{"id":17904,"date":"2012-12-17T14:20:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T22:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=17904"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:58:25","slug":"unique-airports-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/unique-airports-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Unique Airports Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1.\u00a0Princess Juliana International Airport<\/h3>\n<p>At Princess Juliana International Airport\u00a0in St. Marteen island the planes go just above your head\u00a0on\u00a0Maho Beach\u00a0and land a few seconds later!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17906\" alt=\"Princess Juliana International Airport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Princess-Juliana-International-Airport.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Princess-Juliana-International-Airport.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Princess-Juliana-International-Airport-550x310.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vlUYBcXo6hI[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<h3><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h3>2.\u00a0Male International Airport<\/h3>\n<p>Male International Airport\u00a0in the\u00a0Maldives\u00a0is one of the few airports in the world that begins and ends with water and takes up an entire island.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17917\" alt=\"male-international-airport-maldives\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/male-international-airport-maldives.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/male-international-airport-maldives.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/male-international-airport-maldives-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/male-international-airport-maldives-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17918\" alt=\"Male-International-Airport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Male-International-Airport.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Male-International-Airport.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Male-International-Airport-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Male-International-Airport-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>3.\u00a0Lukla Airport<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17919\" alt=\"Lukla-Airport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Lukla-Airport.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Lukla-Airport.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Lukla-Airport-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Lukla-Airport-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DqgZvb37NX0[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>4.\u00a0Gibraltar International Airport<\/h3>\n<p>There is a road that passes right through the airport terminal for pedestrians and vehicles to cross across in this piece of British Overseas territory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17920\" alt=\"Gibraltar International Airport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Gibraltar-International-Airport.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H2QZ0G060vQ[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>5.\u00a0Kansai International airport<\/h3>\n<p>Kansai International airport\u00a0(Osaka, Japan)\u00a0is entirely off-shore, on a man-made island made from 21,000,000 m3 of landfill (excavated from three nearby mountains) that altogether cost $20 billion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2154\" height=\"1685\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17921\" alt=\"kansai-international-airport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kansai-international-airport.jpg\" 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