On September 11, 2001, Haznawi arrived at Newark International Airport to board Flight 93.

* 2001 – Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA's purchase by American Airlines.

It is popular with travellers – from 2001 to 2005 and 2007 – 2008 Hong Kong International Airport has been voted the World's Best Airport in an annual survey of several million passengers worldwide by Skytrax.

* 2001 – Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack.

Since late 2001, the military of Afghanistan and the United States armed forces have established a number of bases, with the one at Jalalabad Airport being the largest.

On September 10, 2001, Mihdhar and the other hijackers checked into the Marriott Residence Inn in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington Dulles International Airport.

On September 11, 2001, Moqed arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport.

* 2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

A major expansion of the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad, the country's main airport, was completed in 2001.

It was the second-deadliest U. S. aviation accident after American Airlines Flight 191 until American Airlines Flight 587, which also took off from Kennedy Airport, surpassed it in 2001.

On September 7, 2001, all four of Flight 93 hijackers flew from Fort Lauderdale to Newark International Airport aboard Spirit Airlines.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami and Ahmed al-Haznawi boarded United Airlines Flight 93 in Newark International Airport at gate A17 without incident, and sat in a first-class seat near the cockpit.

On November 12, 2001, about 09: 16 eastern standard time, American Airlines flight 587, N14053, an Airbus A300B4-605R delivered in 1988 with a seating configuration for 267 passengers ( 16 first-class seats and 251 economy-class seats ) and powered by two General Electric CF6-80C2A5 engines, crashed into Belle Harbor, a New York City residential area, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.

According to the 9 / 11 Commission Report, Shehhi made a 3-minute call to Mohamed Atta ( 6: 52-6: 55 a. m .) on September 11, 2001, from within Logan International Airport as both American 11 and United 175 were to fly from Boston Logan to LAX.

Athens International Airport () known as " Elefthérios Venizélos ", ( Greek: Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος ), began operation on 29 March 2001 and is the primary civilian airport that serves the city of Athens and the region of Attica.

The airport was opened in March 2001 to replace the now-closed Athens ( Ellinikon ) International Airport.

* San Francisco International Airport International Terminal, San Francisco, California, United States, 2001

* Munich Airport Munich, Germany = a main hub of Lufthansa and subsidiaries since 2001.

However, in 1993 the Zeppelin manufacturing company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin ( LZ ) was re-established and in 2001 a commercial airline Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei ( DZR ) began flying passenger service from Friedrichshafen Airport.

In 2001, in order to improve and expand its infrastructure, the airport was concessioned by the Peruvian government to Lima Airport Partners ( LAP ), now composed of Fraport and two other minor partners, retaining the air traffic control managed by the Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation ( CORPAC ).

The parish closed in 2001 due to the expansion of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

On 8 May 2002, José Padilla, also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir, was arrested by FBI agents at Chicago's O ' Hare International Airport and held as material witness on the warrant issued in New York State about the 2001 9 / 11 attacks.

Services also began to Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 2001.

The Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport in San Jose was named after him in November 2001 when Mineta was serving as Secretary of Transportation.

* 2005 – Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.

* 2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U. S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.

1 ( Vágar Airport ) ( 2005 )

One, Gerald's Airport, opened on July 11, 2005 replacing W. H.

The main international airport is Auckland Airport, which handled about 11 million passengers in 2005.

* On 7 July 2005 the Syrian General Establishment for the Hejaz Railway announced that it had signed a contract worth US $ 54 million with a Lebanese company to build a railroad between Damascus and Damascus International Airport.

* August 2, 2005 – Air France Flight 358 crashes on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport and engulfs in flames.

In 2005, Concourse Communications, another Cardinal Growth venture, signed a potentially lucrative city contract for airport wi-fi service at city-owned O ’ Hare Airport and Midway Airport.

A record 3. 3 million passengers used Richmond International Airport in 2006, a 13 % increase over 2005.

The runway at Anguilla Wallblake Airport was completely rebuilt and extended to 5, 462 feet, opening to full use in January 2005.

As of March 2005, the airline operated a fleet of 140 aircraft, with a single maintenance base at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix.

* Berry, P ( 2005 ) Prestwick Airport and Scottish Aviation

With just two parallel runways, Van Nuys Airport handled 448, 681 aircraft movements in 2005, averaging over 1, 200 operations / day ; in 2006 it handled 394, 915 movements, nearly 1, 100 per day.

In 2005, a film documenting the history of Van Nuys Airport was released under the name One Six Right, named after the more popular runway at the airport.

Gorgan Airport was opened in September 2005.

* Las Cruces International Airport – No current regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights since July 25, 2005, when Westward Airways ceased operations.

In 2006 the global airport customer satisfaction survey AETRA ranked Helsinki Airport one of the best airports worldwide and according to Association of European Airlines 2005 delay rates, Helsinki Airport was the most punctual airport in Europe.

One of the most significant cases of mass-dismissals in the UK in 2005 involved the sacking of over 600 Gate Gourmet employees at Heathrow Airport was viewed as a union busting tactic and caused a great deal of media scrutiny and outrage.

The airport was renamed as Chinggis Khaan ( Genghis Khan ) International Airport to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the establishment of a Mongolian State on December 21, 2005.

Originally the site of fishing villages, the island has been developed in recent years with the construction of Tung Chung New Town on its north-western coast and the completion of several major infrastructure projects, including Lantau Link ( 1997 ), Hong Kong International Airport ( 1998 ), Hong Kong Disneyland ( 2005 ) and Ngong Ping 360 ( 2006 ).

* A requirement that, 30 minutes prior to landing or following takeoff, passengers were required to remain seated ; if anyone stood up, the aircraft was to be diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport under military escort and the person standing would be detained and questioned by federal law enforcement officials ( lifted in July 2005 )