List of eponyms of airports
This is a list of eponymously named airports.
It includes the name of the airport, the facility's location, and the person after whom the airport is named.
Current airports[]
| Airport | City | Location | Eponym |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport | Dire Dawa |  Ethiopia |
Dejazmach Yilma Makonnen, former Governor of Harar |
| Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport | Malang |  Indonesia |
Abdul Rahman Saleh, National Hero of Indonesia |
| Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport | Galkayo |  Somalia |
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia |
| Abraham González International Airport | Ciudad Juárez |  Mexico |
Abraham González |
| Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport | Springfield |  United States: Illinois |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Aden Adde International Airport | Mogadishu | Somalia |
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, first President of Somalia |
| Adisucipto International Airport | Yogyakarta | Indonesia |
Agustinus Adisucipto, Indonesian independence hero |
| Adnan Menderes Airport | Izmir |  Turkey |
Adnan Menderes |
| Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport | Madrid |  Spain |
Adolfo Suárez González, first prime minister of Spain after the restoration of democracy and key participant in the transition to democracy after the Franco dictatorship |
| Ahmad Yani International Airport | Semarang | Indonesia |
Ahmad Yani, Indonesian Army chief |
| Aeroporto Internazionale Falcone e Borsellino | Palermo |  Italy |
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, two judges who fought the Mafia |
| Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport | Ajaccio |  France |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Alexander the Great Airport | Kavala |  Greece |
Alexander the Great |
| Alula Aba Nega Airport | Mekelle | Ethiopia |
Ras Alula, Ethiopian General |
| Aeroparque Jorge Newbery | Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
Jorge Newbery |
| Afonso Pena International Airport | Curitiba |  Brazil |
Afonso Pena |
| Senadora Eunice Michiles Airport | São Paulo de Olivença | Brazil |
Eunice Michiles |
| Franjo Tuđman Airport | Zagreb |  Croatia |
Franjo Tuđman |
| Airport St. Paul the Apostle | Ohrid |  North Macedonia |
Paul the Apostle |
| Alexei Leonov Kemerovo International Airport | Kemerovo |  Russia |
Alexei Leonov |
| Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport | Valledupar |  Colombia |
Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport | Batumi |  Georgia |
Alexander Kartveli |
| Rodríguez Ballón International Airport | Arequipa |  Peru |
es:Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón |
| Allama Iqbal International Airport | Lahore |  Pakistan |
Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal) |
| Amado Nervo National Airport | Tepic | Mexico |
Amado Nervo |
| Amerigo Vespucci Airport | Florence | Italy |
Amerigo Vespucci |
| Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | Kano |  Nigeria |
Aminu Kano |
| Margaret Ekpo International Airport | Calabar | Nigeria |
Margaret Ekpo |
| Anna International Airport | Chennai |  India |
Arignar Anna |
| Antonio Nariño Airport | Pasto | Colombia |
Antonio Nariño |
| Aristotelis Airport | Kastoria | Greece |
Aristotle |
| Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | Latrobe | United States: Pennsylvania |
Arnold Palmer |
| Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport | Tobago |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson |
| Saparmurat Türkmenbashi International Airport | Ashgabat |  Turkmenistan |
Saparmyrat Niyazov |
| Astor Piazzolla International Airport | Mar del Plata | Argentina |
Ástor Piazzolla, a composer and musician who was born in Mar del Plata |
| Atatürk International Airport | Istanbul | Turkey |
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
| Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos" | Athens | Greece |
Eleftherios Venizelos |
| Athens Ben Epps Airport | Athens | United States: Georgia |
Ben T. Epps, aviator |
| Aurel Vlaicu International Airport | Bucharest |  Romania |
Aurel Vlaicu |
| Austin-Bergstrom International Airport | Austin | United States: Texas |
Captain John August Earl Bergstrom |
| Austin Straubel International Airport | Ashwaubenon | United States: Wisconsin |
Lt. Col. Austin Straubel |
| Bacha Khan International Airport | Peshawar | Peshawar, Pakistan |
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Queen Tamar Airport | Mestia | Georgia |
Tamar of Georgia |
| Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | Anne Arundel County | United States: Maryland |
Thurgood Marshall |
| Bandaranaike International Airport | Colombo |  Sri Lanka |
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| Bauerfield International Airport | Port Vila |  Vanuatu |
Harold W. Bauer, fighter pilot |
| Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport | Beirut |  Lebanon |
Rafik Hariri |
| Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade |  Serbia |
