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The massive terminal at Beijing's Daxing International Airport dwarfs its passengers. It is the sixth-largest airport in the world by area.

北京大兴国际机场巨大的航站楼让它的乘客相形见绌。按面积计算，它是世界第六大机场。

Many air travelers have experienced the less-than-ideal scenario of needing to make a quick transfer to a connecting flight, only to discover that the next gate appears to be in a different county. Perhaps it only feels that far away, but changing planes at a major airport can certainly help a person get their daily steps in. And sometimes those daily steps take the form of frantically running through some of the world's busiest airports, such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International.

许多航空旅客都有过这样不太理想的经历:需要快速转机，却发现下一个登机口似乎在另一个县。也许只是感觉很遥远，但在一个主要机场换机肯定能帮助一个人完成每天的步数。有时，这些日常行动的形式是在世界上最繁忙的一些机场疯狂奔跑，比如亚特兰大哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊国际机场。

The next time you travel by air, you may want to mentally prepare for the airports you'll be using. Some are pleasantly compact, and some are positively sprawling. When you run down the list of the world's largest airports by area, you'll see some familiar names. You may also see a few surprises. That's because an airport's total area does not always correspond with its total passenger traffic. The biggest airport in the world is not necessarily one of the world's busiest airports. The world's busiest airport is still Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International.

下次乘飞机旅行时，你可能要对你要使用的机场做好心理准备。有些是令人愉快的紧凑，而有些则是非常广阔的。当你浏览世界上最大的机场名单时，你会看到一些熟悉的名字。你可能还会看到一些惊喜。这是因为机场的总面积并不总是与其总客流量相对应。世界上最大的机场不一定是世界上最繁忙的机场之一。世界上最繁忙的机场仍然是哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊亚特兰大国际机场。

The world's largest airports are massive. Think Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport are big? Some major public airport properties easily surpass the total square mileage of large cities, although the size of airport terminals does not always align with the total acreage of the property.

世界上最大的机场都很巨大。你觉得芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场和洛杉矶国际机场很大吗?一些主要的公共机场物业很容易超过大城市的总平方里程，尽管机场航站楼的大小并不总是与物业的总面积一致。

Here are the world's seven largest airports, sorted by total area.

以下是世界上最大的七个机场，按总面积排序。

Contents 目录

1. King Fahd International Airport (DMM) — Dammam, Saudi Arabia 法赫德国王国际机场(DMM) -达曼，沙特阿拉伯
2. Denver International Airport (DEN) — Denver, Colorado 丹佛国际机场(DEN) -丹佛，科罗拉多州
3. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) — Dallas, Texas 达拉斯/沃斯堡国际机场(DFW) -德克萨斯州达拉斯
4. Orlando International Airport (MCO) — Orlando, Florida 奥兰多国际机场(MCO) -佛罗里达州奥兰多
5. Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) — Washington, D.C. 华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场(IAD) -华盛顿特区
6. Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) — Beijing, China 北京大兴国际机场(PKX) -中国北京
7. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) — Houston, Texas 乔治布什洲际机场(IAH) -休斯顿，德克萨斯州

1. King Fahd International Airport (DMM) — Dammam, Saudi Arabia 法赫德国王国际机场(DMM) -达曼，沙特阿拉伯

King Fahd International Airport, also known as Dammam International Airport, is named after the former King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd ibn Abdulaziz (1921–2005), and is largest airport by area in the world.

法赫德国王国际机场，也被称为达曼国际机场，是以沙特阿拉伯前国王法赫德·伊本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹(1921-2005)的名字命名的，是世界上面积最大的机场。

At 299.61 square miles (776 square kilometers), King Fahd International Airport is the largest airport in the world by total area. For comparison, King Fahd Airport is approximately the same size as New York City, which itself contains two major airports within its city limits.

法赫德国王国际机场占地299.61平方英里(776平方公里)，是世界上总面积最大的机场。相比之下，法赫德国王机场的大小与纽约市大致相同，纽约市本身就有两个主要机场。

Even though its the world's biggest airport, it's not the busiest airport in Saudi Arabia (that would be King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, the main entry point for devout Muslims making the Hajj to Mecca and Medina). King Fahd International Airport's size mainly owes to its past as an American military base.

