So You Think You’re a Jet-Setter? Test Your Airport I.Q.
If you’re planning to fly this Memorial Day weekend, gird yourself. The Transportation Security Administration forecasts it will scan up to 18 million passengers and crew members through Wednesday — 6.4 percent more than last year. Maybe you’ll need a moment of respite from those crowds, so why not step off the moving walkway, snag a comfy seat and take this quiz about airports?
Illustrations by Ben Konkol
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What is the busiest airport in the world by passenger volume?
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For what famous resident is New Orleans’s international airport named?
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Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s three-letter airport code is ORD. What does that stand for?
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In a film set in what city does the leading actor tell the leading actress that they’ll “always have Paris” as a plane waits on the runway?
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Where is the world’s largest airport by land area?
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What was John F. Kennedy International Airport officially called when it first opened in 1948?
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The world’s longest nonstop flight as of May 2024 goes between Kennedy International Airport in New York and what destination?
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Lyndon B. Johnson was the only U.S. president to take the oath of office aboard an airplane. It was parked at what airport?
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What is the name of the Paris airport, still operational, where Charles Lindbergh landed on May 21, 1927, after completing the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight?
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The first scheduled passenger service aboard supersonic Concorde jets began on Jan. 21, 1976, with one plane leaving Paris for Rio de Janeiro and another bound for Bahrain. From what city did that flight depart?
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What famous architect designed the swooping main terminal at Dulles International Airport, just outside Washington?
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US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency water landing with no fatalities on Jan. 15, 2009, an event known as the Miracle on the Hudson, took off from La Guardia Airport bound for what Southern city?