Nikola Tesla |
| Ben Gurion International Airport | Tel Aviv |  Israel |
David Ben-Gurion |
| U Michaeli Airport Haifa | Haifa | Israel |
Uri Michaeli |
| Benazir Bhutto International Airport | Rawalpindi | Pakistan |
Benazir Bhutto |
| Benito Juárez International Airport | Mexico City | Mexico |
Benito Juárez |
| Bert Mooney Airport | Butte | United States: Montana |
Bert Mooney, aviator |
| Biju Patnaik Airport | Bhubaneswar | India |
Biju Patnaik |
| Birsa Munda Airport | Ranchi | India |
Birsa Munda |
| Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport | Little Rock | United States: Arkansas |
Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton |
| Billings Logan International Airport | Billings | United States: Montana |
Dick Logan, airport manager |
| Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Toronto island) | Toronto |  Canada: Ontario |
Billy Bishop |
| Bob Hope Airport | Burbank | United States: California |
Bob Hope |
| Bob Sikes Airport | Crestview | United States: Florida |
Robert L. F. Sikes |
| Boeing Field | Seattle | United States: Washington |
William Edward Boeing |
| Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | Bologna | Italy |
Guglielmo Marconi |
| Bowman Field | Louisville | United States: Kentucky |
Abram H. Bowman, airport founder |
| Bradley International Airport | Windsor Locks | United States: Connecticut |
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley |
| Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport | Brockville | Canada: Ontario |
George Tackaberry, owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway |
| Bremen Airport | Bremen |  Germany |
Hans Koschnick |
| Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport | Budapest |  Hungary |
Franz Liszt |
| Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport | Bydgoszcz |  Poland |
Ignacy Jan Paderewski |
| Camilo Daza International Airport | Cúcuta | Colombia |
Camilo Daza |
| Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport | Celaya | Mexico |
Captain Rogelio Castillo |
| Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport | Punta Arenas |  Chile |
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Cesar Lim Rodriguez Airport | Taytay |  Philippines |
Cesar Lim Rodriguez, former judge |
| César Manrique Lanzarote Airport | Lanzarote | Spain |
César Manrique, local artist, sculptor, architect and activist |
| Chan Gurney Municipal Airport | Yankton | United States: South Dakota |
John Chandler Gurney |
| Chania International Airport - "Ioannis Daskalogiannis" | Chania, Crete | Greece |
Ioannis Daskalogiannis, Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule |
| Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport | Kansas City | United States: Missouri |
Charles Wheeler |
| Charles de Gaulle Airport | Paris | France |
Charles de Gaulle |
| Charlotte/Douglas International Airport | Charlotte | United States: North Carolina |
Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. |
| Châteauroux-Déols "Marcel Dassault" Airport | Châteauroux | France |
Marcel Dassault |
| Cheddi Jagan International Airport | Georgetown |  Guyana |
Cheddi Jagan |
| Chennault International Airport | Lake Charles | United States: Louisiana |
Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle |
| Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport | Ulan Bator |  Mongolia |
Chinggis Khaan |
| Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport | Rome | Italy |
Giovan Battista Pastine |
| Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | Cleveland | United States: Ohio |
William R. Hopkins |
| Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | Santiago | Chile |
Arturo Merino Benítez |
| Copernicus Airport Wrocław | Wrocław | Poland |
Nicolaus Copernicus |
| Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias" | Corfu | Greece |
Ioannis Kapodistrias |
| Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport | Catamarca | Argentina |
Coronel Felipe Varela |
| Cristiano Ronaldo Airport | Madeira |  Portugal |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Cut Nyak Dhien Airport | Suka Makmue | Indonesia |
Cut Nyak Dhien |
| Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | Dakar |  Senegal |
Léopold Sédar Senghor |
| Dallas Love Field | Dallas | United States: Texas |
First Lieutenant Moss Lee Love[1] |
| Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | Honolulu | United States: Hawaii |
Daniel Inouye |
| Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport | Liberia |  Costa Rica |
Daniel Oduber Quirós |
| Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport | Tacloban | Philippines |
Daniel Z. Romualdez |
| David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport | Kutaisi | Georgia |
David IV of Georgia |
| Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport | Indore | India |
Ahilyabai Holkar |
| Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport | Guadalajara | Mexico |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla |
| Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport | Donetsk |  Ukraine |
