• Five independent countries have no airport: Leichtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Monaco, and Vatican City
  • Since 2006 the UK has forbidden naming airports after famous people
  • Dallas-Ft. Worth has the most runways of any airport in the world with 7
  • The first runway lights were used in 1930 at the Cleveland Airport
  • Some countries, including Norway, Finland, and Japan, use yellow runway markings for better contrast against snow
  • The hub-and-spoke system was first used by Delta in 1955, more than 20 years before it was widely adopted by most major airlines following deregulation in 1978
  • The northernmost permanent airport in the world is Alert Airport in Alert, Nunavut, Canada, located 520 miles south of the true North Pole
  • An airstrip is an airport that consists only of a runway, and perhaps refueling equipment, but no other services
  • A train track bisects the main runway at Gisborne Airport in New Zealand, necessitating careful timing and close collaboration by airport and train officials
  • The land under the Savannah Airport used to be a cemetery and two grave markers remain, embedded in the middle of Runway 10