AlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 9786 times:
What are the largest and smallest airports you've been to, based on passenger counts (or aircraft movements - not actual land or terminal area)? My largest was ATL on a DL transfer(which I expect will be a common answer), and my smallest was probably COS (which ironically has a huge land area), where I was O&D with HP.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18800 posts, RR: 64 Reply 1, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 9785 times:
Largest, Atlanta or Heathrow (I forget which is bigger).
Smallest, Concord, CA (PSA used to fly there).
If you include heliports as airports, Berkeley Marina or Marin on SFO Helicopter would then be the smallest I've visited.
ExFATboy From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2974 posts, RR: 9 Reply 2, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 9782 times:
Largest - Atlanta
Smallest - the helipad in Victoria, BC
(Actually, the smallest airport I've ever seen would be Rutland, VT, but I didn't fly in or out, just stopped to pick up tourist maps & such.)
QXFLYINGCOUG From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 95 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 9774 times:
My largest are LHR, LAX and JFK. As for my smallest that would be my home airport of Pangborn Memorial (EAT) in Wenatchee, Washington. I love the airport even if we only get 5 daily flights from Seattle all of which are on QX. We used to have UX service back in the late 80's and early 90's, but that really didn't last long.
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 2088 posts, RR: 23 Reply 6, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 9771 times:
Oh and add LAX to my list of biggest airports
Another small airport that I have been to (but not flown to/from) is Anholt. Very little landing strip. It is in FS so if anyone's curious, you can find it there
AirScoot From United States of America, joined May 2005, 688 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 9750 times:
Largest: DFW, FRA, LHR, JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD.. not necessarily in that order
The smallest two airports I've been to are DuBois, PA (DUJ) and Molde Ã…ro (MOL) - on US and BU repectively.
Skywatch From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 923 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 9727 times:
Largest: ATL
Smallest: GUA (Guanaja, Honduras)......nothing but a runway, hut, and sidewalk leading to the boat dock.
RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8737 posts, RR: 52 Reply 18, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 9713 times:
Largest: ATL, ORD, LHR, LAX
Smallest: Bora Bora, or Galapagos Islands (Bora Bora on an ATR, Galapagos on a 727)
I've been to many smaller airports while piloting a Cessna 172, but I don't think a grass strip serving GA traffic is what you want here.
If you have never designed an airplane part before, let the real designers do the work!
DeltaDAWG From United States of America, joined May 2006, 620 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 9713 times:
Both for me are within 75 miles:
Largest: ATL (from passengers & takeoffs/landings), but also LHR & DEN are big, big, big from number of planes and area.
Smallest: AHN (Athens, GA - where I live), 5000' runway, 1 ticketer/baggage handler, 3 TSA folks & sometimes an off duty Athens police officer and 1 gate. Oh, and one commercial plane, Beech 1900 (US Airways) two roundtrips per day(M-F), one per day (S+S) to one destination - Charlotte. Also, one coke machine and one snack machine.
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 9710 times:
Largest (surface area) - DEN
Largest (busiest) - ATL, ORD, LHR
Smallest - Lady Elliot Island, Queensland. No terminal, just a strip of grass.
- YWH (Victoria Heliport, BC) - just a pontoon in Victoria Harbour.
- UTN (Upington, RSA) - one horse terminal shed with 2 check-in desks and no luggage belts (chap brought the bags to a kind of shelf) - but the longest civil runway in the world (at the time).
25 Duff44: Largest: ORD or ATL Smallest: FWA (Fort Wayne, IN) - Small airport, LONG runway (12000' / 3658 m)
26 Jeremy: Largest-ATL(I am actually at ATL right now). Smallest- NLP(Nelspruit,South Africa) or SID(Sal, Cape Verde).
27 Crox1: Hi, Largest has got to be :- Heathrow (LHR) Smallest has got to be :- London City (LCY), either that or Fresno (FAT), depends on flight arrivals/ depa
28 AirCop: Largest is Heathrow, the smallest is a tie between Oak Harbor, Washington and Crescent City, California.
29 YYZflyer: Biggest is ATL on DL Smallest is some tiny runway strip in the mountains near PVR. the town is called San Sebastian (can't spell it).
