Some people spend quite a lot of time in airports and airplanes and this is primarily due to their occupation and in order to somehow reduce this time to a minimum you need to understand and learn what airports are the most punctual and the best.
About this we will also talk today.
So, interesting facts about airports in the world.
- The oldest airport is located in Berlin and is named “Tempelhof”. This airport was built in 1923 and experts believe that the appearance of this airport was the prototype for the other airports of the world. In 2008 they tried to close Tempelhof, as its maintenance was not economically profitable for the city, but this did not happen because of the protest of local residents and visitors to the airport is a local landmark.
- The most expensive airport in the world is located in Dubai and its total area is about 140 square kilometers. The construction of this airport has taken a lot of money, namely 8 billion dollars. In general, Dubai is known not only for the fact that here is the most expensive airport in the world. Palm Islands in Dubai are no less huge and very beautiful, because it is not for nothing to see them attract tourists from all over the world.
- As promised, let’s talk about the most unpunctual airports and first of all the Brazilian Brasilia International Airport (BSB). The Brazilian airport became unpunctual after a single incident when less than 27 percent of all scheduled departures took place.
It happened not long ago, in 2007, and the average delay time was 50 minutes, which is undoubtedly a lot.
- The safest airport in the world is in Hong Kong. In addition, the airports Shangji in Singapore and Incheon in Seoul, South Korea, also inspire confidence. By the way, these airports are not inferior to the others in comfort, which is very important for those who often fly.
- The worst airport in the world is in London and is called “Heathrow”. It became terrible because of the constant loss of luggage and worthless organization of space.The number of terrible also joined the airports in Paris (“Charles de Gaulle”) and Moscow (both “Sheremetyevo”). As for the first, there are uncomfortable waiting rooms, poor transit organization and constant queues at the controls. Well, the two Moscow airports in addition to the queues and the low level of comfort can “boast” traffic jams in the area near the entrance to the airport, cab drivers-frauders and huge prices in cafes.
- The most dangerous airport in the world is located in the kingdom of Bhutan and is called Paro. It is considered the most dangerous because of its location. The reason is that it is surrounded by towering peaks Hemolais, rising as high as 4880 meters and it is not so easy to land a plane. Not everyone can do it, but only specially trained pilots.
- The Matecane runway in Lesotho is one of the shortest. To accelerate or land the plane the pilot is given only 416 meters and the main thing is not to miss and do everything on time, because the runway goes straight into the cliff 2,303 meters high.
- On the island of Bara, which is in Scotland, the runway is a shallow bay and what will be landing (soft or not) is directly dependent on the tides. Here are some interesting facts about airports, which should know every person who has to fly often or who is yet to do so. Now you know which airports you can trust and which ones you can’t.