History of Airports Quiz

In Jan 1920, Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia was declared as an __________.

Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey—first usage of the term '__________.'

Croydon Airport, in South London in 1922, was the first international __________ to open.

Airport construction boomed during the __________.

The first permanent airport and commercial terminal solely for commercial aviation was built at Königsberg, __________.

Runways were extended out to 3 km (9,800 ft.) during the airport boom of the __________.

In the 1910s and 1920s, takeoff and landing fields were generally built in any location that was ______ to the population being served

Multiengine airplanes, introduced in the 1930s, needed longer paved runways to take off and ______

Airport builders favored sites away from central downtown districts, such as outlying farm areas or unpopulated ______

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, initially constructed in 1916 as a military airbase, opened to civilian aircraft in ______

Grassy fields were the earliest takeoff and landing sites before the establishment of ______

College Park Airport in Maryland, US, established in ______ by Wilbur Wright

Airports approved as destinations for flights from other countries are known as ______ airports

Military Airports have one or two paved runways generally 3,000 to 4,600 m (10,000 to 15,000 ft) long used only by ______ aircraft

General Aviation Airports cater to small civilian aircraft smaller than commercial airports often found in ______ areas or in small towns

Commercial Airports used by airlines may be small or ______

Small commercial airports have one or two runways from 1,800 to 2,400 m (6,000 to 8,000 ft) long and can accommodate larger aircraft than general aviation airports can, large commercial airports serve the world’s major cities usually have pairs of parallel runways from 3,000 to 3,700 m (10,000 to 12,000 ft) in ______

Airports are so important economically that many companies will not locate factories or offices in cities that do not have an adequate ______