30 HBDAN: Biggest is LHR and DXB Smallest are HAU (Haugesund, Norway) and LUG. Regards, HBDAN
31 FireFly: largest: LHR or ORD or Frankfurt - smallest: Redmond, Oregon (on a Hughes "yellow banana" Airwest!)
32 Legoguy: Donegal Airport being the smallest, I think theres one or two flights a week. And the largest airport ive been to is cough cough Manchester cough. Yes
33 ZKSUJ: Largest: Rome FCO, Zurich or Singapore (Not sure which is the biggest) Smallest: Been to a few domestic ones in NZ. Whakatane, Wanganui, Woodbourne ju
34 Rmcf: Largest: ATL, ORD, LHR, CDG, MAD.... Smallest: ACK (Massachusetts) and also a little airstrip in south Tanzania (no terminal, just a small grass runwa
35 MANmatt: Largest for me: LHR, LAX, ORD, FRA, AMS, CDG, SIN. Smallest: CCF (Carcassonne) or BLK. Matt
36 FlyMatt2Bermud: APF Naples Florida is probably one of the smallest considering passenger counts. Presently DELTA has two ASA operated DL Connection flts to ATL on the
37 FlyMatt2Bermud: APF Naples Florida is one of the smallest considering passenger counts. Presently DELTA has two daily ASA operated DL Connection flts to ATL on the 40
38 Texan: DFW, DEN, or ORD, depending on which largest you are talking about. MNZ, Hamilton Municipal Airport, Texas, 97 aircraft movements per week ANK, Harrie
39 San747: Biggest- ORD, ATL Smallest- RDM (Redmond, OR) Redmond is served by QX, DL Connection, and UA Express with Dash-8s, CRJ-200s, and EMB-120s respectively
40 PlymSpotter: Largest for me is LHR, flown from all the terminals on countless aircraft and airlines. Smallest is PLH (Plymouth, Roborough), runway just over a 1000
41 RCS763AV: Biggest: ATL FRA MAD DFW JFK MIA YYZ Smallest: MZL RCH LET GYM PPN
42 Btriple7: Biggest: ATL JFK CDG Smallest: ILM //Btriple7
43 HUYguy: Biggest: Definately LHR, and the smallest is probably GIB.
44 Robbie86: smallest, Karlstad, Sweden biggest: FRA
45 RvA340: Largest :JFk, CDG, ATL Smallest: livingstone
46 SW733: Largest are (since I don't know the exact numbers): London (LHR), Frankfurt, Atlanta, Chicago (ORD), and Tokyo (HND). Smallest is Grand Forks (GFK)
47 DeltAirlines: Largest: LHR/ATL (depends which way you want to slice it) Smallest that I've flown into/out of: CHO or BTV (I think CHO is smaller though) Smallest th
52 HPLASOps: Largest: ORD, LAX, DFW, IAH, DEN, YYZ, and MSP. Smallest: HII
53 AzoresLover: Largest - the usual suspects - ATL, ORD, LAX, etc. Smallest - Wenatchee WA, Zanesville OH (no longer has commercial service), Oak Harbor WA, San Berna
55 ACDC8: As a pax, for me it would be .... LHR, FRA, LAX, AMS, SFO, DTW, YYZ, YVR, LGW among others. The smallest would probably be YLW and BVA.
56 LN-KGL: I've been flying in to and from 8 of the world's 30 largest airports, but I find the smallest airports much more interesting. During a spotter trip in
57 Reifel: Biggest: the usual stuff smallest: Zhanjiang, China when I was really small, Bandar Lampung and Jakarta Halim in Indonesia, Mannheim in Germany, Basti
58 Joffie: Largest: SYD. I have been overseas, but when i was small. Perhaps LAX?? Smallest: Proserpine. Nothing there, not even ATC
59 Srbmod: Like many, ATL (after all, it is my home airport). I'll throw DFW and JFK in the mix as well. As for smallest, the smallest with scheduled service, ei
60 Nkops: largest is probably LAX or ATL smallest would have to be PQI or MVY (the old terminal)..
61 Floorrunner: The big ones for me are DFW, ORD, CDG, LAX, EWR, JFK, and after next week I can add DEN to that list. The smallest one is OAJ and after next week I wi
62 Scintx: WOW! I found another person that has been to PQI!! This is a small terminal. I use to fly in there in the late 60's when Northeast served it at times