Sergey Prokofiev |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport | Nagpur | India |
Dr. Babasaheb R. Ambedkar |
| Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport | Eatonia | Canada: Saskatchewan |
Elvie Smith, former chairman and CEO of Pratt & Whitney Canada |
| Eduardo Gomes International Airport | Manaus | Brazil |
Eduardo Gomes |
| El Tari Airport | Kupang | Indonesia |
El Tari, 2nd governor of East Nusa Tenggara |
| Eppley Airfield | Omaha | United States: Nebraska |
Eugene C. Eppley |
| Eugenio María de Hostos Airport | Mayagüez |  Puerto Rico |
Eugenio María de Hostos |
| Fatmawati Soekarno Airport | Bengkulu | Indonesia |
Fatmawati Soekarno |
| Federico Fellini Airport | Rimini | Italy |
Federico Fellini |
| Ferit Melen Airport | Van | Turkey |
Ferit Melen |
| Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
Major Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci |
| Kozani National Airport "Filippos" | Kozani | Greece |
Philip II of Macedon |
| Forbes Field | Topeka | United States: Kansas |
Daniel Forbes |
| Francis S. Gabreski Airport | Westhampton Beach | United States: New York |
Francis S. Gabreski (Gabby) |
| Francisco B. Reyes Airport | Coron | Philippines |
Francisco B. Reyes, former mayor of Coron (1936-1939) |
| Francisco Bangoy International Airport | Davao City | Philippines |
Francisco Bangoy |
| Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport | Porto | Portugal |
Francisco de Sá Carneiro |
| Franz Josef Strauss International Airport | Munich | Germany |
Franz Josef Strauss |
| Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
| Galileo Galilei Airport | Pisa | Italy |
Galileo Galilei |
| Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport | Gdańsk | Poland |
Lech Wałęsa |
| General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport | Tijuana | Mexico |
Abelardo L. Rodríguez |
| General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport | Chillán | Chile |
Bernardo O'Higgins |
| General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport | Tampico, Tamaulipas | Mexico |
Francisco Javier Mina |
| General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport | Durango | Mexico |
Guadalupe Victoria |
| General Heriberto Jara International Airport | Veracruz | Mexico |
Heriberto Jara Corona |
| General José María Yáñez International Airport | Guaymas | Mexico |
José María Yáñez |
| General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport | Acapulco | Mexico |
Juan Álvarez |
| General Lucio Blanco International Airport | Reynosa, Tamaulipas | Mexico |
Lucio Blanco |
| General Mariano Escobedo International Airport | Apodaca | Mexico |
Mariano Escobedo |
| General Mariano Matamoros Airport | Cuernavaca | Mexico |
Mariano Matamoros |
| General Mitchell International Airport | Milwaukee | United States: Wisconsin |
Billy Mitchell |
| General Justo José de Urquiza Airport | Paraná | Argentina |
Justo José de Urquiza |
| General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport | Mexicali | Mexico |
General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada |
| Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase | Caracas |  Venezuela |
Francisco de Miranda |
| Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport | Genoa | Italy |
Christopher Columbus |
| George Best Belfast City Airport | Belfast |  United Kingdom |
George Best |
| George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Houston | United States: Texas |
George H. W. Bush |
| Gerald R. Ford International Airport | Grand Rapids | United States: Michigan |
Gerald R. Ford |
| German Titov Airport of Barnaul | Barnaul | Russia |
German Titov |
| Giuseppe Verdi Airport | Parma | Italy |
Giuseppe Verdi |
| Glafcos Clerides | Larnaca |  Cyprus |
Glafcos Clerides |
| Godofredo P. Ramos Airport | Malay | Philippines |
Godofredo P. Ramos, author of the bill which created the province of Aklan |
| Grantley Adams International Airport | Bridgetown |  Barbados |
Grantley Herbert Adams |
| Guillermo León Valencia Airport | Popayán | Colombia |
Guillermo León Valencia |
| Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport | San Andrés | Colombia |
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
| Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia |
Halim Perdanakusuma, national hero of Indonesia |
| Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | Canada: Nova Scotia |
Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia |
| Hamad International Airport | Doha |  Qatar |
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar |
| Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt | Hamburg | Germany |
Helmut Schmidt |
| Harold W. Brown Memorial Airfield (Pittsburgh Monroeville Airport) | Monroeville | United States: Pennsylvania |
Harold W. Brown |
| Harry Reid International Airport | Las Vegas | United States: Nevada |
Harry Reid |
| Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta | United States: Georgia |
William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson |
| Hearst (René Fontaine) Municipal Airport | Hearst | Canada: Ontario |
