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Airports Named for People #1

Can you name the cities that are served by these airports named for people?
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First submittedNovember 6, 2012
Times taken51,729
Average score61.9%
Rating4.42
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Person
City
Fiorello La Guardia
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
George Bush
Houston
John Lennon
Liverpool
Marco Polo
Venice
Mustafa Ataturk
Istanbul
David Ben-Gurion
Tel Aviv
Person
City
Edward Logan
Boston
George Best
Belfast
Imam Khomeini
Tehran
Lester Pearson
Toronto
Ninoy Aquino
Manila
Edward O'Hare
Chicago
Indira Gandhi
Delhi
Person
City
Benito Juárez
Mexico City
Ronald Reagan
Washington D.C.
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Rio de Janeiro
Leonardo da Vinci
Rome
John Paul II
Krakow
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
W. A. Mozart
Salzburg
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91 Comments
jamesjunkers
+2
Level 15
Nov 15, 2012
Why not JFK?
kalbahamut
+13
Level 81
Jun 25, 2015
Because there's already a New York answer here.
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Jun 26, 2015
JFK is in Atlanta.. or am I wrong?
kalbahamut
+12
Level 81
Jun 26, 2015
JFK definitely services New York. The major international airport of Atlanta is named for two former Atlanta mayors, neither of which were named Kennedy.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Feb 23, 2020
I made a sequel that includes JFK and some other suggestions from the comments here, while not including others. Could probably even make a #3 but if I did that I'd take off some of the answers I put on #2 and move them.
Rangifer
+4
Level 55
Nov 23, 2012
Just flew out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi this morning...
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jan 12, 2014
I missed several of these but I definitely would have gotten Ninoy Aquino, King Khaled, King Fahd, or King AbdulAziz if any of those had been on the quiz.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 8, 2015
Added Ninoy Aquino.
Freestatebear
+2
Level 86
Jun 18, 2015
Was surprised to learn Manila's airport uses his nickname, Ninoy, as its official name, rather than his given name of Benigno.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 25, 2015
thanks. :) I did better this time.
CMJ
+1
Level 54
Aug 1, 2015
the best part of a trip to Manila is the departure lounge at NAIA
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Oct 17, 2019
There are much better things about Manila. I guess CMJ didn't have a good time there. My first two trips were kind of disappointing, too. Others were better.
Baltimorean
+2
Level 66
Feb 28, 2013
Perhaps you could allow Cracow, for those of us raised reading maps 50 years ago.
pitzikat
+1
Level 74
May 7, 2013
Took me awhile to figure out Rome. I only knew Fiumicino from using the airport. Then I remembered the Leonardo Express train that connects to the city.

How about adding John Wayne? I was told the airport was named after him, not because of his fame and popularity, but because he owned most of the county!

Comicone999
+1
Level 51
Jun 7, 2013
Lindbergh field?
ander217
+2
Level 74
Oct 17, 2019
Are you talking about San Diego International Airport?
TheQuizzler
+3
Level 64
Oct 17, 2019
Charles Lindbergh is the primary terminal serving Minneapolis-Saint Paul
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Jun 23, 2014
I would have thought Louisville would name their airport after Mr Armstrong
schollah
+2
Level 51
Oct 17, 2019
Louisville just changed their airport name to Muhammad Ali international!
ruudsje
+1
Level 69
Oct 17, 2019
that's a slap in the face!
Ellerstrand
+5
Level 57
Nov 19, 2014
Ponta Delgada Airport in the Azores is also named after John Paul II. Got a bit confused, then realised Krakow is the obvouis answer...
RJF
+1
Level 63
Nov 27, 2022
That's the one I was thinking of! I knew I'd landed on an airport named after him once, but couldn't think of where it was, so I just guessed Polish cities instead.
skiesboy
+2
Level 65
Apr 21, 2015
Please accept Cracow for Krakow. I thought that I'd got it wrong. Thanks for a great quiz, happy to see how many I got.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 8, 2015
Okay
ThatEmoShyGuy
+1
Level 79
May 10, 2015
Lol I missed Mexico City
Roger77024
+1
Level 57
Jun 25, 2015
Might be more accurate to rephrase the intro as "major cities served by these airports". For example, Louis Armstrong Airport, whilst owned by and serving New Orleans, is actually located in Kenner, a suburb of N.O. I'm sure there are other similar cases.
2cashmere
+2
Level 29
Jun 25, 2015
That's probably true for almost all international airports. None are in the city proper. they are all in the suburbs - something about avoiding tall buildings. Even the hongkong, one which was a bit of a hair-raising experience to land there, was moved further away from the city proper.
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Nov 30, 2016
Boston, JFK, LaGuardia, London City and LHR, even Frankfurt is within city limits though separated from it by a forest
DaveH
+1
Level 48
Jun 25, 2015
70% of quiz takers connected Mustafa Ataturk with Istanbul. Without cheating. Sure they did.
kalbahamut
+30
Level 81
Jun 25, 2015
The most famous figure in modern Turkish history.. and he's got TURK right in his name... and the largest most famous city in Turkey? Yeah... who could possibly ever make that connection?
ADeljaj
+14
Level 68
Jun 25, 2015
Just because you did not know a fairly easy question doesn't mean anyone cheated. Who the heck needs to go out of their way to cheat on a leisurely quiz anyway? That's more work than its worth. Ataturk is the most recognizable name in Turkish history. I don't know how else to put it.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Dec 16, 2019
It is actually one of the easiest ones on the quiz, along with polo, davinci, gandhi, mozart and lennon.. Those I pretty much knew for certain. In other cases it was more a matter of guessing the nationality (and for the us, naming big cities)
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 85
May 8, 2021
Ataturk was one of the slam-dunks on this quiz. Maybe get out more? Or put the joystick down and go read a book.
Tramp
+4
Level 77
Sep 9, 2023
He's literally the only Turkish person I could name off the top of my head
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Nov 5, 2023
And even if you didn't know it, just randomly guessing "major global cities" by itself should be enough to get you Istanbul.
Daigoro
+2
Level 71
Jun 25, 2015
Chopin Airport -Warsaw