63 DesertAir: I would like to add Loreto, Baja California Sur to my list of the smallest.
64 BA787: Largest: Either Lyons Stansted or Manchester Smallest: Chambery TYom
65 FoxXray: largest : ATL-CDG-JFK-EWR-MCO-ORY-... smallest : Epinal (LFSG-EPL)
66 Wrighbrothers: For myself Largest: LHR/LAX Smallest: either WIC or LSI Wrighbrothers
67 FRAspotter: Well, I've been to the really big ones: LHR, ORD, FRA, and ATL. The smallest I've been to is a close call between Kerry, Ireland on RyanAir and CLL (C
69 NateDAL: In pax: Largest: ORD (never been to ATL) Smallest: NYU or HEH? Area: Largest: DFW Smallest: SBH
70 LTBEWR: Largest would probably include LHR, JFK, EWR, LAX, ORD. Smallest commercial would probably be EIS - Beef Island/Tortola Island, British Virgin Islands
72 WildcatYXU: Mine would be: the largest: LHR, AMS, FRA, NRT, YYZ the smallest; if the stop aboard of 5T's F28 counts, it would be YHY (Hay River, NT ) Smallest air
74 UA777300ER: Largest: LHR, FRA, SFO, JFK Smallest: probably Trieste in Italy (diversion from Treviso with FR)
75 Elite: Largest would have to be HKG and LHR. I can't seem to remember which airport was the 'smallest'.
76 MattRB: Largest would be ORD/YYZ. Smallest would be YXU/AVL/GFK
77 Nightflyer57: Largest: IAH DFW ATL EWR Smallest: CHA
78 AsstChiefMark: Largest: ORD, DFW, LHR, IAH, JFK, et al Smallest: EAU, PWM
79 Icarus75: For me : Biggest: LHR. ORD, ATL, FRA, AMS, CDG, LAX, JFK, HKG Smallest : OSR, JMK
80 Lordanmol: Heathrow, Changi, BKK, Hong Kong Smallest: Tioman Langkawi Kota Kinabalu
81 YYZYHZ: Largest Airport for me: London Heathrow (LHR) Smallest Airport for me: Bathurst Regional Airport in Bathurst NB (ZBF)
82 RwSEA: Largest: ATL, LHR, ORD Smallest: PUW (Pullman, WA) - only served by QX, between 4-5 times daily with the Q-200 (DH8).
83 COAfan: For me: Largest: DFW, IAH, LAS Smallest: JAN, MEI, CZM
84 BHMBAGLOCK: Largest - ATL, ORD, LAX, SYD Smallest commercial - Green Bay, Bundaberg, Salinas EC, Gladstone Smallest non-commercial(paved RW) - Camp Hill, AL Small
85 DFWMzuri: I've been through most if not all of the larger ones: LAX, ORD, JFK, DFW, LHR, FRA, etc....As for the smallest, lately, Kisumu in Kenya. Years ago, so
86 FlyBoy84: The largest have included ORD (all the time), ATL (1968, 1999, and 2002), and IAD (1994). Of course, the first two are seemingly always busy with traf
88 Christa: Largest LHR, LGW, MAN, STR, CDG, AMS Smallest NQY, LEQ Regards, Chris
89 Usair320: Largest: DFW,ATL,ORD,LHR,CDG(cant decide which one is bigger. Smallest: Governers harbour, Bahamas back when USex flew there B1900's there from MIA.
90 AAFlyer2006: The largest: Dallas/Fort Worth, London Heathrow The Smallest: Havana, Marathon (FL)
91 Jumbopilot: Largest: FRA MUC LHR JFK YYZ CDG AMS CPH Smallest QTK (a former military airfield in the very east of German state Saxonia) POZ VRN NUE HAJ (my home a
92 ORDRyan28: Largest : ORD Smallest : Probably CGX (wish it was still there) or Kissimmee's small municipal airport
94 FlyDreamliner: Largest: ATL, ORD, LHR, DFW, CDG, MSP, EWR, LAX, SFO, JFK, PHL Smallest - 16D - yep, Perham, Mn, flown in on NorthAir (they don't have a code, they're
95 FlyMatt2Bermud: I was not an a.net viewer when CGX Miegs Field, Chicago, Illinois (lakefront) was stolen from us. No doubt the discussions pertaining to its destruct
96 Ualcsr: Largest - most of the ones already mentioned, Smallest - GNV when I was in college. Two gates, one bag belt about 15 feet long.
