The True Scale of the World's Largest Airports

[@mhyl02]

I am from Denmark, and here we do not use Disneyland as a measurement unit, as this is an imperial unit. We use Legoland, as this is the official SI-unit for measuring airport size.

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

hahaha =) awesome.

[@fernandoroberts3591]

In Brazil they use Football Fields to measure everything

[@hpsauce1078]

What is the conversion rate from Disneylands to Legolands?

[@Vanatice]

@@hpsauce1078 One Disneyland is 2,857 Legolands!

[@mhyl02]

@@hpsauce1078 You multiply Legoland by 1,85 Pixars

[@Richie_P]

"We've compared them to EASILY RELATABLE references to reveal their actual size." Easily relatable like pentagons and Antonov an-225s.

[@Captainllama]

Agreed, this video largely fails its good intentions. A particularly illustrative example is at 5:53. We are shown an aerial view of King Fahd International airport with its former perimeter marked and, instead of the obvious approach of superimposing its present perimeter for comparison, the image dissolves and is replaced by the current perimeter at different magnification. The two images isolated from each other, without reference points, and at different magnification are impossible to compare which even is the larger let alone by how much.

[@s1nnocense]

Yeah, like how would i have any idea about the size of the pentagon?

[@codec862]

@@s1nnocense Wait, you're not casually taking tours of a highly restricted building? _Whaaaaaat???_

[@soaringvulture]

@@s1nnocense It's the same size as Apple headquarters.

[@Buizerd88]

Easily relatable :D as a person who has never been to the USA, its hard to relate to the Disney world size, or the size in manhatten passed the central park, or the golde gate bridge.... or basically any other measurement they used :d

[@mrkapchi5819]

Just as I was getting used to 'football fields' units, then boom! 2.3 pentagons.

[@_blank-_]

Planes and Pentagons, that's topical 😳

[@RizkT511]

When the football size unit is too mainstream it's time to use pentagon unit

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

LKMAKOAKMAKSKM

[@shukriwafiq5220]

or we use Wembley stadium

[@jascollinscork]

👍🏻😂😂😂

[@KeshavChugh]

Singapore Changi might not be the biggest, but it is the best experience I've had in an airport. It's like a tourist destination on its own.

[@aksel8291]

Yes I heard exactly the same

[@LexlutherVII]

istanbul has the best and biggest airport in the world, this list is BS

[@arpamn3507]

@@LexlutherVIIclearly you are too lol😂

[@LexlutherVII]

@@arpamn3507 How???

[@LexlutherVII]

@@arpamn3507 I have been to all those Airports and Frankly speaking they don't come close to The new airport in Istanbul, it's not my opinion but a Logical fact,

[@pepabacon8873]

“Size is important but it’s what you do with it” I see you b1m

[@tonelsen]

I find it strange how your comment has 500+ likes, yet no replies before mine.

[@teekay3983]

*that matters 😊

[@AmsaAce]

I thought it was about "girth", but ok ...

[@krashd]

@@AmsaAce The dog from Dark Crystal?

[@susieq2334]

I knew someone had to bring this up🤣🤣🤣

[@ironbeagle1610]

I grew up near Denver and always thought DIA was a fairly normal aiport. I now realize that it is one of the biggest airports in the world. its absolutely crazy how big it is. over half the flights are in terminals completely separate from the main building. you have to take a train to get there. while not unique to Denver, it still blows my mind. the fact that security is in a massive tent just because we can is rediculous. even outside of the official grounds of the airport there are parking services. private hangars, and tons of other things. its pretty crazy what humans have built just so that we can get from 1 place to another in a few hours. Not to mention the truly gargantuan network of tunnels that network the entire thing together.

[@yesnoyesnoyesnoyesnookmaybe]

Same I only recently found out the Dammam airport is the biggest in the world (I live in Dammam)

[@iactiv6274]

Nice profile pic

[@andrewdiamond2697]

Denver is hugely inefficient as a result. Too much distance from aircraft to baggage claim. Too long of a bus ride from baggage claim to car rental. And way too long of a line for security. Denver is only 30 years old and it's horribly designed, because it's a pain-in-the-ass to use as a passenger.

