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IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations (North & South America)

From The Internet Movie Plane Database

This page lists aviation-related locations in North America and South America, such as airports and museums, that have appeared in 2 or more productions featured on The Internet Movie Plane Database.

Bahamas

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS/MYNN)
Formerly Nassau International Airport

Brazil

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim (GIG/SBGL)

formerly Aeroporto Internacialnal de Rio de Janeiro Galeão.

Aeroporto Santos Dumont/Santos Dumont Airport (SBU/SDRJ)

formerly Calabouço Airport.

Canada

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Aéroport International Montréal-Mirabel/ Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (YUL/CYUL)

Closed as passenger activity in 2004, newly branded YMX International Aerocity of Mirabel

Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau/ Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL)

Formerly Aéroport International Montréal-Dorval

Boundary Bay Airport (YDT/CZBB)
Delta Heritage Air Park (AK3 / CAK3)
Markham Airport (CNU8)
Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (---/CYPK)
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ)

Formerly Malton Airport (1937-1958), Toronto International Airport (1958-1984)

Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre (CXH/CYHC)
Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)

Cuba

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí / José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA)

Formerly Aeropuerto de Rancho Boyeros (1930-1960)

Guatemala

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora/ (GUA/MGGT)
1940s
2020s

Mexico

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez - Ciudad de México/Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX)
formerly Aeropuerto Central de Mexico

Trinidad & Tobago

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Piarco International Airport (POS/TTPP)

Formerly Piarco Airport Trinidad.

United States of America

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS/KBOS)
Formerly Boston Air Port, Logan Airport, Logan International Airport
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT/KCLT)
Home of the Sullenberger Aviation Museum (till January 14, 2022 "Carolinas Aviation Museum")
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW/KMDW)
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD/KORD)
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE/KCLE)
Home of the NASA Glenn Research Center
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW/KDFW)
Dallas Love Field (DAL/KDAL)
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL/PHNL)
Formerly Honolulu International Airport / Honolulu Airport / John Rodgers Airport.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base / 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) (DMA/KDMA)

Pima Air & Space Museum located adjacent

Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB/KJRB)
East 34th Street Heliport (TSS/----)
East 60th Street Heliport (JRE/----)
Closed around 1998
Edwards Air Force Base (EDW/KEDW)

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, formerly Dryden Flight Research Center
Air Force Test Center
Air Force Test Pilot School

Falcon Field (Arizona)
(IATA: MSC, ICAO: KFFZ, FAA LID: FFZ)
Floyd Bennett Field (New-York)
(IATA: NOP) closed in 1971
Gary/Chicago International Airport (GYY/KGYY)
Grand Central Airport

Glendale, California
(not Johannesburg, South Africa!)
Closed in 1959

Harry Reid International Airport (LAS/KLAS)

Formerly McCarran International Airport

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL/KATL)
Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR/KHHR)

Also known as Jack Northrop Field

Hickam Air Force Base (HIK/PHIK)

Formerly Hickam Field.

Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR/KBUR)

Formerly United Airport (1930–1934), Union Air Terminal (1934–1940), Lockheed Air Terminal (1940–1967), Hollywood–Burbank Airport (1967–1978), Burbank–Glendale–Pasadena Airport (1978–2003), and Bob Hope Airport (2003-2017)

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK/KJFK)

Formerly Idlewild Airport, and New York International Airport.


Worldport Terminal (1960-2013)
center. TWA Flight Center (1962-2001)
John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH/KCMH)

formerly Port Columbus Hangar, Port Columbus Airport, Port Columbus International Airport

1929
2024
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

Also the home of Space Center Houston

José Aponte de la Torre Airport (NRR/TJRV)

Also Aeropuerto José Aponte De La Torre/Aeropuerto Internacional de Ceiba

Kahului Airport (OGG/PHOG)
Kingman Airport (IGM/KIGM)
LaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA)

Formerly New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field

1953
21st Century
Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB)
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX)

Formerly Mines Field, then Los Angeles Municipal Airport.

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ)

Formerly Puerto Rico International Airport/Aeropuerto Internacional de Isla Verde

Early days since 1955
Today
Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA)

Formerly Miami 36th Street Airport.

Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF/KOPF)
Miami Seaplane Base (MPB/---)
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP/KMSP)
formerly Minneapolis-Saint Paul World-Chamberlain Field
Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV/KMHV)
Naval Air Station Lakehurst / Lakehurst Maxfield Field (NEL/KNEL)
Nellis Air Force Base (LSV/KLSV)
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR/KEWR)
Formerly Newark Metropolitan Airport
Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT)
Paine Field (PAE/KPAE)
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI/KPBI)
Pan Am Building Heliport (---/----)
MetLife Building nowadays without helicopter service
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL/KPHL)
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX/KPHX)
Renton Municipal Airport (RNT/KRNT)

Boeing Renton Factory located adjacent

Republic / Farmingdale Airport (FRG/KFRG)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA)
Formerly Washington National Airport
Roosevelt Field
Formerly Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, Garden City Aerodrome, Hazelhurst Field Closed in 1951.
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC)
San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO/KSFO)
San Francisco Treasure Island Airport (---/----)
Santa Monica Airport (SMO/KSMO)
mid 1960's
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA/KSEA)
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV/KVCV)

Also known as Victorville Airport

St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL/KSTL)
Formerly Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC)

Formerly Anchorage International Airport

Teterboro Airport (TEB/KTEB)
Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
Tuscon International Airport (TUS/KTUS)
Van Nuys Airport (VNY/KVNY/VNY)

Formerly Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport, and San Fernando Valley Airport

Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport (1928-1949)
San Fernando Valley Airport (1949-1957)

Van Nuys Airport (1957-until now)

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD)

Formerly Dulles International Airport
Home of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center annex of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Terminal
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Wendover Airport (ENV/KENV)

Formerly Wendover Air Force Base

West 30th Street Heliport (JRA/KJRA)
White House, Washington DC

Southern façade.

Venuezela

Location (IATA/ICAO codes if applicable) Image Productions, Comments
Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía Simón Bolívar (CCS/SVMI)

Formerly Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía

1948
2000s