Airports

1,978 airports in 211 countries: every airport the Skydex receiver network has heard airline flights to or from in the last 30 days, and every airport players have caught a flight through.

The 50 busiest airports in the world: a list to fly through

1478 more airports are in the full list once the page has loaded.

Questions

Which airport does the network hear the most flights for?

Chicago O'Hare International Airport, with 45,889 airline flights in the last 30 days.

Which countries have the most airports here?

United States of America (441 airports), Australia (109 airports) and Canada (89 airports).

How are the flights counted?

As airline flight numbers our receivers hear in the air, once a day each, matched to their published route. They are not runway movements, and private and military aircraft are not counted.

Where do the runway and elevation figures come from?

From OurAirports, a public-domain airport database. Each airport page shows them where it has a record.