Located in the Royal Docks area just off the River Thames, London City Airport is the closest airport to central London. 

Gibraltar, a British territory on the southern tip of Spain, has a unique problem: Its runway has a road running across it, which has to be closed every time a plane lands or departs.

Ferries carry passengers across the 400-foot gap from the airport, on an island in Toronto Harbor, to the city’s downtown business and tourism districts. 

On the Caribbean island of Saba, the runway is only 437 yards long; it's reputed to be the shortest commercial air strip in the world.

Located on the Dutch side of St. Maarten in the Caribbean, the airport is known for one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and requiring very low-altitude approaches over Maho Beach. 

The island of Barra, off the west coast of Scotland, has the only airport in the world where scheduled flights use the beach as a runway.

Located a few miles southwest of Nice, the airport is the third busiest in France, after Charles de Gaulle International and Orly, both in Paris. 

Travelers flying into Las Vegas get views of desert mountains and canyons, the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and Lake Las Vegas (pictured).

New Zealand's Queenstown Airport sits at the northeast end of Lake Wakatipu, with spectacular views of the dramatic New Zealand landscape.