[@criscoylike]

​@@andrewdiamond2697I blame it on lazy civil engineering philosophy

[@Yeaboy23]

I also still live in Denver and the airport might be cursed.

[@PhlyDaily]

Love this channel!!

[@coolasnubben463]

never thought i would find you here

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

@@coolasnubben463 Do you actually watch him or just say that? Haven't heard of him b4 and then a few people come out and say OM- ok im going to stop before people get mad at me since snowflakes find a way to argue with everything

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@user-ou7wt3lx8m wow, 1 day old channel

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

@@WanderTheNomad my other account got banned lol for being rude. you can tell im just a **********

[@coolasnubben463]

@@user-ou7wt3lx8m watch him from time to time

[@brendenfriers9668]

Memphis's Fedex hub is massive it connects our medium sized city to cities like Shanghai, Osaka, Dubai, Paris, Milan, Cologne

[@martinschiller667]

i'm in awe of all these "take off" and "flight" puns

[@baxterismyyoutubename5077]

Your voice sounds like so professional and a pleasant to hear for my ears.

[@ntyang88]

The longest runway is the one in Fast and Furious 6 🤣

[@dexterwestin3747]

Lmao - true

[@mehere8038]

Actually Australia has longer, cause the flying doctors just land on any outback road & some of them are thousands of kms long & take 5 days of non-stop driving to get end to end :P

[@shanaz8089]

Trabzon

[@jollyomeatLA]

@@mehere8038 bruh why you had to intentionally look dumb even though ik you got the reference joke?

[@haechiwr]

@@mehere8038 thx for ruining the joke

[@MikeGuarino69]

"We're gonna put these sizes you can't easily comprehend into different units that you definitely can't comprehend"

[@crazybkallday]

I’m absolutely happy that this program is still going strong keep doing your thing I love this channel

[@tal4976]

Your editing is insane man. How do you keep getting better and better????????

[@pearpenguin]

Please don't send every Brit on holiday at the same time. We don't have enough alcohol for that.

[@cinegraphics]

Also, when you returned from the holidays, all your apartments and houses would be occupied by people from your former colonies.

[@davidlang1125]

And there’s not enough shorts and loud Hawaian shirts in the stores for every Brit going on vacation.

[@matthijs3134]

Always high quality videos and cool facts! Keep up the goods!

[@senthilkumaran7914]

I love this channel and Tomorrow’s Build so much I can’t even explain it

[@tjs200]

do you love them because of their size, or what they do with it?

[@senthilkumaran7914]

@@tjs200 I mean… I love what they do with it regardless, but size is always a bonus 🤣

[@joshuahart5651]

This video is so detailed and crucial that NO OTHER KZbin CHANNEL has made a video that covers this many airports in such detail. Thank you B1M.

[@TheB1M]

Thank you so much!

[@russellcruickshank3168]

@@TheB1M just hoping you can correct the spelling of Stansted Airport. Stanstead is a town in Quebec, Canada. Stansted is the airport north of London. Great work otherwise.

[@sutejocandi]

2:50 “while size is important, its what you do with it really matters”

[@easportsitsallthesame5475]

@Harry Groundwater it is inevitable

[@xx4884xx]

7 inch gang

[@kerelasfinest4496]

7 inch gang - short Indian man balding but smart looking for two Filipino wives that don’t speak English

[@fitfirst4468]

And that's what your mother said Joe. LMAO

[@heinuchung8680]

@@kerelasfinest4496 lol

[@elijahmasquelier1238]

you can't really claim to have a 700 sq km airport when you're only using less than 5% of that area as an airport lol

[@mengsiongkheng113]

Exactly, what an inefficient use of land.

