Lebanon International Airport

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Lebanon International Airport
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Founded 1934
Location Lebanon,Willink
Size 600 interconnected terminals
1200 major gates, 65 Parking garages
8,075,000 parking spots
Traffic 25,975 planes a day/6,493,750 passengers a day
Runways 20
Owner Government of Willink
Rating International
Total Size 52 Kilometers


Lebanon International Airport is the largest and most important airport in Willink, and one of the 30 busiest in the world, and is the principal airport serving Lebanon. It handles 190 million passengers, and 80 million tonnes of cargo a year. It opened 26 years ago, and finished it's latest upgrade just last year. It is the Primary hub for Air Willink, the countries largest carrier. It is also the hub for Willink Express, CT Airways, and Lebanon Skyroute.

Operations

The Airport is largely self-sufficient, operating within itself down to micromanagement. It is operated by Willink Air authority, which monitors and controls all major airports in the country. It makes sure all aircraft are registered, makes sure all aircraft are meeting current standards, and that the building codes are up to date. The Airport has twenty major runways running parallel, and four smaller running diagonally through those. The Major Runways are 5000 meters long and 80 meters wide, which allows them to carry nearly any passenger aircraft in existence. These runways can launch up to 285 aircraft per hour. The smaller runways are principally for cargo aircraft, and are 3000 meters long and 60 meters wide. They operates up to 105 aircraft an hour.

Lebanon Int is the 2nd busiest airport in Haven, and the worlds 22nd busiest cargo airport. 192 International carriers provide over 1000 passenger flights a day out of the airport, flying to 196 different countries.

Location

LBA is located 27 kilometers northwest of Lebanon, on the outskirts of the metro city of Argyle. It is only a kilometer from the ocean.