My Airport List

I absolutely love airports and just reached the milestone of flying through over 50 of them, worldwide. Being in them is one of my favorite things about traveling! There is no better place to people watch and figure out where people are going, why they are going there, and what they are going to do. Most people find airports stressful and dull, but I love little things like the architecture, art installations, and exhibits put up to keep travelers from getting bored. I also find it exceedingly interesting how different airports are organized, what services are available, and how well those services are carried out. While there is a lot to say about airports, I thought I'd just share the list of airports I've flown through.

1. AMS (Amsterdam Airport Schipol) - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2. ATL (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3. AZO (Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International) - Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
4. BOS (Logan International) - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5. BTV (Burlington International) - Burlington, Vermont, USA
6. BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA
7. CDG (Charles de Gaulle) - Paris, France
8. CVG (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
9. DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) - Washington, District of Columbia, USA
10. DEN (Denver International) - Denver, Colorado, USA
11. DFW (Dallas/Ft. Worth) - Dallas, Texas, USA
12. DRW (Darwin International) - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
13. DTW (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) - Detroit, Michigan, USA
14. DUB (Dublin) - Dublin, Ireland
15. EWR (Newark Liberty International) - Newark, New Jersey, USA
16. GOH (Nuuk) - Nuuk, Greenland
17. GRR (Gerald R. Ford International) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18. IAD (Washington Dulles International) - Dulles, Virginia, USA
19. IAH (George Bush Intercontinental) - Houston, Texas, USA
20. JAX (Jacksonville International) - Jacksonville, Florida, USA
21. JFK (John F. Kennedy International) - New York City, New York, USA
22. JHS (Sisimiut) - Sisimiut, Greenland
23. LAN (Capitol Region International) - Lansing, Michigan, USA
24. LAS (McCarran International) - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
25. LAX (Los Angeles International) - Los Angeles, California, USA
26. LGA (LaGuardia) - New York City, New York, USA
27. LHR (London Heathrow) - London, England
28. LUX (Luxembourg-Findel International) - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
29. MAD (Madrid-Barajas) - Madrid, Spain
30. MDW (Chicago Midway International) - Chicago, Illinois, USA
31. MEM (Memphis International) - Memphis, Tennessee, USA
32. MKE (General Mitchell International) - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
33. MKG (Muskegon County) - Muskegon, Michigan, USA
34. MSP (Minneapolis-St. Paul International) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
35. NRT (Tokyo-Narita International) - Narita, Japan
36. ORD (O'Hare International) - Chicago, Illinois, USA
37. PDX (Portland International) - Portland, Oregon, USA
38. PHL (Philadelphia International) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
39. RNO (Reno-Tahoe International) - Reno, Nevada, USA
40. SCH (Schenectady County) - Schenectady, New York, USA
41. SEA (Seattle-Tacoma International) - Seattle, Washington, USA
42. SFO (San Francisco International) - San Francisco, California, USA
43. SIN (Changi International) - Singapore, Singapore
44. SJF (Kangerlussuaq) - Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
45. SMF (Sacramento International) - Sacramento, California, USA
46. SNN (Shannon International) - Shannon, Ireland
47. SRQ (Sarasota-Bradenton International) - Sarasota, Florida, USA
48. SYD (Kingsford Smith) - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
49. TPA (Tampa International) - Tampa, Florida, USA
50. TXL (Berlin-Tegel International) - Berlin, Germany
51. UAK (Narsarsuaq) - Narsarsuaq, Greenland

The tunnel connecting the A and B/C terminals at DTW's McNamara terminal. Transient music plays as the colored panels light up to give you a very surreal airport experience. I will schedule layovers at DTW just so I can spend half an hour riding the moving walkways through the tunnel! One of the reasons why DTW is my favorite airport! (Photo: abc.net.au)