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Interesting Facts About Airports

Interesting Facts About Airports

Airport Facts


1. In Rwanda, plastic bags are illegal and carry with them a 100-$150 fine. In fact, at airport customs all plastic bags are confiscated which has resulted in Rwanda is one of the most litter-free countries in Africa. –

2. Genoa Airport in Italy makes one exception to the 3 ounces of liquid rule for pesto, which goes through a special pesto scanner. – Source

3. An airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers, after finding out they would be delayed 2 hours for weather. The pizzas were delivered within 30 minutes by Domino’s and were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane in an official airport vehicle. – Source

4. O’Hare airport is named after an American fighter pilot who was the lone defender during an attack on his carrier, then was killed leading the first night defense against a Kamikaze attack. Two years earlier, his own father was murdered for being the only man willing to testify against Al Capone. – Source

5.There is a library in Estonian Airport, where you can borrow books for your trip and the whole thing operates off an honor system.

6. Airport runway numbers actually indicate direction on a compass. 

7. When three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letters simply added an X. –

8. Houston Airport received many complaints about baggage wait times. In response, they moved baggage claim further away so the walk was longer than the wait. The number of complaints dropped. 

9. Denver International Airport (at 53 sq miles) is larger than Manhattan, San Francisco, and Miami and is the 2nd largest airport in the world. 

10. During the peak of Ebola news in 2014 people started to avoid Liberia Airport in Costa Rica thinking that it was the country in Africa.


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