Given Leonardo da Vinci designed the first proto-helicopter as well as a flying machine back in the 15th-century, it’s only appropriate that Rome’s airport is named for him.

Serving almost 10 million passengers a year, LIN is the third international airport in Milan.

Narita Airport handles a large percentage of Japan’s international air traffic, with 42 million passengers passing through its gates each year.

Paris Orly Airport sits south of the city and was originally known as Villeneuve-Orly Airport, in recognition of the two communes it covers.

Locals tend to call Los Angeles International Airport by its IATA callsign, LAX.

Denver Airport got off to a rocky start when it first opened in 1995, with baggage handling and other problems. Within 10 years, though, it was ranked no. 1 in the U.S. for on-time arrivals.