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In which European city is Charles de Gaulle airport?

Paris. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) was a French General and the first President of the 5th Republic. He was leader of the Free French (Resistance) forces against the Nazis in WW2.

Cristoforo Colombo is the name of an Italian airport - but in which city?

Genoa. Born in Genoa, Christopher Columbus(1451-1506) sailed to the New World in 1492 on the flagship Santa Maria.

Two airports are named after Simon Bolivar. One is in Caracas, Venezuela ... where is the other?

Guayaquil, Ecuador. Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was known as 'the Liberator' for his successes in New Granada (Colombia), Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Upper Peru (renamed Bolivia in his honour).

Norman Manley airport is on which island in the Caribbean?

Jamaica. Norman Manley (1839-1969) negotiated Jamaica's independence from Great Britain. He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford and was awarded the Military Medal in WW1.

Lindbergh Field is in?

San Diego. Charles Lindbergh (1902-74) made the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris (1927) in 33h 30m aboard the 'Spirit of St Louis'.

Liverpool airport has been renamed after which famous person?

John Lennon. John Lennon, (1940-1980) member of The Beatles. In 1980 he was shot dead by Mark Chapman as he was arriving at his New York apartment.

Where is Kingsford Smith airport?

Sydney. Sydney airport is named after Charles Kingsford Smith (b.1897) who made the first trans-Pacific flight, May-June 1928. He was awarded the Military Cross by King George V for his services in the British RFC (Royal Flying Corps, later RAF). In 1935 he attempted to break the England-Australia flight record but his plane was lost after last being sighted off Burma.

G. Marconi airport is another airport in Italy. Where is this one located?

Bologna. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian physicist who developed radio. By 1899 he had established radio links between England and France, and in 1901 transmissions were received across the Atlantic Ocean. Marconi received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1909.

The Augusto C Sandino airport is in which Latin American city ?

Managua, Nicaragua. Augusto Calderon Sandino was born in Nicaragua in 1895. He was a guerilla fighter most noted for causing the US to leave his country. He was executed by National Guardsmen under Anastasio Garcia in 1934.

The airport at Tel Aviv, Israel is named after who?

Ben-Gurion. David Ben-Gurion(1866-1973) was born in Plonsk, Poland and took up residence in Israel in 1906. After WW2 he led the campaign for an independent Jewish state and became Israel's first prime Minister in 1948.

Benito Juarez gives his name to the airport of which city?

Mexico City. Benito Pablo Juarez(1806-72) was President of Mexico 1861-64 and 1867-72, and led the resistance to the French invasion of 1862.

Leonardo da Vinci airport is yet another Italian airport - located in which city?

Rome. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist. His most famous work being La Giaconda (Mona Lisa) circa 1500-6, on display in the Louvre, Paris.

Which Indian figure gives their name to the airport of New Delhi?

Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi (1917-84) daughter of Nehru, was Prime Minister of India 1966-77 and 1980-4. She was assassinated by a Sikh bodyguard who resented her use of the military to clear rebels from the Sikh temple at Amritsar.

The airport at Venice is named after which explorer?

Marco Polo. Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian traveller in Asia. He accompanied his father on a trading mission (1271-5) to the court of Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor of China.

James M Cox, a US State Governor, gives his name to the airport situated in which city?

Dayton. James Middleton Cox, b.1870 was Governor of Ohio 1913-15 and 1917-21. In 1957 he suffered a fatal stroke.

The airport in Nairobi is named after who?

Jomo Kenyatta. Jomo Kenyatta (1893-1987) was the first President of Kenya following independence from Great Britain, serving from 1964 to 1978.

Where is Lester B Pearson airport?

Toronto. Lester Bowles Pearson (1897-1972) was Canadian Prime Minister 1963-68. For his efforts in resolving the Suez Crisis he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957.

Mohamed V airport can be found in which North African city?

Casablanca, Morocco. Mohamed V was the father of Morocco's current king, Hassan II. He gained the country's independence and is credited with saving the Jews of Morocco from deportation by the occupying Vichy government during WW2. He died in 1961.

The last Italian one. Galileo Galilei aiport can be found in which city?

Pisa. Galileo (1564-1642) was an Italian scientist who, in 1610, used one of the first astronomical telescopes to discover lunar craters, Jupiter's major satellites and the phases of Venus.

The airport honouring Grantley Adams is on which Caribbean island?

Barbados. Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (1898-1971) was the first Premier of Barbados, promoting social welfare, improved health facilities and housing. He was awarded the British honour CMG (Order of St Michael & St George) as well as being made a QC - a member of the Bar (law) appointed on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.