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Costa Rican Central Valley

Because of the agglomeration of population, the valley is the center of commerce, industry and service activities, just helped by ports on both coasts, and by Liberia in Guanacaste (which has the other international airport besides Juan Santamaría Airport in Alajuela) that have similar economic movement.

Dalaman

Dalaman is known for its international airport which serves as a gateway to the tourists who visit this part of Turkey every year, heading especially to seaside resorts to the west and east of Dalaman such as Marmaris, Fethiye, Köyceğiz, Dalyan, Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü.

Kannur International Airport

Kannur International Airport is an upcoming international airport located at Mattanur in Kannur District, Kerala, India.

Luangwa River

The principal settlement in the Middle and Upper Luangwa Valley is Mfuwe which serves the tourism industry and has an international airport.

Lumbia Airport

On June 15, 2013, the international airport served Northern Mindanao including its major cities; Iligan and Cagayan de Oro.

Millie's Cookies

Millie's currently operates most of its stores in England, Scotland and Wales, and there are stores in International Airport, France Métro-station Opéra in Paris, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, Frankfurt central station and Berlin central station.

Nadi District, Fiji

Nadi is well known for its international airport, which long provided a communication link for travellers from North America to Australia and New Zealand.

Riding Mountain National Park

The nearest commercial airports are at Dauphin and Brandon, and the nearest International Airport is located in Winnipeg.

Sandweiler

The commune is dominated by Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, Luxembourg's only international airport and the fifth-busiest cargo airport in Europe, which lies to the north and west of the town of Sandweiler.

Santa Cruz, Madeira

Urban sprawl from Funchal extends along Santa Cruz's western frontier, while the eastern part of municipality is the base for Madeira's international airport.

Transportation in Cincinnati

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG) is the major international airport serving the metropolitan area and is located across the river in Hebron, Kentucky.

Tsing Yi North Bridge

On 1st February, 2002, the day of the opening of Tsing Yi North Coastal Road, the North Bridge was connected and became the main path from Tsuen Wan to Tung Chung on Lantau Island and the International Airport in Chek Lap Kok.


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Abaújvár

There is an International Airport located only 20 km from Abaújvár in the city of Košice International Airport, Slovakia.

AFFC

Airport Freight Forwarding Centre, a warehousing and office facility in Hong Kong International Airport

Air Horizons

Air Horizons launched weekly scheduled services from Montpellier to Casablanca and from Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris to Ouarzazate in October 2004.

Bălți International Airport

The Bălți International Airport is situated in the northern part of the former Bălţi County (județ in Romanian), on the land of the commune of Corlăteni (called Leadoven during the Soviet time) in Râşcani district.

Benjamin Manglona

On April 6, 2011, the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, where Manglona once served, passed a bill which would rename Rota International Airport as "Benjamin Taisacan Manglona International Airport" in recognition of his public service.

Bradley Field

Bradley Air National Guard Base, the military portion of Bradley International Airport

Branchburg, New Jersey

Also within driving distance are Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE, formerly Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport) near Allentown, Pennsylvania, John F. Kennedy International Airport and La Guardia Airport in New York, as well as the Trenton-Mercer Airport near Trenton and Princeton in Mercer County.

Bugesera District

The area is prone to droughts, and has been earmarked as the location for a possible new international airport to serve Kigali, 40km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport.

Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic

Leeds Bradford International Airport – In November 2008, Bridgepoint Capital announced a £28 million expansion of the current terminal building at Leeds Bradford International Airport, enabling the airport to handle in excess of 6 million passengers a year.

Cayo Coco

The island has its own international airport, the Jardines del Rey Airport (Aeropuerto Jardines del Rey; airport codes (IATA: CCC, ICAO: MUCC).

Citizens Regional Transit Corporation

This alternative route would be attractive for tourists to use between the many Niagara Falls attractions and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Coimbatore International Airport

Although the status of International airport was conferred only in 2012, the airport has had provisions for, and has been receiving, international flights (primarily from Sharjah) since the 1990s.

Colombo Airport

Ratmalana Airport, the minor international airport serving the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Bandaranaike International Airport, the major international airport serving the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Crew resource management

United Airlines Flight 173 crew was making an approach to the Portland International Airport on the evening of Dec 28, 1978 when they experienced a landing gear abnormality.

Don Mueang International Airport

On 16 March 2012, Government of Thailand, Yingluck ordered all low-cost, chartered and non-connecting flights to relocate to Don Mueang International Airport, ending the single-airport policy.

El Salvador International Airport

On January 16, 2014, El Salvador President Mauricio Funes announces in San Salvador 's Presidential House the renaming of El Salvador International Airport to Mons.

Ellakkala, Sri Lanka

Ellakkala is situated 46.2 km from Colombo Capital, 75.4 km from Kandy, 52.8 km from Kurunegala, 39.1 km from Katunayake International Airport, 26.6 km from Awissawella.