尽管它是世界上最大的机场，但它并不是沙特阿拉伯最繁忙的机场(那是吉达的阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王国际机场，虔诚的穆斯林前往麦加和麦地那朝圣的主要入口)。法赫德国王国际机场的规模主要是由于它过去是美国的军事基地。

2. Denver International Airport (DEN) — Denver, Colorado 丹佛国际机场(DEN) -丹佛，科罗拉多州

Denver International Airport is the second biggest airport in the world. Denver International Airport also is home to the longest public use runway in North America, with a length of 16,000 feet (4,877 meters).

丹佛国际机场是世界上第二大机场。丹佛国际机场也是北美最长的公共跑道，长度为16000英尺(4877米)。

The city of Denver is approximately 155 square miles (401 square kilometers), and one-third of that is the Denver airport. DIA, as it's known to Coloradans, is located well to the east of central Denver, in an area that was rural farmland.

丹佛市面积约155平方英里(401平方公里)，其中三分之一是丹佛机场。科罗拉多人都知道DIA，它位于丹佛市中心东部，在一个农村地区。

Exurban sprawl has filled in the space between the city and Denver International Airport, but Denver International Airport's land mass is already locked in at 53.09 square miles (135.7 square kilometers). An elaborate system of underground trains connects the main terminal of Denver International Airport to various gate areas.

城市外的扩张已经填满了城市和丹佛国际机场之间的空间，但丹佛国际机场的陆地面积已经锁定在53.09平方英里(135.7平方公里)。精心设计的地铁系统将丹佛国际机场的主航站楼与各个登机口连接起来。

3. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) — Dallas, Texas 达拉斯/沃斯堡国际机场(DFW) -德克萨斯州达拉斯

The control tower at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), serves this airport, the largest hub for American Airlines (AA) and the world's third biggest by area.

达拉斯沃斯堡国际机场(DFW)的控制塔为该机场服务，该机场是美国航空公司(AA)最大的枢纽，也是世界上面积第三大的机场。

Situated in the Texas prairie between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW airport, the third largest airport in the world, may be quite familiar to American Airlines passengers.

DFW机场位于达拉斯和沃斯堡之间的德克萨斯大草原上，是世界上第三大机场，美国航空公司的乘客可能对它很熟悉。

It's the airline's headquarters and a major point for flight transfers and aircraft movements. These transfers give travelers a true sense of the airport's Texas-sized sprawl.

它是该航空公司的总部，也是航班换乘和飞机起降的主要地点。这些换乘能让旅客真正感受到机场的规模有德克萨斯州那么大。

Overall, DFW airport, one of the world's biggest airports, comes in at 26.88 square miles (69.6 square kilometers), and it has the traffic to support that size. It's the second-busiest airport in the United States by total passenger traffic.

总的来说，世界上最大的机场之一的DFW机场占地26.88平方英里(69.6平方公里)，它有足够的交通流量来支持这一规模。按客运量计算，它是美国第二繁忙的机场。

4. Orlando International Airport (MCO) — Orlando, Florida 奥兰多国际机场(MCO) -佛罗里达州奥兰多

This is a panoramic view of Terminal A at Orlando International Airport in downtown Orlando, Florida. The Orlando airport is the fourth-largest airport in the world.

这是位于美国佛罗里达州奥兰多市中心的奥兰多国际机场a航站楼的全景图。奥兰多机场是世界上第四大机场。

Orlando International Airport's official airport code is MCO, and this comes from its past as McCoy Air Force Base, which operated on the property until 1975. Its total acreage of Orlando International Airport befits an Air Force base; all told, Orlando International Airport is 20.78 square miles (53.8 square kilometers).

奥兰多国际机场的官方机场代码是MCO，这来自于它过去的McCoy空军基地，该基地一直运营到1975年。奥兰多国际机场的总面积与空军基地相当;奥兰多国际机场总面积为20.78平方英里(53.8平方公里)。

But unlike the world's largest airport, King Fahd International, Orlando International Airport makes a lot of use of its space. Orlando International Airport is the busiest airport in Florida and the seventh busiest in the United States.