René Fontaine |
| Hector International Airport | Fargo | United States: North Dakota |
Martin Hector, landowner |
| Henri Coandă International Airport | Bucharest | Romania |
Henri Coandă |
| Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis" | Heraklion | Greece |
Nikos Kazantzakis |
| Heydar Aliyev International Airport | Baku |  Azerbaijan |
Heydar Aliyev |
| Horace Williams Airport | Chapel Hill | United States: North Carolina |
Prof. Horace Williams, former Chair of Mental and Moral Science (Philosophy) at the University of North Carolina |
| Houari Boumedienne Airport | Algiers |  Algeria |
Houari Boumédienne |
| Ian Fleming International Airport | Boscobel |  Jamaica |
Ian Fleming |
| Ibn Batouta International Airport (Tangier-Boukhalef Airport) | Tangier |  Morocco |
Ibn Battuta |
| Il Caravaggio International Airport | Bergamo | Italy |
Caravaggio |
| Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart Airport | Indiana | United States: Pennsylvania |
James Stewart |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India |
Indira Gandhi |
| Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport | Inuvik | Canada: Northwest Territories |
Mike Zubko, co-founder of the Northern Air Transport Association |
| Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport | Tashkent |  Uzbekistan |
Islam Karimov |
| Jack Edwards Airport | Gulf Shores | United States: Alabama |
Jack Edwards |
| Jackson-Evers International Airport | Jackson | United States: Mississippi |
Medgar Evers |
| Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport | Thermal | United States: California |
Jacqueline Cochran |
| James M. Cox Dayton International Airport | Dayton | United States: Ohio |
James M. Cox |
| Jan Mayensfield | Olonkinbyen |  Norway |
Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout |
| João Paulo II Airport | Ponta Delgada | Portugal |
Pope John Paul II |
| Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport | Boonville | United States: Missouri |
Jesse P. Viertel |
| Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport | Jijel | Algeria |
Ferhat Abbas |
| Jinnah International Airport | Karachi | Pakistan |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | Paramaribo |  Suriname |
Johan Adolf Pengel |
| John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | Hamilton | Canada: Ontario |
John Munro |
| John F. Kennedy International Airport | New York City | United States: New York |
John F. Kennedy |
| Hamid Karzai International Airport | Kabul |  Afghanistan |
Hamid Karzai |
| John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport | Ashland | United States: Wisconsin |
John F. Kennedy |
| John Glenn Columbus International Airport | Columbus | United States: Ohio |
John Glenn |
| John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport | Johnstown | United States: Pennsylvania |
John Murtha |
| John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice | Kraków | Poland |
Pope John Paul II |
| John Wayne Airport | Santa Ana | United States: California |
John Wayne |
| Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi |  Kenya |
Jomo Kenyatta |
| Jorge Chávez International Airport | Lima | Peru |
Jorge Chávez |
| Jorge Wilstermann International Airport | Cochabamba |  Bolivia |
Jorge Wilstermann |
| José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | Guayaquil |  Ecuador |
José Joaquín de Olmedo |
| José María Córdova International Airport | Medellín | Colombia |
José María Córdova |
| José Martí International Airport | Havana |  Cuba |
José Martí |
| Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport | Barcelona | Spain
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Josep Tarradellas |
| Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport | Roatán |  Honduras |
Juan Manuel Gálvez |
| Juan Santamaría International Airport | San José | Costa Rica |
Juan Santamaría |
| Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport | Sucre | Bolivia |
Juana Azurduy de Padilla |
| Juanda International Airport | Surabaya | Indonesia |
Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Prime Minister of Indonesia and initiator of the airport |
| Julius Nyerere International Airport | Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania |
Julius Nyerere |
| Karl Stefan Memorial Airport | Norfolk | United States: Nebraska |
Karl Stefan |
| Kay Larkin Field | Palatka | United States: Florida |
Jasper Kennedy "Kay" Larkin |
| Kempegowda International Airport | Bangalore | India |
Kempegowda |
| Khan Jahan Ali Airport | Bagerhat |  Bangladesh |
Khan Jahan Ali |
| King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah |  Saudi Arabia |
Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia |
| King Fahd International Airport | Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
| King Khalid International Airport | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
Khalid of Saudi Arabia |
| King Shaka International Airport | Durban |  South Africa |
Shaka |
| King Phalo Airport | East London, Eastern Cape | South Africa |
