Airports named after famous people

[ballysboots]

Another light hearted thread to keep the brainbox ticking over. I'll start.

Aeropuerto de Santander - Seve Ballesteros

 

[seasider3]

Liverpool-John Lennon

 

[Willie Mcgrotty]

Robin Hood

 

[Curryman]

Charles de Gaulle - Paris

 

[ansdellmafia]

George Best - Belfast

 

[groundsman]

JFK New York

 

[Tangerinemoss]

Ronald Reagan Washington

 

[scunner]

O'Hare, Chicago

 

[Victorsponge]

John Wayne Airport, Orange County – Santa Ana, California. ...

 

[Hertsseasider]

Stan Stead

 

[Tangerinetiltingatwindmil]

Cristiano Ronaldo-Funchal

 

[Wizaard]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart airport Salzburg.

Flew there for a pre season tour that was cancelled. From Stan Stead, as it happens

 

[ballysboots]

Charles Kingsford Smith - Sydney

Named after the Aussie aviator who made the first transpacific flight from the USA to Australia in 1928. He died at only 35 years crashing into the sea off Burma.

Also the first destination airport I flew to around 50 years ago.

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Pearson (Lester B Pearson) Toronto.

McCarran Las Vegas.

Marco Polo Venice.

Leonardo da Vinci Rome.

 

[AllezBlackpool]

Alfie Boe International Airstrip, Pilling

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Alfie Boe International Airstrip, Pilling

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[TKL_Seasider]

Warsaw - Frederic Chopin
Manila - Ninoy Aquino

 

[Whitstabletangerine]

La Guardia - New York.

 

[AllezBlackpool]

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[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Comical Allez Baghdad.

 

[PoolBorn]

OR Tambo in Johannesburg. Previous name Jan Smuts. Two for the price of one.

 

[Davepick]

I'm sure that, very soon, there'll be a 'Putin International Airport' in Russia.
Also maybe, a Kim Jong Un in N. Korea.

 

[Grumpy_no_more]

Jimmy Armfield Airport -- Blackpool.

One for the future?

 

[Big_Flag_Man]

Jimmy Armfield Airport -- Blackpool.

One for the future?

Yes if it was ever to be developed again and made an International airport.

 

[Big_Flag_Man]

Heathrow after Heath Row

 

[Wizaard]

Reina Sofia - Tenerife South.

 

[Victorsponge]

O'hare Chicago

 

[Wizaard]

Leeds (Jon) Radford after the Arsenal forward of the 70s.

 

[WyrePool]

Ron L's Way - Isle Of Man

 

[TheSeaWord]

Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka.

 

[onedavebamber]

I flew into Roland Garros airport on Réunion last summer. Always associated him with tennis but the French Open venue is actually named after a famous WWI aviator who came from the Indian Ocean island belonging to France.

 

[Limechase]

Pablo Ruiz Picasso terminal. Malaga

 

[Beagle]

Grantley Adams airport-Barbados. Can't believe I was there a couple of months ago. Seems like a lifetime ago in a different world.

 

[Plumbs]

Onslow* Road chippy.

20togo used to order a jumbo every Friday.

*named after Geoffrey Hughes character in Keeping up appearances.

 

[ballysboots]

Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport

 

[Wizzerboy]

Pearson (Lester B Pearson) Toronto.

McCarran Las Vegas.

Marco Polo Venice.

Leonardo da Vinci Rome.

Flown to 3 of those airports!!

 

[Blackpool_Rox]

O'Hare, Chicago

I was wondering about this one
Was that John O’hare Nottingham Forest or Kieron who went to SJV

 

[Big_Flag_Man]

Onslow* Road chippy.

20togo used to order a jumbo every Friday.

*named after Geoffrey Hughes character in Keeping up appearances.

That used to be great Chippie, had many a, meal from there in my Grange Park days.

 

[scunner]

Wikipedia on Mr.O'Hare.

Hell of a guy

 

[Wizaard]

Dulles International Washington
La Guardia New York
Louis Armstrong New Orleans.

 

[deary]

Christchurch International NZ

named after the son of god

Gdansk Lech Walesa

 

[timaruseasider]

Richard Pearse, Timaru, New Zealand. Very early pioneer aviator. Claims were made that he flew a heavier than air machine nine months before the Wright Brothers. This is disputed as Pearse himself claimes he flew in 1904.

 

[BFC1980]

John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport
Wroclaw Nicolas Copernicus Airport

 

[bollieboy]

There was some talk a few years back about renaming Prestwick airport to something like Glasgow Elvis Presley.

It is the only place in UK that Elvis set foot. There is actually a plaque in the terminal to record the momentous event.

 

[TheSeaWord]

Lindbergh Field, San Diego

 

[PoolWarrior]

Wouldn't fancy arriving at the Buddy Holly Airport

 

[ballysboots]

Lots of dead presidents, various sportsmen and entertainers.

One of the greatest sportsman of all time has an airport named after him.

Louisville Muhammed Ali International Airport

 

[AndyF]

Lou Ton, named after the heaviest man in Bedfordshire.

 

[Wizaard]

Dublin. Named after Blackpool.

 

[ballysboots]

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Named after a couple of former mayor's of Atlanta. Jackson was in fact the city's first black mayor. In fact the first black city mayor anywhere in the South.

It is the busiest airport in the world with over 110 million passengers a year.