Lech Wałęsa -Gdańsk

fuanacdc
+3
Level 86
Jun 25, 2015
Was surprised that NYC didn't work as it usually works on other JetPunk quizzes.
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Jun 25, 2015
Add JFK in Atlanta..

It's my favourite airport ever...

kolp
+4
Level 86
Oct 17, 2015
JFK -> New York; Hartsfield-Jackson -> Atlanta
steelpenguin9
+3
Level 81
Jun 25, 2015
Please accept Salsburg for Salzburg.
ander217
+2
Level 74
Jun 25, 2015
Albert Bond Lambert for St. Louis?
cjkfutball
+1
Level 96
Jun 25, 2015
If you want a difficult one, do James Richardson for Winnipeg
sillie
+1
Level 76
Sep 15, 2015
Surprisingly easy to guess the cities. Even the people I didn't know from what language the names were and what bigger cities with airports I knew from countries using the language. Fun though.
OhHeyItsSoph
+1
Level 26
Jul 9, 2016
Definitely got John Lennon airport as Liverpool since it is only a few miles away from me! And as the motto is "Above us only sky"
fixypants
+1
Level 84
Aug 16, 2016
Definitely should add Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, simply because it's such a fun name.
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Nov 30, 2016
NYC didn't work
100Greats
+1
Level 57
May 25, 2017
Great quiz! Not too difficult, and it was for the first time in several days that I got 5/5 on my first try. Check and try my recent quiz of "Best airports in the world 2016", based on Lonely Planet's survey. Not too many of the biggest airports on that list...
Elan
+1
Level 65
Dec 24, 2017
Leave it to the Polacks to name their airport after a pope!
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Oct 5, 2019
Jackson, Sidney or Kevin?
Marquee
+2
Level 53
Feb 19, 2020
He was Polish and Archbishop of Krakow, so fairly obvious choice.
Pedromtex
+2
Level 44
Feb 22, 2018
The Ponta Delgada's airport in Azores Islands, Portugal, is also name after John Paul II.
caesaria
+1
Level 79
Feb 28, 2018
You could also add Cristiano Ronaldo, the airport of his hometown Funchal (Madeira/Portugal) is named after him.
sumguy
+2
Level 85
Oct 3, 2018
I was expecting Pierre Trudeau. :(
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 1, 2021
it's on part 2
jtb77
+1
Level 36
Jan 9, 2019
Gerald R. Ford-Grand Rapids, Michigan
puzzler05
+1
Level 49
May 8, 2019
vaclav habel,prague
nnk214
+1
Level 65
Oct 25, 2019
Vaclav Havel :-) But yes, was thinking that would be a good one too.
iuvas
+2
Level 95
Jul 21, 2019
just as a side note, BARI (IT) airport too is named after John Paul II even if they used his secular name of Karol Woitila, i don't know if this qualifies Bari as a valid answer for this quiz.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Sep 13, 2019
Excellent quiz idea. Thank you.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Oct 8, 2019
Salzburg, Armstrong and Polo are much lower than expected to me.
onufriy
+1
Level 96
Oct 11, 2019
Franz Joseph Strauss in Munich
schollah
+1
Level 51
Oct 17, 2019
Another good one would be Ted Stevens in Anchorage AK
RAFhatter
+1
Level 49
Oct 17, 2019
not bad. Got them all right but with 4 absolute blind guesses!
Yukhan
+1
Level 50
Oct 17, 2019
Six US airports in this quizz... Not just like if there were plenty of airports across the world named for people... As usual american centred.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Jun 1, 2021
You mean US-centric?
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 91
Mar 6, 2022
Unnecessary complaint as always.
lepo
+1
Level 52
Oct 17, 2019
Bari should also be accepted for John Paul II!
ing
+2
Level 71
Oct 17, 2019
I find it a bit strange that the answer gotten by the fewest people was Toronto, one of the busiest airports in North America.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Oct 17, 2019
That was the last answer that I got and only got it randomly guessing many Anglophone cities around the world. I started in the UK and went to Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia before zeroing in on Canada. I used to work for a company called Pearson, but apparently it wasn't named after the same guy.
tom88
+1
Level 74
Nov 26, 2019
I got it because I live close to Toronto and fly out of there all the time. But I guess the name Lester B. Pearson isn't as strongly associated with Canada as someone like Mustafa Ataturk is with Turkey.
Jehovia
+1
Level 57
Oct 17, 2019
Add Mother Teresa Airport from Tirana, Albania
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 1, 2021
on part 2
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Oct 17, 2019
Honestly too lazy
andyjohn
+1
Level 34
Oct 17, 2019
got all bar one great quiz though
Gosamp
+2
Level 70
Oct 19, 2019
Being from Genoa, Italy, I think it would be fitting to include its airport - Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus).
MDW
+1
Level 53
Nov 3, 2019
Charles Kingsford Smith would be only the second one named after an aviator, after O'Hare, rather than the overwhelming majority here named after politicians.
Marquee
+1
Level 53
Feb 19, 2020
For a possibly fictional character you could have Robin Hood airport .

