Travel Guides

~9 km west of Malabo · Bioko Island · CFA Malabo International Airport (SSG) — Airport Guide 2026 Equatorial Guinea’s only international gateway sits on Bioko, a volcanic island in the Gulf of Guinea — and since the US visa-exemption was revoked, arriving without an advance e-visa, regardless of passport, means you are not entering … Read more

Bangui · Central African Republic · Required in advance from · CFA Bangui M’Poko International Airport (BGF) — Airport Guide 2026 BGF is the Central African Republic’s sole international airport — a small, single-terminal facility 7 km north-west of Bangui, operating under a sustained security presence, and handling only four international carriers whose routes thread … Read more

~15 km south of Essaouira · Visa · MAD Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) — Airport Guide 2026 Essaouira-Mogador Airport is a small, seasonal airport 15 km south of Essaouira, a walled 18th-century town on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, served mainly by European low-cost carriers and a Royal Air Maroc domestic link to Casablanca. Quick Reference IATA / … Read more

~5 km west of Tromsø city centre · island of Tromsøya · Schengen · NOK Tromsø Airport Langnes (TOS) — Airport Guide 2026 TOS is the main airport of Arctic Norway — a regional lifeline that doubles, in winter, as one of the highest-volume aurora-tourism entry points on earth, sitting 5 km from a city … Read more

~4 km from Praia · Santiago Island, Cape Verde · EU/EEA: visa · CVE Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) — Airport Guide 2026 Praia’s international airport handles the Cape Verdean capital — political administration, diaspora traffic, inter-island hops — while the package-holiday resorts two islands north have their own airports entirely. Quick Reference FieldDetail IATA … Read more

~2–4 km west of Ponta Delgada centre · São Miguel, Azores · Schengen · EUR João Paulo II Airport (PDL) — Airport Guide 2026 The Azores are Portugal in the middle of the Atlantic, and PDL is the archipelago’s main airport — the hub for Azores Airlines and the point where EES biometrics now land … Read more

Bayan Lepas — ~16–20 km south of George Town · Visa · MYR Penang International Airport (PEN) — Airport Guide 2026 A RM 1.55 billion expansion is under way at PEN, with annual passenger capacity set to double from 6.5 million to 12 million by mid-2028 — construction hoardings are visible, the apron works are … Read more

Alajuela (serves San José) · Costa Rica · Visa · CRC Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) — Airport Guide 2026 Despite sharing a name with the country’s capital, SJO sits in Alajuela — 17 km north-west of San José’s centre — and it’s Avianca’s regional hub, the busiest international gateway in Central America, and the … Read more

San José del Cabo · Baja California Sur, Mexico · Visa · MXN Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) — Airport Guide 2026 SJD sits 11 km north of San José del Cabo at the southern tip of Baja California — three separate terminal buildings, no rail link to either Los Cabos town, and an arrivals … Read more

~12 km from central Xiamen · Fujian province · 30 · RMB Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) — Airport Guide 2026 Gaoqi has been Fujian’s main airport and the home hub of Xiamen Airlines for decades, sitting 12 km from the waterfront. In 2026, its dominant story is the forthcoming replacement by the new Xiamen … Read more

~16 km NW of Ürümqi · Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China · 30 · CNY Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport (URC) — Airport Guide 2026 Terminal 4 opened on 17 April 2025 and absorbed every passenger flight; the three older terminals are now cargo facilities, and the airport was also renamed — so if your knowledge … Read more

~14 km NW of downtown Sanya · Hainan, China · Hainan 30 · RMB Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX) — Airport Guide 2026 Hainan’s beach-resort airport handles overwhelmingly domestic leisure traffic from across China plus seasonal international routes, and since 18 December 2025 it sits inside a full Free Trade Port — which means light … Read more

Artificial island · Osaka Bay — ~50 km SW of central Osaka · Visa · JPY Kansai International Airport (KIX) — Airport Guide 2026 Terminal 1 at KIX reopened in March 2025 after a multi-year renovation — the largest upgrade in the airport’s history — with a final retail phase (24 new stores in international … Read more

Batumi (Adjara) · Georgia — ~5–6 km south-west of city centre, Black Sea coast · ~95 countries · GEL Batumi International Airport (BUS) — Airport Guide 2026 Batumi Airport (BUS) sits 5–6 km south-west of central Batumi on the Black Sea coast — a single-terminal airport shaped by two operational facts: it serves a summer … Read more

12 km west of central Yerevan · EU/Schengen, UK, US, Can · AMD Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) — Airport Guide 2026 Armenia’s only international hub sits 12 km west of Yerevan and is currently mid-way through a $500 million, ten-year expansion — until that lands, expect one busy terminal operating well past its designed capacity. … Read more