Phalo kaTshiwo |
| Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport | Gqeberha (fka: Port Elizabeth) | South Africa |
David Stuurman |
| Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport | Kingston | Canada: Ontario |
Norman McLeod Rogers |
| Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) | Kyiv | Ukraine |
Igor Sikorsky |
| Konrad Adenauer Airport | Cologne/Bonn | Germany |
Konrad Adenauer |
| Kos International Airport, "Hippocrates" | Kos | Greece |
Hippocrates |
| Kotoka International Airport | Accra |  Ghana |
Col. Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka |
| LaGuardia Airport | New York City | United States: New York |
Fiorello H. La Guardia |
| Lalibela Airport | Lalibela | Ethiopia |
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, King of the Zagwe Dynasty |
| Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport | Milwaukee | United States: Wisconsin |
Lawrence J. Timmerman, county supervisor |
| Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport | Tallinn |  Estonia |
Lennart Georg Meri, President of Estonia |
| Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Rome | Italy |
Leonardo da Vinci |
| Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava | Ostrava |  Czech Republic |
Leoš Janáček |
| Libreville Leon Mba International Airport | Libreville |  Gabon |
Léon M'ba |
| Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport | Toluca | Mexico |
Adolfo López Mateos |
| Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport | Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco | Mexico |
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
| Lic. Miguel de la Madrid Airport | Colima | Mexico |
Miguel de la Madrid |
| Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport | Lisbon | Portugal |
Humberto Delgado |
| Liverpool John Lennon Airport | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
John Lennon |
| Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport | Ljubljana |  Slovenia |
Jože Pučnik |
| Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport | Łódź | Poland |
Władysław Reymont |
| Logan International Airport | Boston | United States: Massachusetts |
Edward Lawrence Logan |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | Guwahati | India |
Gopinath Bordoloi |
| Long Island MacArthur Airport | Islip | United States: New York |
Douglas MacArthur |
| Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | New Orleans | United States: Louisiana |
Louis Armstrong |
| Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | Louisville | United States: Kentucky |
Muhammad Ali |
| Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport | Dauphin | Canada: Manitoba |
William George Barker |
| Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | Lubbock | United States: Texas |
Preston E. Smith |
| Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
Luis Muñoz Marín |
| Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport | Lviv | Ukraine |
Danylo Halytskyi |
| Lynden Pindling International Airport | Nassau |  Bahamas |
Lynden Pindling |
| M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport | Franceville | Gabon |
Omar Bongo |
| Manas International Airport | Bishkek |  Kyrgyzstan |
Manas, a Kyrgyz epic hero |
| María Montez International Airport | Barahona |  Dominican Republic |
Maria Montez |
| Mariscal Sucre International Airport | Quito | Ecuador |
Antonio José de Sucre |
| Martin State Airport | Essex | United States: Maryland |
Glenn Luther Martin |
| Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport | Martinique | France |
Aimé Césaire |
| Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport | Hambantota | Sri Lanka |
Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Reid International Airport | Paradise | United States: Nevada |
Harry Reid |
| McClellan-Palomar Airport | Carlsbad | United States: California |
Gerald McClellan, aviator |
| McGhee Tyson Airport | Knoxville | United States: Tennessee |
McGhee Tyson, aviator |
| Merrill Field | Anchorage | United States: Alaska |
Russel Merrill |
| Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport | Bratislava |  Slovakia |
Milan Rastislav Štefánik |
| Ministro Pistarini International Airport | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
Juan Pistarini |
| Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport | Constanţa | Romania |
Mihail Kogălniceanu |
| Modibo Keita International Airport | Bamako |  Mali |
Modibo Keita |
| Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport | Constantine | Algeria |
Muhammad Boudiaf |
| Mohammed V International Airport | Casablanca | Morocco |
Mohammed V of Morocco |
| Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport | Monastir |  Tunisia |
Habib Bourguiba |
| Montgomery Field | San Diego | United States: California |
John Joseph Montgomery |
| Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Montreal | Canada: Quebec |
Pierre Trudeau |
| Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport | Moose Jaw | Canada: Saskatchewan |
Air Vice-Marshal C.M. McEwen, commander of No. 6 Group RCAF |