[@albertovasquez9661]

exact!! they used actual 42sq km. is. a. waste.

[@mlooky1221]

@@mengsiongkheng113 you are acting like there is anything built around that 700 km sized airport for it to be inefficient. it's in the middle of the desert anyways and an hour away from the nearest city.

[@SFAvgeek]

Yh king Fahd airport is stupid lol

[@JRPGGUY]

I live in ATL and the airport is just as big as our downtown.

[@pavelow235]

Considering downtowns are supposed to be "vertical" seems like your comment should be the other way around.

[@kyleaugustine6886]

I'm in ATL as well, I can confirm this statement.

[@jiechaowang5960]

I lived in ATL, and its downtown is not very big

[@hint0122]

Atlanta is the airport

[@mikenewtonninja9379]

@@hint0122 no, it's a mythical city swallowed by the sea!

[@johann.desouza]

B1M: Starts with amazing enthusiasm Also B1M: Shows power being turned down (0:57)

[@jakobsol3587]

This channel has to be KZbins perfect example of quality over quantity, these videos are absolutely amazing and very interesting!

[@FastSloth87]

I see you never watched a Mustard video.

[@youman5079]

Agreed

[@avanishawade]

How can we not mention Kurgzesagt? Quality and Kurgzesagt are synonyms....

[@uriah9638]

They post a video every week it seems like...they also care about quantity

[@co5287]

The opposite, this video should have been one minute long, to many nonsense unit comparisons.

[@Sqwirrl]

"but while size is important, it's what you do with it that really matters"

[@TheB1M]

TOO MANY PUNS so we're sticking everything we can think of in one comment 😂✈️ Well this is taking-off This video is flying Please don't stop watching this video until it's come to a complete stop We hope this leaves you feeling sky high Make sure your armrests are down for this one Now boarding at Gate 107B, a BANGING VIDEO

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

i got the last line banging

[@benwatts5219]

Size is important but it is what you do with it.

[@PeterDuffII]

The B1M is embracing the memes and puns of typical educational youtubers on this platform and I am here for it.

[@ethanpet113]

i liked the part where you claimed the size would be compared to familiar landmarks and then chose a small number of places only a few people in the world have an adequate frame of reference for. Very clever joke.

[@jakehandley3366]

Landed at gate B1M for another great video

[@kevinbourke7800]

Interesting and digestible summary! Military aviation non-trivia: the F-18 at 5:38 is Canadian vice American; we’re the only ones that use the inverted cockpit silhouette paint job ( or the roundel with a maple leaf in it…). Keep up the great work!

[@josesousa6428]

2:50 this is actually a good take Both when you are talking about airports and when you are talking about your Boeing 747

[@LeeeroyJenkins]

Cessna?

[@jimcook8241]

Back in the good old days. Miss em.

[@muhammadrabiumusa8390]

“While size is important it is what you do that really matters” B1M 2021

[@pad9x]

fun fact: John Travolta is actually a flying enthusiast, so it makes perfect sense for him to make a surprise cameo here 😂

[@jameslees7103]

Watching this channel grow has been amazing! Literally documentary quality at this point

[@dailyrevs1320]

I used to watch a lot of documentaries on Discovery channel back when cable tv was a thing. I gotta say, this video was at that level of quality and production!! Gave me flashbacks of my childhood!! Great job and thank you!!

[@ChunkySalsa_BSU]

This feels like the engineering videos I used to watch on TV before. I'm loving this!

[@amblincork]

A billion Chinese....

[@phantom5185]

His videos are the very 'Best" is better than anything online. Thumbs Up...

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Just wanted to say Washington Dulles Airport is one of my least favorite airports in the world. I'm sure there are worse but that aiport is just is so bad 😖

[@Nelsonwmj]

I know. Land of the free, and yet when I go to Washington Dulles it doesn't even have a McDonalds?! Also, which country even still uses AEROBUSES from the 70s to deplane passengers?!

[@sallmandar1027]

Nice to see you here!

