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Questions related to airports themselves rather than "airlines" and "air-travel", which have their own tags. "Airport-transfer" is also covered by a separate tag.

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What are the closest international airports in different countries?

Princess Juliana (SXM) and Grand Case-Espérance (SFG) airports in, respectively, the Dutch and French parts of the Caribbean island Saint Martin, are 9 kilometers from each other, according to gcmap.com …
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What is shown at an airport arrival board if a flight is missing or has crashed?

There's no general standard; it depends on the airport's own procedures, how much information is available, and potentially a snap decision made by the airport manager on duty. Here is an article, fo …
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Do I need a visa for two unconnected international flights in the US?

All arriving passengers on international flights in US airports must pass through immigration -- no matter whether they have connecting flights or not. …
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Transit without visa in Gatwick airport

It does not appear to be possible to transfer airside between terminals at Gatwick. Note that https://www.gatwickairport.com/at-the-airport/flying-in/flight-connections/ says: If you need to chang …
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Leaving Frankfurt Airport during layover

You're free to leave the airport during your layover. Of course you need to pass through the Schengen external border to do so, but as a Brazilian you're allowed visa-free short visits to the Schenge …
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Airport transit visa for Lisbon

As pnuts commented, Iranian nationals need a transit visa to transit through any airport in the Schengen area, even when not leaving the airport transit area. See Wikipedia, or portugal.com. This rul …
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Can I meet up with friends at a layover such as Istanbul without getting a transit visa?

There's not much that can be said about this for transfer airports in general. … Here the trouble is not usually immigration as such, but the fact that at most airports your friend would then also need to pass through security checkpoints, which generally only let actual passengers …
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I was allowed to enter the airport terminal by showing a boarding pass for a future flight. ...

The reason why you have to show your boarding cards at the security check is not because it is insecure to let people without boarding passes in (there is no particular reason to think people without …
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Are the Schengen "airport transit visa" even checked?

The purpose of requiring airport transit visas of certain nationalities is to prevent asylum seekers from traveling to the host country under the guise of transiting towards somewhere else. Once someo …
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