world largest airport terminal
Airport is a Place where airplanes and other aircraft take off
and land and load and unload passengers and cargo Air travel has become the
chief means of long distance transportation and modern aircraft provide the
safest means of travel .Every day the world s airport handle million of
passengers flying on thousands of commercial airplanes for business and leisure
travel.
Big-city airport are busy exciting places Overhead planes
approach the airport on assigned routes called traffic patterns. On the ground one
plane after another takes off. Automobiles, buses and taxis pull up to the
passenger terminal to pick up or drop off travelers. Thousands of people jam
the terminal area most of them are travelers. Some are
airport and
airline employees. Other go to airports to greet athletes politicians and
other celebrities and to meet friends and relatives arriving for a visit.
The largest airport resembles small cities. Many have hotels
restaurants banks post offices and shops as well as their own police force fire
departments medical facilities are important and useful for passengers and
employees at an airport When lengthy
flight
delays or emergencies arise such service can become vital, Airports differ from
other transportation terminals such as bus or train stations, in two imports
ways (1) airports require more land, and (2) airports are usually located away
from the centers of the cities they serve. An airport needs much more land to
accommodate the same number of passengers as a bus or train station. A large
bus station may cover about 9 acres (3.6 hectares). But a medium-sized city
airport needs from 700 to 3,000 acres (280 to1, 200 hectares) the largest
airport in the world-king Khalid
international
Airport near Riyadh, a city in Saudi Arabia –covers 55,510 acres (22,464
hectares). The largest airport, has an area of about 34,000 acres (14,000
hectares)
In the
United
States cities counties, states, or public counties, states, or public
corporations own most large airports many small airports are privately owned The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)licensee aircraft
and pilots .The FAA also regulates safety and sets certain design and
operations standards for airports in addition the FAA operates air navigational
aids and controls air traffic The Canadian Ministry of Transport licenses
airports and aircraft in Canada more than 150 countries including the United
States and Canada belong to the international Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) of the United Nations. The ICAO establishes standards for its members in
such areas as airport safety operations and air traffic control.
Worlds 25 busiest airports
1.
O’ Hare
International (Chicago )
2.
Hartsfield International
(Atlanta)
3.
Dallas/Fort
Worth International
4.
Los Angeles
International
5.
Heathrow
(London)
6.
Tokyo International
7.
Frankfurt
8.
San
Francisco International
9.
Kimpo International
(Seoul)
10.
Miami International
11.
Denver International
12.
Charles de
Gaulle (Paris)
14.
Detroit
Metropolitan Wayne County
15.
Mc carran International
(Las Vegas )
16.
Sky Harbor
(Phoenix)
17.
Hong kong International
18.
Newark International
19.
Minneapolis-St.Paul
International
20.
Schiphol
(Amsterdam)
21.
Orly
(Paris)
22.
Lambert-st.Louis
International
23.
Houston International
24.
New Tokyo International
25.
Logan International
(Boston )
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