[@PhlyDaily]

IRON i love youuu

[@Nelsonwmj]

@@PhlyDaily Ohhhhhhhh PHLY IS HERE ALL RISE FOR THE WAR THUNDER DADDY!

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

you can say it was dull

[@TheLiamster]

1:24 I love how there is a confused John Travolta in the airport.

[@westrim]

I've seen him used that way by at least a dozen channels, but I hardly expected to see him on B1M!

[@haziqanuar01]

The best infotainment youtube channel ever !✨

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

i have infotainments too tbh

[@LimeDragonBoi]

@@user-ou7wt3lx8m ?_?

[@user-ou7wt3lx8m]

@@LimeDragonBoi what? never heard of infotainments? God, millenials.

[@westernaustralia_]

exactly what I was expecting, big.

[@JS-pb6gb]

That was amazing, I love going on google earth and seeing how big airports really are. Truly mind boggling

[@howtonoshtdoit5192]

Thanks for all of the great, informative content! Love this channel

[@Agent44996]

I am an aviation enthusiast as well as an engineering and architecture enthusiast so this was the perfect video for me!

[@jony4t]

Bot

[@Agent44996]

@@jony4t You think I’m a bot? That video was an interesting one for me because I am the above mentioned enthusiast.

[@CarlFernandes]

this channel is so good. why is construction so fascinating?

[@ihabammoury2879]

The two themes that i really like them, Architecture and Aviation (Airports), in one video, love it 👍

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for posting about great.

[@Max88FR]

1:23, best implementation ever, so unexpected to see that meme on the B1M video, i laught so hard ! Awesome video !

[@Hryanw]

Please do a video on Denver’s airport since it was the last major U.S. airport built from the ground up and how its going through a big renovation

[@wiraydh]

Yeah, the length of that runway is impressive, but still not comparable to the infamous infinite runway from fast and furious 6 Interesting video as always!

[@neeljavia2965]

Because family was involved 💪

[@wiraydh]

@@neeljavia2965 and nothing's stronger than family💪

[@neeljavia2965]

@@wiraydh Yes. Family forever.

[@Centre14]

who needs runways when you've got family🤷🏽‍♂️

[@dars1816]

B1M calms my mind. Thanks for being around

[@thegamingteen44mc5]

Well, you guys really took to the skies with this one. Congrats

[@Gabrielsplaytime]

So how many bananas can fit in the largest airport?

[@osho6158]

The choice of music, the different compilations of sites on this video and the quality are all dope👍🏾. Bravo👏🏾🏆

[@claudiocavaliere856]

Absolutely fascinating! Very nice indeed to watch! Congratulations!

[@degrawjb]

Opening shot is from PDX! My personal favorite airport ever. Probably just some stock footage, but still cool that it's featured in a B1M video.

[@sushmitapaudel8843]

I feel like I'm listening to audiobook while being in those airports so nice vdo

[@galewhiteman2047]

You never fail to give us interesting content. Since I do fly, I found this very interesting. Yay…we are getting back to flying!! Stay safe.

[@johngullo9420]

Well done as always Fred. 👍

[@Worldfamoustrucker]

such great content! huge fan, always excited to see the next video! thanks guys

[@rungsakthongmuk8538]

Worth watching. Thank you for sharing.

[@gg41r]

I just love Airports. This video was made for me. I have been fascinated by Airports since i was a wee lad. If i had a car, id visit the local airport more.

[@kadershaikh1873]

Absolutely great video.

[@UrbanPorcupine]

Excellent, professional content as always.

[@StadiumLandings]

LOVE THIS!

[@tbobojonov]

I love Istanbul International Airport so beautiful airport I have ever seen 😍 ❤

[@davetv4705]

I click on the LIKE button even before watching because B1M never disappoints. Great video!

