Airport Facts

Gloucestershire Airport in England used to blast Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best' on the runways to scare birds away, running the experiment from 2002 to 2005.

The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

In 2012, a man wore 70 clothing items through a Chinese airport to avoid paying extra baggage charges.