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| [[Amado Nervo National Airport]] || [[Tepic]] || {{flaglist|Mexico}} || [[Amado Nervo]] |
| [[Amado Nervo National Airport]] || [[Tepic]] || {{flaglist|Mexico}} || [[Amado Nervo]] |
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| [[Peretola Airport|Amerigo Vespucci Airport]] || [[Florence]] || {{flaglist|Italy}} || [[Amerigo Vespucci]] |
| [[Peretola Airport|Amerigo Vespucci Airport]] || [[Florence]] || {{flaglist|Italy}} || [[Amerigo Vespucci]] |
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| [[Kastoria National Airport|Aristotelis Airport]] || [[Kastoria]] || {{flaglist|Greece}} || [[Aristotle]] |
| [[Kastoria National Airport|Aristotelis Airport]] || [[Kastoria]] || {{flaglist|Greece}} || [[Aristotle]] |
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| [[Arnold Palmer Regional Airport]] || [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania|Latrobe]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Pennsylvania]] || [[Arnold Palmer]] |
| [[Arnold Palmer Regional Airport]] || [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania|Latrobe]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Pennsylvania]] || [[Arnold Palmer]] |
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| [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport]] || [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Ohio]] || [[William R. Hopkins]] |
| [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport]] || [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Ohio]] || [[William R. Hopkins]] |
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| [[Copernicus Airport Wrocław]] || [[Wrocław]] || {{flaglist|Poland}} || [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] |
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| [[Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias"]] || [[Corfu]] || {{flaglist|Greece}} || [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] |
| [[Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias"]] || [[Corfu]] || {{flaglist|Greece}} || [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] |
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| [[Francis S. Gabreski Airport]] || [[Westhampton Beach, New York|Westhampton Beach]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[New York (state)|New York]] || [[Gabby Gabreski|Francis S. Gabreski (Gabby)]] |
| [[Francis S. Gabreski Airport]] || [[Westhampton Beach, New York|Westhampton Beach]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[New York (state)|New York]] || [[Gabby Gabreski|Francis S. Gabreski (Gabby)]] |
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| [[Francisco B. Reyes Airport]] || [[Coron, Palawan|Coron]] || {{flaglist|Philippines}} || Francisco B. Reyes, former mayor of Coron ( |
| [[Francisco B. Reyes Airport]] || [[Coron, Palawan|Coron]] || {{flaglist|Philippines}} || Francisco B. Reyes, former mayor of Coron (1936–1939) |
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| [[Francisco Bangoy International Airport]] || [[Davao City]] || {{flaglist|Philippines}} || [[Francisco Bangoy]] |
| [[Francisco Bangoy International Airport]] || [[Davao City]] || {{flaglist|Philippines}} || [[Francisco Bangoy]] |
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| [[Guillermo León Valencia Airport]] || [[Popayán]] || {{flaglist|Colombia}} || [[Guillermo León Valencia]] |
| [[Guillermo León Valencia Airport]] || [[Popayán]] || {{flaglist|Colombia}} || [[Guillermo León Valencia]] |
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| [[Gustaf III Airport]] || [[Saint Barthélemy]] || {{flaglist|France}} || [[Gustav III]] |
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| [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport]] || [[San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia|San Andrés]] || {{flaglist|Colombia}} || [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] |
| [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport]] || [[San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia|San Andrés]] || {{flaglist|Colombia}} || [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] |
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| [[King Khalid International Airport]] || [[Riyadh]] || {{flaglist|Saudi Arabia}} || [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia]] |
| [[King Khalid International Airport]] || [[Riyadh]] || {{flaglist|Saudi Arabia}} || [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia]] |
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| [[King Mswati III International Airport]] || [[Eswatini]] || {{flaglist|Eswatini}} || [[Mswati III]] |
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| [[King Shaka International Airport]] || [[Durban]] || {{flaglist|South Africa}} || [[Shaka]] |
| [[King Shaka International Airport]] || [[Durban]] || {{flaglist|South Africa}} || [[Shaka]] |
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| [[East London Airport|King Phalo Airport]] || [[East London, Eastern Cape]] || {{flaglist|South Africa}} || [[Phalo kaTshiwo]] |
| [[East London Airport|King Phalo Airport]] || [[East London, Eastern Cape]] || {{flaglist|South Africa}} || the [[Phalo kaTshiwo]] |
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| [[Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport]] || [[Gqeberha]] (fka: Port Elizabeth) || {{flaglist|South Africa}} || [[David Stuurman]] |
