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KOA is the Big Island’s main commercial gateway — built on a lava field 7 miles north of Kailua-Kona town, with the iconic open-air tiki-hut terminal: gate areas covered by roofing but no walls, ceiling fans instead of air conditioning, the trade winds doing the climate control. Roughly 1,400 commercial movements a month. Alaska Airlines is the largest carrier here (11 mainland airports connected to KOA, twice as many as…

BNA is Tennessee’s busiest airport — 24.8 million passengers in 2025, 300+ daily departures, 8-10 miles east of downtown Nashville and the gateway to Music City’s Lower Broadway honky tonks, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Southwest Airlines accounts for over 50% of capacity and operates Concourse D exclusively (extended July 2025, +5 gates with the first outdoor airside terrace looking over the Nashville skyline).…

HNL is Hawaii’s gateway — roughly 22 million passengers a year across two terminals on the Honolulu coastal plain, 6 miles west of Waikiki. Hawaiian Airlines is the dominant carrier and HNL is its hub; the airline’s merger with Alaska Airlines completed in 2024 and the two now operate on a single passenger reservation system from 22 April 2025 while keeping both brands. The Skyline rail finally reached the airport…

MCO is Florida’s busiest airport (about 57 million passengers annually) and the 9th-busiest in the United States — the gateway to Walt Disney World (22 miles southwest via I-4), Universal Orlando (9 miles west), and Kennedy Space Center (50 miles east via SR-528). The airport sits roughly 15 miles south of downtown Orlando. MCO is split between the North Terminal Complex (A and B) and Terminal C to the south…

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits 11 miles west of downtown New Orleans in Kenner. The current building is the brand-new $1.3 billion terminal that opened on 6 November 2019, replacing the 1959 facility entirely — three concourses (A, B, C) all reachable after a single security checkpoint on Level 2. Southwest is the largest carrier by passenger volume; Delta, United and JetBlue work Concourse C; Southwest and American…

BWI sits between Baltimore and Washington DC — roughly 9 miles south of downtown Baltimore and 30 miles northeast of DC — making it the airport that serves both Mid-Atlantic cities by design. Southwest Airlines accounts for over 70% of BWI’s passenger traffic and operates Concourses A and B exclusively; BWI is one of Southwest’s 13 US operating bases. BWI has a real rail link: MARC Penn Line and Amtrak…

Raleigh-Durham International sits roughly 13 miles northwest of downtown Raleigh and 12 miles southeast of Durham — the airport for North Carolina’s Research Triangle (Raleigh + Durham + Chapel Hill, anchored by NC State, Duke and UNC). Delta Air Lines reclaimed the #1 carrier spot in 2026 with 28% market share, edging American Airlines (26%); Breeze Airways opened a new operating crew base at RDU in March 2026 bringing 200+…

San Diego International (the locals still call it Lindbergh Field) sits 3 miles northwest of downtown San Diego on the north shore of San Diego Bay — closer to the city’s central business district than any other major US airport. The brand-new Terminal 1 Phase 1A opened on 23 September 2025 with 19 new gates and a 13-lane security checkpoint; Phase 1B adds 3 more gates in Spring 2026, with…

Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport sits 20 km west of downtown Montreal in the suburb of Dorval, and is Quebec’s primary international gateway plus a major Air Canada hub. The current transit play is the 747 Express Bus — STM’s 24/7 dedicated airport service for CAD 11.25 (which is itself a 24-hour pass for all STM transit including the métro). The REM (Réseau Express Métropolitain) station at YUL is 85%…

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport sits roughly 11 km south of downtown Ottawa in the Uplands area, and is the federal capital’s primary gateway. The big 2026 fact is the rail link: O-Train Line 4 (Airport Link) opened on 6 January 2025, connecting YOW to downtown Ottawa via Line 2 (Trillium) and Line 1 (Confederation) in 35-45 minutes for CAD 4.00. US Customs and Border Protection runs full preclearance on the…

Calgary International Airport sits 17 km northeast of downtown Calgary in the city’s northeast quadrant, and is WestJet’s single global hub — Canada’s third-busiest airport by passenger volume. There is no rail link to YYC (the Green Line LRT extension to the airport is planned but unfunded for now); Bus 100 connects to the Blue Line CTrain at Saddletowne, and Route 300 BRT runs direct to downtown along Centre Street.…

Halifax Stanfield sits roughly 35-40 km north of downtown Halifax in the rural community of Goffs/Enfield, and is Atlantic Canada’s busiest airport. Single passenger terminal, MetroX Bus 320 direct to downtown in 55-65 minutes for CAD 3.50, US Customs and Border Protection preclearance on the transborder concourse. WestJet leads, Air Canada and Porter follow; 2026 brings new direct routes to Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid, Copenhagen, Boston and Barbados. Canada uses Canadian…