但与世界上最大的法赫德国王国际机场不同，奥兰多国际机场充分利用了它的空间。奥兰多国际机场是佛罗里达州最繁忙的机场，也是美国第七繁忙的机场。

5. Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) — Washington, D.C. 华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场(IAD) -华盛顿特区

Traffic is almost nonstop to and from the main terminal building at Dulles International Airport, one of the world's biggest airports, in Chantilly, Virginia, which services Washington, D.C.

杜勒斯国际机场是世界上最大的机场之一，位于弗吉尼亚州尚蒂伊，主要服务于华盛顿特区，进出杜勒斯国际机场的交通几乎是不间断的。

The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has three major airports, and all three have very similar levels of passenger traffic.

华盛顿特区大都会区有三个主要机场，这三个机场的客流量水平非常相似。

Yet when it comes to total area, Washington Dulles International Airport easily bests its sibling two international airports, Ronald Reagan National Airport and Baltimore Washington International Airport.

然而，就总面积而言，华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场轻松击败了它的兄弟机场罗纳德·里根国家机场和巴尔的摩·华盛顿国际机场。

Dulles sits on 18.75 square miles (48.6 square kilometers) of land. When the airport opened in 1962, it was in a thoroughly rural area west of Washington, D.C., which the airport serves. Today it is surrounded by booming Virginia suburbs, which makes the airport's sheer size seem a bit less overwhelming.

杜勒斯机场占地18.75平方英里(48.6平方公里)。当该机场于1962年开放时，它位于机场服务的华盛顿特区西部的一个彻底的农村地区。如今，它被蓬勃发展的弗吉尼亚郊区所包围，这使得机场的庞大规模似乎不那么令人生畏。

6. Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) — Beijing, China 北京大兴国际机场(PKX) -中国北京

The international terminal at Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) in China looms overhead in this, the sixth-largest airport in the world.

中国北京大兴国际机场(PKX)的国际航站楼隐约出现在这个世界第六大机场的上空。

By total area, Beijing Daxing International Airport is the sixth-largest in the world. It sprawls over 18 square miles (46.6 square kilometers) of land. However, PKX tops the charts by another metric: terminal size.

按总面积计算，北京大兴国际机场是世界第六大机场。它占地超过18平方英里(46.6平方公里)。然而，PKX在另一个指标上排名第一:终端尺寸。

All told, its terminal space is 7.5 million square feet (696,773 square meters), which is laid out in a star-shaped design to aid some inter-airline connections for passengers with international destinations.

该航空公司的航站楼总面积为750万平方英尺(696773平方米)，呈星形设计，旨在为前往国际目的地的乘客提供一些跨航空公司的连接。

In terms of total passenger traffic, PKX isn't listed as one of the busiest in the world, but this is partly because it's brand new; the airport opened in 2019. It is projected to become the world's busiest airport by 2040.

就总客流量而言，PKX并不是世界上最繁忙的机场之一，但这部分是因为它是全新的;该机场于2019年开放。预计到2040年，它将成为世界上最繁忙的机场。

7. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) — Houston, Texas 乔治布什洲际机场(IAH) -休斯顿，德克萨斯州

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is the 12th busiest in the United States for total passenger traffic and the seventh-largest in the world by area.

乔治·布什洲际机场(IAH)是美国客运总量第12繁忙的机场，按面积计算是世界第七大机场。

By far the larger of Houston's two airports, George Bush Intercontinental, formerly Houston Intercontinental Airport, has a total area of 17.19 square miles (44.5 square kilometers). While it trails its Texas cousin DFW in total passenger traffic, it exceeds it in international arrivals and departures.

到目前为止，休斯顿的两个机场中较大的是乔治布什洲际机场，前身是休斯顿洲际机场，总面积为17.19平方英里(44.5平方公里)。虽然它在客运量上落后于德克萨斯州的兄弟机场，但在国际到达和离开人数上却超过了它。

True to its name, the commercial airport offers flights to all the world's continents except Antarctica. It has been a major hub for United Airlines since a 2010 merger with Continental Airlines. Contained within the IAH acreage are five runways, five terminals and an on-site hotel.

顾名思义，这个商业机场提供飞往世界各大洲的航班，除了南极洲。自2010年联合航空与大陆航空合并以来，它一直是联合航空的主要枢纽。在IAH区域内有五条跑道，五个航站楼和一个现场酒店。