| [[Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport]] || [[Gqeberha]] (fka: Port Elizabeth) || {{flaglist|South Africa}} || [[David Stuurman]] |
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| [[Rosecrans Memorial Airport]] || [[Saint Joseph, Missouri|Saint Joseph]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Missouri]] || Sgt. Guy Wallace Rosecrans |
| [[Rosecrans Memorial Airport]] || [[Saint Joseph, Missouri|Saint Joseph]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Missouri]] || Sgt. Guy Wallace Rosecrans |
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| [[Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport]] || [[Lyon]] || {{flaglist|France}} || [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] |
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| [[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport]] || [[Istanbul]] || {{flaglist|Turkey}} || [[Sabiha Gökçen]] |
| [[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport]] || [[Istanbul]] || {{flaglist|Turkey}} || [[Sabiha Gökçen]] |
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| [[Sivas Airport|Nuri Demirağ Airport]] || [[Sivas]] || {{flaglist|Turkey}} || [[Nuri Demirağ]] |
| [[Sivas Airport|Nuri Demirağ Airport]] || [[Sivas]] || {{flaglist|Turkey}} || [[Nuri Demirağ]] |
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| [[Soekarno–Hatta International Airport]] || [[Jakarta]] || {{flaglist|Indonesia}} || [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] |
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| [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] || [[Amritsar]] || {{flaglist|India}} || [[Guru Ram Das]], fourth Sikh guru and founder of the city of Amritsar |
| [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] || [[Amritsar]] || {{flaglist|India}} || [[Guru Ram Das]], fourth Sikh guru and founder of the city of Amritsar |
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| [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] || [[Chantilly, Virginia|Chantilly]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Virginia]] || [[John Foster Dulles]] |
| [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] || [[Chantilly, Virginia|Chantilly]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[Virginia]] || [[John Foster Dulles]] |
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|[[Western Sydney Airport|Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Australia}}[[Australia]] |
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| [[Whitford's Airport]] || [[Weedsport, New York|Weedsport]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[New York (state)|New York]] || John Whitford |
| [[Whitford's Airport]] || [[Weedsport, New York|Weedsport]] || {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States]]: [[New York (state)|New York]] || John Whitford |
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;[[José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport]], [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] : formerly ''Simón Bolívar International Airport'', named for [[Simón Bolívar]] |
;[[José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport]], [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] : formerly ''Simón Bolívar International Airport'', named for [[Simón Bolívar]] |
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;[[Haluoleo Airport]], [[Kendari]], [[Southeast Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]] : formerly ''Wolter Monginsidi Airport'', named for [[Robert Wolter Mongisidi]] |
;[[Haluoleo Airport]], [[Kendari]], [[Southeast Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]] : formerly ''Wolter Monginsidi Airport'', named for [[Robert Wolter Mongisidi]] |
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;[[Harry Reid International Airport]], [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], [[Nevada]], [[United States]] : formerly ''McCarran International Airport'', named for [[Pat McCarran]] |
;[[Harry Reid International Airport]], [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], [[Nevada]], [[United States]] : formerly ''McCarran International Airport'', named for [[Pat McCarran]] ; changed in 2021 |
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;[[Kai Tak Airport]], [[Hong Kong]], [[People's Republic of China]] : closed, named after two plutocrats [[Kai Ho]] and [[Au Tak]] |
;[[Kai Tak Airport]], [[Hong Kong]], [[People's Republic of China]] : closed, named after two plutocrats [[Kai Ho]] and [[Au Tak]] |
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;[[Kimberley Airport]], [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]], [[South Africa]] : formerly ''B. J. Vorster Airport'', named for [[B. J. Vorster]] |
;[[Kimberley Airport]], [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]], [[South Africa]] : formerly ''B. J. Vorster Airport'', named for [[B. J. Vorster]] |
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;[[OR Tambo International Airport]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] : formerly ''Jan Smuts International Airport'', named for [[Jan Smuts]] |
;[[OR Tambo International Airport]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] : formerly ''Jan Smuts International Airport'', named for [[Jan Smuts]] |
