What name & where is the largest airport in the world?
The Biggest Airport in the World… Taken literally as the airport which takes up the most land mass, this is the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It takes up some 81 square miles – an area larger than many cities. Trivia: This airport has four terminals, yet only three have ever been used. The second biggest airport in the world is Denver International, which takes up 53 square miles. By comparison, London Heathrow takes up around 3,000 acres, or just 4.7 square miles. The Busiest Airport in the World This depends on whether you monitor aircraft movements (the numbers of take-offs and landings), or passenger numbers. An airport such as Washington National may have relatively high aircraft movements, but as the largest aircraft it handles is a Boeing 757, it handles relatively fewer annual passengers than other airports with similar movements. Movements and passenger numbers are both acceptable methods of determining the “busiest” airport, although passenger n