| Moscow Domodedovo Airport | Moscow | Russia Russia |
Mikhail Lomonosov |
| Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Lagos | Nigeria |
Murtala Mohammed |
| Naples–Capodichino Airport Ugo Niutta | Naples | Italy |
Ugo Niutta |
| Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | India |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Ngurah Rai International Airport | Denpasar | Indonesia |
I Gusti Ngurah Rai, national hero of Indonesia from Bali |
| Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines |
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. |
| Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Niš | Serbia |
Constantine I |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | Abuja | Nigeria |
Nnamdi Azikiwe |
| Norman Manley International Airport | Kingston | Jamaica |
Norman Washington Manley |
| Nuremberg Airport | Nuremberg | Germany |
Albrecht Dürer |
| Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport | Nur-Sultan |  Kazakhstan |
Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport | San Jose | United States: California |
Norman Y. Mineta |
| North Bay/Jack Garland Airport | North Bay | Canada: Ontario |
Jack Garland |
| O'Hare International Airport | Chicago | United States: Illinois |
Edward O'Hare |
| Olaya Herrera Airport | Medellín | Colombia |
Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| OR Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg | South Africa |
Oliver Tambo |
| Osmani International Airport | Sylhet | Bangladesh |
General M A G Osmani |
| Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | Ottawa | Canada: Ontario |
John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier |
| Owen Sound/Billy Bishop Regional Airport | Owen Sound | Canada: Ontario |
Billy Bishop |
| Pangborn Memorial Airport | Wenatchee | United States: Washington |
Clyde Edward Pangborn |
| Pattimura Airport | Ambon | Indonesia |
Pattimura, national hero of Indonesia |
| Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport | Belize City |  Belize |
Phillip Goldson |
| Portsmouth International Airport at Pease | Portsmouth | United States: New Hampshire |
Harl Pease, Jr. |
| Poznań-Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport | Poznań | Poland |
Henryk Wieniawski |
| Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport | Brasília | Brazil |
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira |
| Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport | Dili |  East Timor |
Nicolau Lobato |
| Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport | Medina | Saudi Arabia
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| Princess Juliana International Airport | Sint Maarten |  Sint Maarten |
Juliana of the Netherlands |
| Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | Canada: Quebec |
Jean Lesage |
| Queen Alia International Airport | Amman |  Jordan |
Alia al-Hussein |
| Queen Beatrix International Airport | Oranjestad |  Aruba |
Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| Rafael Hernández Airport | Aguadilla | Puerto Rico |
Rafael Hernández Marín |
| Rafael Núñez International Airport | Cartagena | Colombia |
Rafael Núñez |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad, Telangana | India |
Rajiv Gandhi |
| Ramon Airport | Eilat | Israel |
Ilan Ramon and Assaf Ramon |
| Reina Sofía Airport (Tenerife South) | Tenerife | Spain |
Queen Sofía of Spain |
| Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" | Rhodes | Greece |
Diagoras of Rhodes |
| Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | Amarillo | United States: Texas |
Rick Husband |
| Richard Pearse Airport | Timaru |  New Zealand |
Richard Pearse |
| Robert J. Miller Air Park | Woodbine | United States: New Jersey |
Robert J. Miller |
| Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | Harare |  Zimbabwe |
Robert Mugabe |
| Roland Garros Airport | Saint-Denis | France |
Roland Garros, aviator |
| Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | Arlington | United States: Virginia |
Ronald Reagan |
| Rosecrans Memorial Airport | Saint Joseph | United States: Missouri |
Sgt. Guy Wallace Rosecrans |
| Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport | Lyon | France |
Antoine de Saint Exupéry |
| Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | Istanbul | Turkey |
Sabiha Gökçen |
| W. A. Mozart Airport | Salzburg |  Austria |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Sam Ratulangi International Airport | Manado | Indonesia |
Sam Ratulangi, first Governor of Sulawesi, Indonesian national hero |
| San Egidio Airport | Perugia | Italy |
Saint Giles |
| Sangster International Airport | Montego Bay | Jamaica |
Donald Sangster |
| Santos Dumont Airport | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
Alberto Santos-Dumont |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad | India |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport | Sarnia | Canada: Ontario |
Chris Hadfield |
| Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | Canada: Saskatchewan |
John Diefenbaker |