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;[[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]] : formerly Cannon International Airport named for senator [[Howard W. Cannon]] |
;[[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]] : formerly Cannon International Airport named for senator [[Howard W. Cannon]] |
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;[[San Diego International Airport]] : formerly Lindbergh Field named for aviator Charles Lindbergh |
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;[[Senai International Airport]], [[Johor Bahru]], [[Malaysia]] : formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport |
;[[Senai International Airport]], [[Johor Bahru]], [[Malaysia]] : formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport |
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;[[Skopje International Airport]], [[Skopje]], [[North Macedonia]] : formerly ''Skopje Alexander the Great Airport'', named for [[Alexander the Great]] |
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;[[Stapleton International Airport]], [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]] : closed, named for Denver mayor [[Benjamin F. Stapleton]] |
;[[Stapleton International Airport]], [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]] : closed, named for Denver mayor [[Benjamin F. Stapleton]] |
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;[[Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport]], [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]], [[Taiwan]] : formerly ''Chiang Kai-shek International Airport'', named for [[Chiang Kai-shek]] |
;[[Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport]], [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]], [[Taiwan]] : formerly ''Chiang Kai-shek International Airport'', named for [[Chiang Kai-shek]] |
Latest revision as of 20:43, 1 July 2024
This is a list of eponymously named airports.
It includes the name of the airport, the facility's location, and the person after whom the airport is named.
Current airports[edit]
Former names and names of closed airports[edit]
- Astor Piazzolla International Airport, Mar del Plata, Argentina
- formerly Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport, changed in August, 2008
- Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq
- formerly Saddam International Airport, named for Saddam Hussein
- Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- formerly Haile Selassie I International Airport, named for Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
- Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
- formerly Chinggis Khaan International Airport, which is given to a new airport
- Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, South Africa
- formerly D.F. Malan Airport, named for Daniel François Malan
- Clark International Airport, Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines
- formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, named for Diosdado Macapagal
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport
- formerly Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
- Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa
- formerly Louis Botha Airport, named for Louis Botha; renamed in 1995 and closed in 2010
- Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- closed, named for Kenneth Alexander Blatchford
- El Alto International Airport, La Paz, Bolivia
- formerly John F. Kennedy International Airport
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- formerly Simón Bolívar International Airport, named for Simón Bolívar
- Haluoleo Airport, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
- formerly Wolter Monginsidi Airport, named for Robert Wolter Mongisidi
- Harry Reid International Airport, Paradise, Nevada, United States
- formerly McCarran International Airport, named for Pat McCarran ; changed in 2021
- Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- closed, named after two plutocrats Kai Ho and Au Tak
- Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
- formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B. J. Vorster
- Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- closed, named for Merrill C. Meigs
- Mati Airport, Mati City, Philippines
- formerly Imelda R. Marcos Airport
- OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
- formerly Jan Smuts International Airport, named for Jan Smuts
- Reno–Tahoe International Airport
- formerly Cannon International Airport named for senator Howard W. Cannon
- San Diego International Airport
- formerly Lindbergh Field named for aviator Charles Lindbergh
- Senai International Airport, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport
- Skopje International Airport, Skopje, North Macedonia
- formerly Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, named for Alexander the Great
- Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States
- closed, named for Denver mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, named for Chiang Kai-shek
- Velana International Airport, Maldives
- formerly Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, named for Ibrahim Nasir and renamed in 2017, after the family house name of Ibrahim Nasir
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dallas, Texas Love Field Airport". Dallas-lovefield.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.