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?
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?
Ultimate Airport Quiz
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!
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?
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
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Atlanta International Airport
- Charles de Gaulle Airport
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Airport Quiz Round 4: Fun Airport Codes
All of these airports have fun three letter airport codes. Can you guess them in the airport code quiz?
31. Yuma, Arizona
32. Funafuti, Tuvalu
33. Bodo, Norway
34. Indulkana, Australia
35. Willow, Alaska
36. Oodnadatta, Australia
37. Coquimbo, Chile
38. Eek, Alaska
39. Beijing Capital International Airport
40. Los Angeles Airport
Airport Quiz Round 5: True or False
More airport trivia, this time though – are the following statements true or false?
41. Two different airports in Spain have over 50 million annual passengers.
42. Luthansa invented business class in 1979.
43. Toronto ranks in the top 10 in annual passengers for North America.
44. You can drink alcohol anywhere you like in Nashville airport?
45. Hamburg Airport in Germany is the oldest airport that still operates today.
46. At 10 tons of caviar per year, KLM is the world’s largest purchaser of caviar.
47. Las Vegas (McCarran) International Airport, filled with its slot machines, is one of the top 20 busiest airports in the world.
48. JFK Airport was originally named Idlewild Airport
49. Los Angeles International Airport is rated the best airport in the world.
50. Airports will often sell lost luggage at auctions?
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Answers to the airport quiz
Read on to find out the real answers to the airport trivia above.
Airport Quiz Round 1: General Trivia
See how well you can do with this airport trivia…
1. King Fahd International Airport is the _________ airport in the world.
Biggest by size.
2. What continent is Novo Air Base, Novolazarevskaya Station located on?
Antarctica
3. The busiest airport in Africa is in what city?
Johannesburg
4. Sydney is the busiest airport in the Australian continent with over 40 million annual passengers. What is the second busiest?
Melbourne with over 37 million passengers.
5. Which city holds the busiest airport in Germany?
Frankfurt with over 69 million annual passengers.
6. Mexico City International Airport is the busiest in Latin America, but what airport is the busiest in South America?
Sao Paulo International Airport
7. What country has the oldest airport in the world?
USA with College Park Airport
8. The oldest international airport in Europe is in what country?
France. 1909 had Louis Bleriot carry out flights.
9. In the 1980s, American Airlines removed one ______ from each salad served in first class, saving $40,000.
Olive
10. Why are pilots and co pilots forced to eat different meals?
Food poisoning
Airport Quiz Round 2: Over / Under
Next on the airports quiz: are these over or under?
11. Over/under 200 square miles: size of King Fahd International Airport
Over: 301 square miles
12. Over/under 150 gates at Atlanta International Airport
Over: 192 gates
13. Over/under 1920 when the oldest airport was established
Under: 1909
14. “I’m going to Disneyworld!” Over/under 30 million people use Orlando International Airport annually
Over: 50 million people in 2019
15. Over/under 12,000 feet above sea level for the highest commercial airport in the US at Telluride Regional Airport in Colorado
Under: 9,070 feet
16. Over/under 1930 is when the world’s oldest airports KLM started
Under: 1919
17. Over/under 10 seconds: how often Aircrafts take off at Chicago O’Hare
Over: 37 seconds
18. Over/under 10% of your taste buds are numbed while flying.
Over: 33%
19. Over/ under 400 feet: The world’s tallest air traffic control tower at Thailand’s New Bangkok International Airport
Over: at 434 feet, and about as high as a 40-storey building
20. Over/under: Passenger demand at Heathrow Airport was down by 70% in August 2020?
Over, it was down 81.5% thanks to COVID-19
Airport trivia round 3: 12 Busiest Airports in the World
Next airport trivia round: put these in order of how busy they are.
Most Passengers: 110 million in 2019
21. Atlanta International Airport
2nd Most Passengers: 100 million in 2019
22. Beijing Capital International Airport
3rd Most Passengers: 88 million in 2019
23. Los Angeles International Airport
4th Most Passengers: 86 million in 2019
24. Dubai International Airport
5th Most Passengers: 86 million in 2019
25. Tokyo Haneda Airport
6th Most Passengers: 84 million in 2019
26. O’Hare International Airport (Chicago)
7th Most Passengers: 80 million in 2019
27. London Heathrow Airport
8th Most Passengers: 76 million in 2019
28. Shanghai Pudong International Airport
9th Most Passengers: 76 million in 2019
29. Charles de Gaulle Airport
10th Most Passengers: 75 million in 2019
30. Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport
11th Most Passengers: 73 million in 2019
31. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
12th Most Passengers: 72 million in 2019
Airport Quiz Round 4: Fun Airport Codes
All of these airports have fun three letter airport codes. Can you guess them in the airport code quiz?
Questions 42-49
31. Yuma, Arizona
Answer: YUM
32. Funafuti, Tuvalu
Answer: FUN
33. Bodo, Norway
Answer: BOO
34. Indulkana, Australia
Answer: IDK
35. Willow, Alaska
Answer: WOW
36. Oodnadatta, Australia
Answer: ODD
37. Coquimbo, Chile
Answer: COW
38. Eek, Alaska
Answer: EEK
39. Beijing Capital International Airport
Answer: PEK
40. Los Angeles Airport
Answer: LAX
Airport Quiz Round 5: True or False
Airport trivia true or false round…
41. Two different airports in Spain have over 50 million annual passengers.
True, Madrid and Barcelona
42. Luthansa invented business class in 1979.
False, it was Qantas.
43. Toronto ranks in the top 10 in annual passengers for North America.
True, 10th
44. You can drink alcohol anywhere you like in Nashville airport?
True
45. Hamburg Airport in Germany is the oldest airport that still operates today.
True.
46. At 10 tons of caviar per year, KLM is the world’s largest purchaser of caviar.
False. It is Lufthansa.
47. Las Vegas (McCarran) International Airport, filled with its slot machines, is one of the top 20 busiest airports in the world.
False, it is 30th.
48. JFK Airport was originally named Idlewild Airport
True
49. Los Angeles International Airport is rated the best airport in the world.
False, it’s Singapore Changi Airport.
50. Airports will often sell lost luggage at auctions?
True!
And that’s the end of the airport quiz – how did you do?
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