| Sawyer International Airport | Marquette | United States: Michigan |
Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer, road commissioner |
| Serafettin Elçi Airport | Şırnak | Turkey |
Şerafettin Elçi |
| Shahjalal International Airport | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
Shah Jalal |
| Shah Amanat International Airport | Chittagong | Bangladesh |
Shah Amanat |
| Shah Makhdum Airport | Rajshahi | Bangladesh |
Shah Makhdum Rupos |
| Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow | Russia |
Alexander Pushkin |
| Sihanouk International Airport | Sihanoukville |  Cambodia |
Norodom Sihanouk |
| Sikorsky Memorial Airport | Stratford | United States: Connecticut |
Igor Sikorsky |
| Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | Asunción |  Paraguay |
Silvio Pettirossi |
| Simón Bolívar Airport | Santa Marta | Colombia |
Simón Bolívar |
| Simón Bolívar International Airport | Maiquetía | Venezuela |
Simón Bolívar |
| Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | Port Louis |  Mauritius |
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam |
| Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Gaborone |  Botswana |
Seretse Khama |
| Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport | Sitka | United States: Alaska |
Rocky Gutierrez, former mayor |
| Nuri Demirağ Airport | Sivas | Turkey |
Nuri Demirağ |
| Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia |
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta |
| Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport | Amritsar | India |
Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh guru and founder of the city of Amritsar |
| Stewart International Airport | Newburgh | United States: New York |
Lachlan Stewart, ancestor of land donor |
| St. Louis Lambert International Airport | St. Louis | United States: Missouri |
Albert Bond Lambert |
| Stuttgart Airport | Stuttgart | Germany |
Manfred Rommel |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport | Subang |  Malaysia |
Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Selangor |
| Sultan Abdul Halim Airport | Alor Star | Malaysia |
Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah |
| Sultan Azlan Shah Airport | Ipoh | Malaysia |
Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak |
| Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport | Kuantan | Malaysia |
Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang |
| Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport | Makassar | Indonesia |
Sultan Hasanuddin, Indonesian national hero |
| Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport | Banda Aceh | Indonesia |
Iskandar Muda, Indonesian national hero |
| Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kota Bharu | Malaysia |
Ismail Petra, Sultan of Kelantan |
| Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport | Palembang | Indonesia |
Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II, Indonesian national hero |
| Sultan Mahmud Airport | Kuala Terengganu | Malaysia |
Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah, Sultan of Terengganu |
| Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport | Pekanbaru | Indonesia |
Sultan Syarif Kasim II, former Sultan of Siak, Indonesian national hero |
| Sultan Thaha Airport | Jambi | Indonesia |
Sultan Thaha, Indonesian national hero from Jambi |
| Süleyman Demirel Airport | Isparta | Turkey |
Süleyman Demirel |
| Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport | Sydney |  Australia
|
Charles Kingsford Smith |
| Syracuse Hancock International Airport | Syracuse | United States: New York |
Clarence E. Hancock |
| Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Anchorage | United States: Alaska |
Ted Stevens |
| Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport | Tehran |  Iran |
Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Tenzing-Hillary Airport | Lukla |  Nepal |
Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Terre Haute International Airport - Hulman Field | Terre Haute | United States: Indiana |
Anton "Tony" Hulman, Jr. |
| T. F. Green Airport | Warwick | United States: Rhode Island |
Theodore F. Green |
| Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou | Ouagadougou |  Burkina Faso |
Thomas Sankara |
| Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza | Tirana |  Albania |
Mother Teresa |
| Toronto Pearson International Airport | Toronto | Canada: Ontario |
Lester B. Pearson |
| Touat Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport | Adrar | Algeria |
Touat Cheikh (Sheikh) Sidi Mohamed Belkebir |
| Toussaint Louverture International Airport | Port-au-Prince |  Haiti |
Toussaint Louverture |
| Traian Vuia International Airport | Timișoara | Romania |
Traian Vuia |
| Vincenzo Florio Airport | Trapani | Italy |
Vincenzo Florio Sr. |
| Trent Lott International Airport | Pascagoula | United States: Mississippi |
Trent Lott |
| Tribhuvan International Airport | Kathmandu | Nepal |
King Tribhuvan of Nepal, Bir Bikram Shah Dev |
| Tweed New Haven Regional Airport | New Haven | United States: Connecticut |
John H. Tweed |