97 Flight777: Both for me are within 75 miles: Largest: ATL (from passengers & takeoffs/landings), but also LHR & DEN are big, big, big from number of planes and ar
98 1337Delta764: Largest - ATL, DFW, IAH, EWR, JFK, LAX, DEN, LAX, SFO Smallest - PHF, SFB, BQN
99 Jetmatt777: Largest: LAX/DFW/LGA/DEN. (I thought LGA was big compared to how much traffic it gets daily.) Smallest ADH (Ada Municipal - Ada,Oklahoma - USA)(Not fl
100 777fan: I think I might actually win this one: Largest (no surprises like everyone else): ORD, LAX, ICN, HKG Smallest: PHJH/JHM (Kapalua, HI) and its single,
101 Andz: Largest: take your pick from LHR, JFK, ATL, ORD, LAX, FRA, CDG Smallest: PGV (Pitt-Greenville, NC) there was one guy who was check in agent, "TSA" age
102 57AZ: Largest airline serviced airports I've visited would be either ORD or ATL. Smallest would be either Eluthra-Rock Sound or San Salvador-the island on w
103 Sarah: Largest were LAX and LHR. Smallest was ZBF (Bathurst, NB, Canada).
106 Broke: I've been to both ORD and ATL, which regularly swap positions as the world's busiest airport in terms of take offs and landings. The smallest commeric
107 777-200: Largest: Altanta and O'hare Samllest: Deerfeild Resort (TN44)
111 Web: Largest: ATL, CDG, FCO, DTW, DEN... Smallest: Commercial, SIT (Sitka, AK) - 1 gate, 1 counter, yet we still had to circle for ~20 minutes because it w
112 777ER: ORD is biggest and Palmerston North in New Zealand is the smallest
113 Luketenley: Only airports I've been to... PIT, LAX, DFW, ORD I work at PIT so I see it everyday. Guess it doesn't count.
114 Reifel: I just flew to PALANGA, Lithuania (PLQ). Now this is really small... Loved the waiting area, which was actually a terrace on the apron with garden cha
115 AC320tech: Largest Airport is a cross between MCO and YYZ. Smallest is YAW or Sheerwater.
117 COERJ: Depending on what the definition of size is, DEN would be for area, and ATL for passengers, while LHR is a close second. My smallest airport is defini
118 GAIsweetGAI: Largest: IAD,CDG,FRA Smallest: Svolvaer (ENSH)-great airport: there is water at both ends of the runway, a very small terminal (no metal detector), an
119 DeltaRules: Largest- ATL Smallest- Airport at the San Blas Islands in Panama. DeltaRules
126 DALelite: Largest ATL with DL Smallest Marthas Vinejard with Cape Air regards: DALelite
127 Vatveng: Largest: ATL Smallest: GJT, PHF, was once diverted to INT.
128 FlyKev: Largest: LHR Smallest: BLK (Im aware its not the smallest airport going, but its small comapred to where Ive been. Great airport though, friendly staf
129 Mfricke: Largest: ORD or ATL (Depending on the year) Smallest: GST (Gustavus/Glacier Bay) - Flown on an Alaska Airlines 737 in the peak of tourist season or: R
130 EWRandMDW: Largest are ATL/ORD Smallest is Wall Street Heliport on a scheduled NYAirways flight in mid 1960s
134 BananaBoY: Largest: LHR, ORD, DEN, LAX, SFO, JFK, SIN Smallest: Between PUY (Pula, Croatia), USM (Koh Samui, Thailand) and Praslin, Seychelles. View Large View M
135 Go3Team: Largest is a toss up. Could be ORD, ATL, or JFK. Smallest, is MJV - Murcia, Spain.
136 DeltaGuy767: Here are mine, Note that I'm a private pilot: Largest:ATL,ORD,JFK,LHR,CDG,AMS,HKG,NRT,LAX Smallest:7B2,5V8,TFFN (I think that's the code for St. Bart'
137 Bushpilot: Largest for me is ATL. Smallest would be many different strips in AK with no regular flights. For a regularly scheduled flight, mine is South Naknek A
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