ConcordeLoss From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 386 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 16371 times:
What is the biggest airport in the world?
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BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11135 posts, RR: 61 Reply 1, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 16297 times:
In terms of land area, it is Riyadh King Khalid Int'l followed by Denver Int'l.
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STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16256 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 16252 times:
InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 3, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 16200 times:
"In terms of land area, it is Riyadh King Khalid Int'l followed by Denver Int'l."
I thought DFW had DEN beat?
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ConcordeLoss From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 386 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 16194 times:
This has been asked many times. Use the search button. What a concept.
I did use the search button.
I meant in terms of acreage.
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BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11135 posts, RR: 61 Reply 5, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 16157 times:
InnocuousFox,
No, DFW is right after DEN in the USA.
Someone posted the exact square miles of each a while ago. I'll try to search for it in the archives.
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BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11135 posts, RR: 61 Reply 6, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 16095 times:
Okay I did some research.
Riyadh King Khalid Int'l is 87 square miles, Denver Int'l is 53 square miles and Dallas/Ft. Worth is somewhere around 30 square miles.
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InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 7, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 16076 times:
Hey... anything that requires 3 towers to see the bloody airport is OK by me! (DFW) Also, there's something surreal about running 4 arrival streams at once! 3 of them parallel!
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F9Fan From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 689 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 16005 times:
DEN can handle four simultaneous cat III ILS landings. Not only that, no taxiway crosses a runway.
InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 9, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 15979 times:
"DEN can handle four simultaneous cat III ILS landings. Not only that, no taxiway crosses a runway."
I agree that DEN is laid out in such a fashion as to make the traffic flow better. They also had room to burn out there east of the city.
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HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 15950 times:
In the USA- DEN is biggest, followed by DFW and then I believe MCO.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 11, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 15931 times:
DEN can handle four simultaneous cat III ILS landings. Not only that, no taxiway crosses a runway.
DEN is a miracle of modern aviation planning.
It was also the first US airport certified for triple simultaneous approached.
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19699 posts, RR: 56 Reply 12, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 15916 times:
If only that roof didn't look so wierd....
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KBUF737 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 779 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 15891 times:
Wow. Denver is larger than the cities of Buffalo and Boston proper. 43 and 42 square miles respectively. So imagine gutting Boston and putting in a super airport. Incredible when you really think about it.
Longhaulheavy From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 402 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 15946 times:
So imagine gutting Boston and putting in a super airport. Incredible when you really think about it.
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 15, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 15820 times:
I believe DEN's eventual expansion plans call for up to 12 (Twelve) runways in the long term...quite amazing really...DEN is a pain in the butt to drive to...the access road from I-70 to the terminals (solely built for that purpose, there is nothing else along it except airport hotels, rental car agencies, and a gas station), is something like 8 miles long...
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InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 16, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 15582 times:
"I believe DEN's eventual expansion plans call for up to 12 (Twelve) runways in the long term "
That's just sick and wrong!
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ArmitageShanks From UK - England, joined Dec 2003, 3361 posts, RR: 16 Reply 18, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 15434 times:
I know this probably isn't true, but Brussels airport terminal is ridiculously huge. I literally walked over a mile around that place. It was really nice and modern though.
SprxflySWA From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 597 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 15287 times:
At least Pena Blvd. isn't a toll road anymore.
DEN or DIA, as some like, will eventually have 8 N/S runways, 4 W of term, 4 E, and 4 E/W parallel to current two.
When they were building it,I got the plans and layout for the runways, and at the time, it seemed way too much and really odd. But now, not that big of deal, as they slowly build up to that.
Slamclick From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 10062 posts, RR: 71 Reply 20, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 15271 times:
The number two answer:
EDW including Muroc Dry Lake
The number one answer:
The Pacific Ocean, even though it does not get much traffic since PanAm retired the Boeing 314.
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757KSLC From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 233 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 15153 times:
-King Khalin International Airport, servicing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is the largest in terms of acreage (55,040 sq. acres).
-Chicago O'Hare (ORD) is largest in terms of number of aircraft. (909,535 takeoffs and landings in 2001)
-Atlanta's Hartsfield (ATL) is number one in most passengers being served. (No official number)
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Jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1856 posts, RR: 17 Reply 22, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 15068 times:
In terms of land acreage, I think the US airports rank:
1.) DEN
2.) DFW
3.) PIT
4.) MCO
5.) IAD
6.) MCI
Overseas I have no idea really... Riyadh is the largest in the world, and CDG and AMS certainly take up quite a bit of room as well. MUC, OSL and ATH are all new airports, although I don't know how they rank in terms of acreage.
Yanksn4 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1392 posts, RR: 13 Reply 23, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 14872 times:
If only that roof didn't look so wierd....
Mir, that roof does not look weird. Living here in Denver, I think it was a great idea to put that roof in since the mountains is what Colorado is mostly known for.
Neo From Brazil, joined Jan 2001, 671 posts, RR: 7 Reply 24, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 14865 times:
So does anyone knows wich airport is the biggest one in terms of builiding area??
I guess would be either JFK or ORD, LHR has planty of terminals and concourses as well. I think now after the Terminal 5 is built it will be the biggest one.
Rgs,
Neo
25 Yanksn4: I thought the airport with the biggest terminal area was HKG since I read it in the guieness of world records?
26 InnocuousFox: "In terms of land acreage, I think the US airports rank: 1.) DEN 2.) DFW 3.) PIT 4.) MCO 5.) IAD 6.) MCI" The funny thing is, look how much they diffe
27 Mozart: Just GUESSING on the European ones (I wish I knew a source for the facts), here would be my European top 3 list: 1) Amsterdam (thanks to the Polderbaa
28 Spotterboy: When all new Terminals and runways are built at MAD Barajas I would put them even in front of CDG..... will be very large...
29 ConcordeLoss: How busy is Riyadh's airport, why would they need all that space?
30 USAFHummer: Correct me if Im wrong but I think Riyadh is mostly empty space...but the actual property is 87 square miles... Greg
31 KLM11: Im not sure about all ther others, but LHR is HUGE, and ORD has the most passenger flights per year (2002). --KLM11
32 Flyf15: Just to answer a question above, the master plan for DEN as far as terminals and buildings goes is 5 concourses of 100 gates each, doubling the size o
33 Akumas: Looking at pictures of DEN - It is rather big
34 Scottb: Actually, I'm pretty sure that IAH is also one of the largest U.S. airports in terms of acreage.
35 TexAussie: Aside from the land acreage... DFW operates 7 runways. Does any other airport have as many? Also, I think DFW must be up there in terms of gates. I th
36 Zonks: Surely, HKG must be up there somewhere? I did a search because I remember hearing that the roof at HKG's terminal building was the world's largest and
37 InnocuousFox: "DFW operates 7 runways. Does any other airport have as many?" Some may (ORD has 6) but they can't use them all at the same time like DFW can. On the
38 Spyglass: If we're talkin' developed space (not vast open prairie like DEN or endless sand dunes like RUH) then DFW takes the cake. It is the largest expanse of
39 Bmacleod: Is DFW busier than DEN or the opposite? Usually the airport with more traffic should be larger, but often this is not the case.
40 Scottb: DFW is busier than DEN for traffic movements, cargo, and passenger numbers. ORD and ATL both beat out DEN and DFW in all those measures in spite of ha
41 KGAI: Hong Kong has the largest single terminal. Also, I think Kansai's terminal is the longest building in the world.
42 N1120a: Well, ORD will have 8 runways in the future (a confirmed plan from a few years ago). The funny thing is that, although DFW and DEN are massive and hav
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