| University of Illinois Willard Airport | Tolono Township | United States: Illinois |
Arthur Cutts Willard |
| Václav Havel Airport Prague | Prague | Czech Republic |
Václav Havel |
| VC Bird International Airport | Antigua |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Vere Bird |
| Venice Marco Polo Airport | Venice | Italy |
Marco Polo |
| Venustiano Carranza International Airport | Monclova | Mexico |
Venustiano Carranza |
| Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport | Warsaw | Poland |
Frédéric Chopin |
| Washington Dulles International Airport | Chantilly | United States: Virginia |
John Foster Dulles |
| Whitford's Airport | Weedsport | United States: New York |
John Whitford |
| Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport | Wichita | United States: Kansas |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport | Utqiagvik | United States: Alaska
|
Wiley Post and Will Rogers |
| Will Rogers World Airport | Oklahoma City | United States: Oklahoma |
Will Rogers |
| William P. Hobby Airport | Houston | United States: Texas |
William P. Hobby |
| William R. Fairchild International Airport | Port Angeles | United States: Washington |
William R. Fairchild, airport supervisor |
| William T. Piper Memorial Airport | Lock Haven | United States: Pennsylvania |
William T. Piper |
| Witham Field | Stuart | United States: Florida |
Homer Witham |
| Wittman Regional Airport | Oshkosh | United States: Wisconsin |
Steve Wittman |
| Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport | Windhoek |  Namibia |
Chief Hosea Kutako, led the struggle for Namibian independence |
| Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg | Canada: Manitoba |
James Armstrong Richardson |
| W. K. Kellogg Airport | Battle Creek | United States: Michigan |
Will Keith Kellogg |
| Yeager Airport | Charleston | United States: West Virginia |
Chuck Yeager |
| Yuri Gagarin Orenburg Tsentralny Airport | Orenburg | Russia |
Yuri Gagarin |
| Willy Brandt Airport Berlin (opening autumn 2020) | Berlin | Germany |
Willy Brandt |
| Federico García Lorca Airport | Granada | Spain |
Federico García Lorca |
| Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport | Mataram | Indonesia |
Former names and names of closed airports[]
- Astor Piazzolla International Airport, Mar del Plata, Argentina
- formerly Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport, changed in August, 2008
- Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq
- formerly Saddam International Airport, named for Saddam Hussein
- Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- formerly Haile Selassie I International Airport, named for Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
- Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, South Africa
- formerly D.F. Malan Airport, named for Daniel François Malan
- Clark International Airport, Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines
- formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, named for Diosdado Macapagal
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport
- formerly Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
- Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa
- formerly Louis Botha Airport, named for Louis Botha; renamed in 1995 and closed in 2010
- Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- closed, named for Kenneth Alexander Blatchford
- El Alto International Airport, La Paz, Bolivia
- formerly John F. Kennedy International Airport
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- formerly Simón Bolívar International Airport, named for Simón Bolívar
- Haluoleo Airport, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
- formerly Wolter Monginsidi Airport, named for Robert Wolter Mongisidi
- Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- closed, named after two plutocrats Kai Ho and Au Tak
- Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
- formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B. J. Vorster
- Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- closed, named for Merrill C. Meigs
- Mati Airport, Mati City, Philippines
- formerly Imelda R. Marcos Airport
- OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
- formerly Jan Smuts International Airport, named for Jan Smuts
- Reno–Tahoe International Airport
- formerly Cannon International Airport named for senator Howard W. Cannon
- Senai International Airport, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport
- Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States
- closed, named for Denver mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, named for Chiang Kai-shek
- Velana International Airport, Maldives
- formerly Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, named for Ibrahim Nasir and renamed in 2017, after the family house name of Ibrahim Nasir
See also[]
- List of eponyms
- List of places named after people
- List of airports
References[]
- ^ "Dallas, Texas Love Field Airport". Dallas-lovefield.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
Categories:
- Lists of airports
- Lists of eponyms