What is the highest airport from sea level?

Daocheng Yading Airport serves Daocheng County in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Provence in China. It sits 4,411 meters above sea level and has a runway that totals 4,200 meters in length. As such, it is the world's highest civil airport.



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Daocheng Yading Airport (IATA code DCY) Elevated at 4,411 meters (14,472 feet) above sea level, Daocheng is the world's highest altitude airport. It started operations in September 2013 and the project cost $225 million.

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King Fahd International Airport (DMM) — Dammam, Saudi Arabia. At 299.61 square miles (776 square kilometers), King Fahd International Airport is the largest airport in the world by total area.

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Charles de Gaulle Airport is the biggest airport in Europe based on its land size and the third based on its estimated passenger traffic after Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Istanbul Airport.

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King Fahd International Airport (DMM), Saudi Arabia –With a surface area of around 300 sq miles, King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is the largest airport in the world by size. The airport is located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and sprawls over 192,000 acres of land!

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During the period from 2013 to 2019, Germany was the country with the highest number of airports in Europe. Among a total of 539 airports in the country, 318 had paved runways, while 221 had unpaved runways.

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College Park Airport, US The world's oldest airport is College Park Airport (CGS), located in College Park, Maryland, in the United States. Wilbur Wright first landed at the field in 1909 to train two military officers for the US Army.

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High Level Airport (IATA: YOJ, ICAO: CYOJ) is located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) north northwest of High Level, Alberta, Canada.

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Madeira Airport is a geographically unusual airport, as it is perched on a foreland jutting out to sea. At the end of runway 05, there lie hills and cliffs which make a direct ILS approach and landing unavailable.

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Samedan, Switzerland. Samedan sits at an elevation of almost 1,800 metres and is one of the highest airports in Europe. It is considered one of the most challenging airports in the world to fly into due to its difficult topography and winds, as well as the thinness of the air at its altitude.

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Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein and the Vatican are States without airports.

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But there are a few countries in the world where there is simply no room for airports, and we'll talk here about five of them. Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein and the Vatican are States without airports.

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