 crash. 14 JUN Disaster 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown. 20 OCT Disaster 2014 Vnukovo Airport Falcon 50 crash. 7 APR Disaster Newtownards Airport crash. 25 APR Disaster Turkish Airlines flight 1878. 19 MAR Disaster Flydubai Flight 981. 5 AUG Disaster ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332. 24 OCT Disaster 2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash. 11 NOV Disaster Air Astana Flight 1388. 5 MAY Disaster Aeroflot Flight 1492. 15 AUG Disaster Ural Airlines Flight 178. 17 AUG Disaster 2021 United Aircraft Corporation Il-112 crash. 16 JUL Disaster Meridian Flight 3032. 25 NOV Disaster Swiftair Flight 5960. 21 MAR Disaster Hayes substation fire. FROM WIKIDATA AND THE FAA AIRPORT REGISTER · THE BEST-KNOWN FEW OF EACH KIND IN EACH YEAR · COUNTS AND THE CSV ARE THE WHOLE TABLE