U.S. Airport Trivia Contest
 

A-Busiest airport in terms of passengers (42,402,653)?

B-Busiest airport for passengers starting or completing trips (21,402,653)?

C-Height in feet of tallest airport control tower? (398')

D-Longest commercial runway? (16,000 feet, 200 feet wide)

E-Least busy airport designated as a hub by a U.S. carrier? (American - 5,336,688 passengers)

F-Largest number of public parking spaces? 39,988)

G-Feet above sea level for a commercial airport? (9.062')

H- Least busy commercial airport? (2,574 passengers in 2005)

Source: US Dept of Transportation, FAA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Air Transport Association, Orbitz.com, USA Today research - appeared in USA Today.

Any guesses: Answers to follow.

G=Denver

I know Leadville, Colorado has the highest US airport--but it's closer to 10,000 feet. It must not be classified as a commercial airport.

Telluride, Colorado isn't quite as high--is it commercial?

Denver Int'l. would only be around 5000 feet, wouldn't it.

G is 9.062 not 9,062

9 feet above sea level...SF0?

Where did the figures come from? I cheated and googled the busiest airport, and came up with these passenger figures (worldwide) from 2004:

1. SECRET AIRPORT* - 83,606,583

2. O'Hare International Airport (Chicago) - 75,533,822

3. Heathrow Airport (London) - 67,344,054

4. Haneda Airport (Tokyo) - 62,291,405

5. Los Angeles International Airport - 60,688,609

6. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport - 59,412,217

7. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport - 51,260,363

8. Frankfurt Airport - 51,098,271

9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - 42,541,180

10. Denver International Airport - 42,393,766

*I didn't want to spoil the game completely, so you can still guess the name of the busiest.

G yes should be 9,062 ft so not SF - but i'll give the prize here to Rufus - it's Telluride, according to this USA Today article. Me i'm just the messenger so don't know about Leadville - must be considered commercial airport perhaps.

I think Kate must have the busiest airport - Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta but her figures are much higher - again i don't know just reporting.

A- Atlanta
B-Las Vegas
C-Atlanta
D-Runway 1GR/34L at Denver
E-San Juan, PR
F-Dallas/Ft Worth
G-Telluride, CO
H-Beckley, WV

One of my best college chums lived in Silverton, Colorado--just down the road from Telluride. So I thought Telluride might be the place. Those mountains are beautiful from the air--not that they aren't beautiful from the ground as well.

Yes, but which direction do the luggage carousels travel in?

http://www.dullmen.com/airport.htm

JJBuoy, I'd forgotten about that site! It's a gripper all right. Makes me think of that old Monty Python song about LHR: "I'm worried about the baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow."

Anselm

without looking at the site i think they always go counter clockwise?

7.5% go both ways (presumably not simultaneously); but it's the 3.2% "other" that make my mind boggle - up and down?

or do they do it "Find the lady" style?