Doncaster

martay
+1
Level 70
Oct 27, 2020
Istanbul Ataturk Airport is apparently no longer hosts commercial passenger flights. As of 2019, those flights are now operated out of Istanbul Airport. The IATA code IST was also transferred to the new airport. The old airport now uses the code ISL.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Oct 28, 2020
It doesn't say anywhere that these airports host commercial flights.
EvanAviator
+1
Level 59
Oct 11, 2021
I think the Rio one should be Santos Dumont, as I've never heard GIG airport referred to as that persons name, but SDU is always called Santos Dumont airport
RSGenius25
+1
Level 37
Feb 18, 2022
15
dogmeat
+1
Level 68
Mar 6, 2022
100% Knew 3 the rest were easily guessable except for Pearson which was just type a random North American city ;)
Reekelm
+1
Level 36
Nov 24, 2022
Could you add St Éxupéry airport (Lyon)?
Szimikoksu
+1
Level 73
Sep 9, 2023
I really think you should add Bari as a correct answer, as its airport is also named after John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)
dumBunny
+3
Level 54
Sep 9, 2023
I had just moved from Washington, DC when National Airport was renamed for Reagan. It was seen as very odd for two reason, one he hated large government excess and two, he had fired all the air traffic controllers for striking.

As chance would have it, I was at a bar in San Fran, and the bartender had been one of those air traffic controllers that had been fired. I asked him, how did you feel about renaming an airport after the man who fired all the air traffic controllers. His answer:

"it's like naming a hospital after Josef Mengele".

IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Sep 12, 2023
Stop going to work, stop having a job.

Pretty simple A to B path.

MindWax
+2
Level 84
Oct 11, 2023
I know the anti-Reagan cult is pretty strong around here (go ahead, Kal, chime in. I know you're dying to.), but surely comparing him to Mengele is a touch... overblown?
wkrpnyc
+1
Level 82
Sep 10, 2023
When I lived in DC (mid 1990s), everyone called the closest airport "National," not "Reagan" nor "Reagan National".

Tangentially, no one calls the Triboro Bridge the RFK Bridge, either. However, JFK is never called Inwood anymore. And Newark and LaGuardia are just call "Oh gawd, noooo."

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Sep 12, 2023
If we're going to name more and more obscure airports that aren't and never will be on this quiz, let's throw in Preston Smith in Lubbock or the Saint-Honoré Aerodrome in Chicoutimi?
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
Jan 10, 2024
I was trying to come up with a Brazilian city for Jobim. I missed Rio!
AnnikaKim
+1
Level 64
Mar 8, 2024
Been to eight of these cities, seen one of these people (George Bush). Too bad you didn't have Cristiano Ronaldo here as well.
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