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Airports are said to be national and international gateways of places. National and international airports of a city are the places through which people get in and get out. Besides airports are centers that connects a city with the other parts of a country and a country with the other parts of the world. Airports are the most important parts of the transport service in a city an a country because these are places where planes from other destinations, carrying interstate and international passengers land and take people of a city or a country to other parts of the world. Besides, airports also play a very important role in the trading operations of a city and country. This is the reason why all developed countries in the world have got several national and international airports so that they stay connected with each other. North America is not an exception to that. There are large number of airports in North America too and they are served by lot of domestic and international airports. Airports of North America are scattered all over its area and are some of the best in the world.
Located mostly in the Western hemisphere and partly in the Northern hemisphere of the earth, North America is a large and one of the most developed continents in the world. The geographical location of North America is unique. The continent is bordered by Arctic Ocean in the North, by North Atlantic ocean in the east, by the Caribbean Sea in the Southeast and to its South and West lies the pacific Ocean. South America, another large continent is located to the Southeast of North America covers a huge area of land and comprises large number of countries. Though North America is commonly referred to as United States of America, countries like Antigua, and Barbuda, Belize, Barbadoz, Bahamas, Cuba, Costarica, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Guatemala, Greenland, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, Miquelon, Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago are also parts of this continent. Most of these countries are very well developed and have got very strong transport service network that not only help in the conveyance of people and trading operation but also connect them in very well with each other, thanks to the airports.Being one of the most developed continents ion the world, the airports of North America are large, equipped with all kind of modern facilities and are served by large number of airlines.Airports of North America are capable of handling large size aircrafts.
Facilities available in the airports of North America include long runways with asphalt surface, terminals for domestic and international airlines, reception for helping people, sitting arrangements for large number of people, food stalls, medical facilities, currency exchange counters gift shops and duty free shops. Besides most of the airports of North Airport offer pre-paid taxi service which facilitates passengers in traveling to and fro from the airport within a short time.
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Names of some of the most popular airports of North America are given below:
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington DC, United States of America
- Albany International Airport in New York, United States of America
- Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada
- Abbotsford International Airport in British Columbia, Canada
- Bermuda International Airport in Ferry Reach, Bermuda
- General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport in Mexico
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