EUjet

In addition, the airline had been plagued with disruption and protest from people in Thanet, a significant proportion of whom were against any expansion of operations at Kent International Airport.

Fake passport

In May 2001 Kim Jong-nam (the eldest son of the former leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il) was arrested on arrival at New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport), accompanied by two women and a four-year old boy identified as his son.

Flight 705

PIA Flight 705, a Boeing 720-040B that crashed while descending to land at Cairo International Airport

Florida Keys Council of the Arts

Projects currently underway include the Freeman Justice Center in Key West; Fire Stations in Key Largo, Big Pine and Conch Key; the Key West International Airport and the Murray Nelson Government Building in Key Largo.

General Santos International Airport

With the 48-hour shutdown of Davao International Airport on June 2 - June 3, 2013 due to an accident involving a Cebu Pacific aircraft from Manila, General Santos International Airport handled most of the diverted flights from Davao for the stranded passengers going to and coming from Manila, Cebu, Zamboanga and Kalibo cities.

Grande Porto Subregion

The subregion is served by an international airport: Porto/ Pedras Rubras / Maia (OPO),

Greater Hartford

Commuter rail on the same line is proposed, with rush-hour service centered on Hartford and a shuttle to Bradley International Airport from the Windsor Locks station.

Jože Pučnik

In 2007, the Government of Slovenia named the main international airport in Slovenia, the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, after him.

KRR

Krasnodar International Airport (IATA Code), an international airport in North Caucasus, Russia

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

The province's sole international airport, Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport, is located in Bydgoszcz and has connections to a number of European destinations as well as Warsaw, which are all operated by either Irish carrier Ryanair or LOT Polish Airlines.

La Nubia Airport

After much delays, a new international airport to be named Aeropuerto del Café will open in the municipality of Palestina which is 15 minutes away from the city.

Lockheed L-1649 Starliner

ZS-DVJ (c/n 1042), currently in Trek Airways colours, is at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg and is continuously threatened by the airport authorities to be scrapped if it isn't removed from the airport grounds.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport

On December 11, 1994, Philippine Airlines Flight 434 was flying on its second leg of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Mactan-Cebu International Airport - New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) route when a bomb on board exploded, killing a passenger.

Marakei Airport

The airport is served by Air Kiribati from Abaiang (which has a direct connection with the international airport at South Tarawa) on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Maurice Bishop

On 29 May 2009, which would have been his 65th birthday, Grenada's international airport (formerly Point Salines International Airport) was renamed Maurice Bishop International Airport.

Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center

Area 2 is a terminal arrival/departure area located to the north of Minneapolis and is concerned primarily with commercial aviation into and out of Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport (MSP).

Msalato International Airport

Therefore, the government intends to construct a new international airport at Msalato ward.

Navi Mumbai International Airport

The proposed airport site is centred around the region of Rewas and Mandwa near Alibag, where the original proposal of a second international airport existed on all regional development plans, and the location was commented to be the most fit and correct, barring the excessive financial cost involved in building a sea-link/creek bridge over the Karanja Creek connecting UranJawaharlal Nehru Port area to the proposed airport at Rewas Mandwa.

Nigel Paul Villarete

He is currently the General Manager of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), located in Mactan Island, Lapu-lapu City, Cebu, Philippines, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).

Orlando International Airport

The community of The Villages in Sumter, Lake, and Marion has shuttles operating between the community and Orlando International Airport.

Rijeka

The city is difficult to get to by air; there is Rijeka Airport, city's own international airport, but the airport is located on the nearby island of Krk with the tolled Krk Bridge in between.

Roland De Wolk

In July 2013, De Wolk was employed as a producer with KTVU-TV, when the station's news team broadcast false and racially insensitive names of pilots involved in the July 2013 Asiana airplane crash at San Francisco International Airport.

Rota International Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rota International Airport is assigned GRO by the FAA and ROP by the IATA (which assigned GRO to Girona-Costa Brava Airport in Girona, Spain).

Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint-Pierre Airport, the international airport of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, is located south of the settlement of Saint-Pierre and is served by Air Saint-Pierre with flights both to Miquelon Airport and five Canadian airports.

San Jose Airport

San Jose International Airport an international airport in San Jose, California, United States

South Luangwa National Park

The main settlement of the park is actually outside its eastern boundary at Mfuwe, home to an international airport.

Terminal 5

TWA Flight Center, originally known as the Trans World Flight Center, now Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York

Tripoli air crash

Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 - a crash on approach to Tripoli International Airport in 2010

Tuluá

The closest airport is Cali's international airport, which in fact is in Palmira, Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) or Palmaseca.

Vieux Fort Quarter

It is the second-largest town on the island and is the home of St Lucia's international airport, Hewanorra International Airport.

Zvartnots, Armenia

Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan's international airport, is located near the town Zvartnots, as is the Zvartnots Cathedral.