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I just did a bit search... in 2009, there were roughly 40 airports worldwide could handle A380 [1]...until 2009, the number of accumulative A380 orders worldwi

I just did a bit search... in 2009, there were roughly 40 airports worldwide could handle A380 [1]...until 2009, the number of accumulative A380 orders worldwide was 202 planes [3]. and in 2015 there were roughly 48 airports worldwide could handle A380 [2]...between 2010 and 2015, the number of accumulative A380 orders worldwide was 87 planes [3]... there was a 20% increase of A380 capable airports between 2010 to 2015 and a 40% increase of A380 planes in the same period...apparently, so far for A380, the airport construction lagged far behind its production... Note that almost all A380 flights are international flights (and usually covering long distance), with the exceptions of some less than 10 domestic flights which are all flying within China... No Russian flight (international or domestic) uses A380; and no US domestic flight uses A380 either... Given the current international travel climate, I just do not see there would be a lot of potential changes for the current A380 market within the next 5 or even 10 years... -- source [1] http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=339455 http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=339455 [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20160402062354/http://www.a380flights.net/Airports.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160402062354/http://www.a380fl... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A380_orders_and_deliveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A380_orders_and...

merb 9y ago
there are more airports worldwide that could handle the a380. I live in germany near freiburg and there is a small city called "lahr" it has a airport with a big enough runway. it also has a terminal and could handle most passenger flights. but it's not in use (except for europa park flights) because the city didn't wanted that a airline could fly from there (except some exceptions like europa park from/to + freight or political flights). it currently was build by the canadians after the second world war. (http://airport-lahr.de/en/airport-lahr/ http://airport-lahr.de/en/airport-lahr/) I expect more airports like that were passenger flight is not allowed directly so they are not officially listed as airports that could handle it. (Edit: Lahr actually bidded for the manufacturing process of the A380 (but never gotten it): http://www.airports-worldwide.com/germany/lahr_germany.htm http://www.airports-worldwide.com/germany/lahr_germany.htm)
- 68c12c16 9y ago
  Thanks for pointing that out...it seems that indeed there are a few types of military planes that are larger than A380, and there must be some existing airports that could handle them... But for commercial flights, there might be certain specifications that an airport must meet before they could accommodate a certain type of passenger plane...I am not an expert in this field, but some googling yields the following results, [Quora] What are the basic requirements for an A380 to land in a particular airport? https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-basic-requirements-for-an-A380-to-land-in-a-particular-airport-What-if-the-A380-suffers-an-engine-failure-mid-air-where-the-nearby-airport-s-dont-meet-super-jumbo-standards https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-basic-requirements-for-an... [Quora] Why won't an Airbus A380 land in IGI Airport New Delhi despite having the capable runway? https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-an-Airbus-A380-land-in-IGI-Airport-New-Delhi-despite-having-the-capable-runway https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-an-Airbus-A380-land-in-IGI-Ai...
  - merb 9y ago
    well I know that you need to also have a capable runway.. but as already said the airport I posted meet these requirements, that's why they also tried to get a license to do test flight & manufacturing of the A380, but failed in favor of other locations. also the airport actually is expandable and his runway is actually trimmed down since the local governement put streets at both ends of the runway. it's a 100FDWT PCN airport which means that it is more than capable for an a380 to land. to say it differently, it has better conditions than frankfurt. (the only official airport in germany that can handle a A380.) well but the only license the airport could get was a for dreamliner which came exlusivly for the 'europa park' (now defunct i guess). the local governement didn't supported any airline that wanted to fly there (basically FKB/Stuttgart was more important since they are subsidized). I doubt that there will be any passenger flights not even A340/737-XXX since this airport will probably never get a passenger license, except for "special airport for passenger non-scheduled flights to the Europe Park Rust and return". but it's mostly used by a local company for some freight stuff.
    - 68c12c16 9y ago

merb 9y ago

there are more airports worldwide that could handle the a380. I live in germany near freiburg and there is a small city called "lahr" it has a airport with a big enough runway. it also has a terminal and could handle most passenger flights. but it's not in use (except for europa park flights) because the city didn't wanted that a airline could fly from there (except some exceptions like europa park from/to + freight or political flights). it currently was build by the canadians after the second world war. (http://airport-lahr.de/en/airport-lahr/ http://airport-lahr.de/en/airport-lahr/) I expect more airports like that were passenger flight is not allowed directly so they are not officially listed as airports that could handle it. (Edit: Lahr actually bidded for the manufacturing process of the A380 (but never gotten it): http://www.airports-worldwide.com/germany/lahr_germany.htm http://www.airports-worldwide.com/germany/lahr_germany.htm)

68c12c16 9y ago
Thanks for pointing that out...it seems that indeed there are a few types of military planes that are larger than A380, and there must be some existing airports that could handle them... But for commercial flights, there might be certain specifications that an airport must meet before they could accommodate a certain type of passenger plane...I am not an expert in this field, but some googling yields the following results, [Quora] What are the basic requirements for an A380 to land in a particular airport? https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-basic-requirements-for-an-A380-to-land-in-a-particular-airport-What-if-the-A380-suffers-an-engine-failure-mid-air-where-the-nearby-airport-s-dont-meet-super-jumbo-standards https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-basic-requirements-for-an... [Quora] Why won't an Airbus A380 land in IGI Airport New Delhi despite having the capable runway? https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-an-Airbus-A380-land-in-IGI-Airport-New-Delhi-despite-having-the-capable-runway https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-an-Airbus-A380-land-in-IGI-Ai...
- merb 9y ago
  well I know that you need to also have a capable runway.. but as already said the airport I posted meet these requirements, that's why they also tried to get a license to do test flight & manufacturing of the A380, but failed in favor of other locations. also the airport actually is expandable and his runway is actually trimmed down since the local governement put streets at both ends of the runway. it's a 100FDWT PCN airport which means that it is more than capable for an a380 to land. to say it differently, it has better conditions than frankfurt. (the only official airport in germany that can handle a A380.) well but the only license the airport could get was a for dreamliner which came exlusivly for the 'europa park' (now defunct i guess). the local governement didn't supported any airline that wanted to fly there (basically FKB/Stuttgart was more important since they are subsidized). I doubt that there will be any passenger flights not even A340/737-XXX since this airport will probably never get a passenger license, except for "special airport for passenger non-scheduled flights to the Europe Park Rust and return". but it's mostly used by a local company for some freight stuff.
  - 68c12c16 9y ago