Airport Trivia: 50 Questions & Answers (+Airport Quiz Code Round!)

Welcome to my airport quiz! This quiz about airports will sort the frequent fliers from the plane spotters – how much do YOU know about airport trivia?

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This airport quiz features an airport code quiz round, airport trivia, and some crazy true or falses from airports around the world.

Read on and you’ll find 50 airport quiz questions and answers from all around the world. 

Great if you’re looking for unusual airport quiz questions!

There are five rounds to this world airports quiz, so I hope you know your airport names and where they all are!

So, let’s crack on with the world airport quiz questions shall we?

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Oh, by the way, I have loads of other fun travel quizzes to do, once you’re done with this one. I’ll add the links at the end of the post too.

Good luck!

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Airport Quiz Round 1: General Trivia

How much airport trivia do YOU know? Let’s put it to the test…

1. King Fahd International Airport is the _________ airport in the world.

2. What continent is Novo Air Base, Novolazarevskaya Station located on?

3. The busiest airport in Africa is in what city?

4. Sydney is the busiest airport in the Australian continent with over 40 million annual passengers. What is the second busiest?

5. Which city holds the busiest airport in Germany?

6. Mexico City International Airport is the busiest in Latin America, but what airport is the busiest in South America?

7. What country has the oldest airport in the world?

8. The oldest international airport in Europe is in what country?

9. In the 1980s, American Airlines removed one ______ from each salad served in first class, saving $40,000.

10. Why are pilots and co pilots forced to eat different meals?

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Airport Quiz Round 2: Over / Under

Next up in the airports quiz, are the answers to the following statements over or under?

11. Over/under 200 square miles: size of King Fahd International Airport

12. Over/under 150 gates at Atlanta International Airport

13. Over/under 1920 when the oldest airport was established

14. “I’m going to Disneyworld!” Over/under 30 million people use Orlando International Airport annually

15. Over/under 12,000 feet above sea level for the highest commercial airport in the US at Telluride Regional Airport in Colorado

16. Over/under 1930 is when the world’s oldest airports KLM started

17. Over/under 10 seconds: how often Aircrafts take off at Chicago O’Hare

18. Over/under 10% of your taste buds are numbed while flying.

19. Over/ under 400 feet: The world’s tallest air traffic control tower at Thailand’s New Bangkok International Airport

20. Over/under: Passenger demand at Heathrow Airport was down by 70% in August 2020?

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Airport quiz round 3: Busiest Airports

Airport trivia: put these airports in order of how busy they are.

  • Dubai International Airport
  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
  • Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport
  • Beijing Capital International Airport
  • London Heathrow Airport
  • Tokyo Haneda Airport
  • Los Angeles International Airport