[@wildone8397]

I'm not Turkish, I'm an Aussie, so it's not like I'm loyal to that city or anything lol, I just like the facts & big airports. And you're correct, Istanbul is the biggest terminal building under one roof. People keep saying its the new Beijing Daxing airport. They're both huge, but I always want to see modern bigger and BIGGEST Airports. And yeah a few times, travelling, I really just wanted to see the airport then other things in that city lol. Look forward to seeing those 2 one day..

[@wildone8397]

@@kenankenan8899 Thankyou 🙂

[@kennethgrantham5092]

EXCELLENT video!!!!

[@y337]

Nice touch including SFO in the thumbnail, nothing record breaking about it just an aesthetically nice airport

[@xraymind]

Also by building the BART extension and the AirTrain, it has reduced so much car traffic at the the airport. It's make a trip San Francisco just much nicer.

[@krishrajan7484]

It’s a beautiful airport inside as well. There are so many cool art exhibits inside that you can look at before your flight.

[@space1607]

This video was so good!

[@billblackwell675]

I've been in Houston Intercontinental and O'HARA , and I couldn't believe how huge those 2 airports are

[@jaybomb8371]

Another interesting video. Cheers

[@sohamshukla9793]

The B1M is our largest airport of high flying amazing construction videos! 🙌

[@PomitusTV]

I was on Munich, Detroit, Dallas Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Qatar within 2 Weeks what a hell of a trip

[@phantasma6406]

Huge airports sound really cool until your late for a flight and have to get to a different terminal on the other side of the airport

[@josephgaringo4592]

Really love this channel

[@tudorjason]

Despite the size of both terminals in Mecca and Dubai, respectively; the Everett Boeing Plant building in Everett, WA still has the most usable space and has the largest volume under one roof in the world.

[@rekt_illa5118]

Mecca doesn’t have an airport

[@msbgone]

What about Chicago O'Hare and their expansion in process. Also other future expansions would be interesting. Great vid, thanks!

[@jakehandley3366]

Hopefully Heathrow will get the final go ahead to expand and really open up the doors to the world - thank you B1M 💙

[@bristoled93]

@John Doe Heathrow is much much older, build in a bygone age.

[@hiiii820]

They really can’t expand until they get more land, but they could do what salt lake city did. They demolish and rebuilt but now flight into there have gone up due to the very expensive project

[@fosterfuchs]

@@hiiii820 Heathrow has been expanding their terminals. Partially by tearing down old ones and building new ones in their place (such as Terminal 2 where Terminals 1 & 2 used to be). The current effort to expand the airport is centered on building a third runway, which is supposed to be built north and partially west of the current north runway.

[@criscoylike]

They should rebuild LHR in an open area, outside of but close to London

[@tomassey123]

great vid love this new comparative style big up

[@Kragatar]

If you think about those numbers of passengers all being up in the sky at once, it's a pretty astounding image.

[@1jidion]

this video really makes me appreciate working at an airport and seeing different people every day,

[@chevaliersan5357]

"In 2019, the LAST normal year...". I felt it...

[@komalkumar9073]

Beautiful 👌👌👌

[@iwasborn8470]

man's just called football by it's proper name, respect.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

"Your man"? Congrats, hope you have a happy life together.

[@Bibouchka77]

2:50 That's what he said. ("But while size is important, it's what you do with it, that really matter")

[@Djarnor]

"Compare them to easily relatable references" "2.3 Pentagon's" Ah yes of course, I as a non-american now have SUCH a good idea about it's size. Thank you so much for putting some REAL units and not using those silly made up metric numbers

[@nekrugderzweite8298]

Same :(

[@zachjacobs9917]

As an American I don’t even know what the fuck these measurements are. “From New York to Harlem” “The size of Manhattan”

[@josesousa6428]

U were lucky he didn't use football fields

[@kushal4956]

he isn't american n i don't think even americans can visualize 2.3 pentagons

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

hahaha and then he uses Antonovs?! haha

[@siphotheguy1870]

The best airport I have seen is Doha. I was running through it to catch my connecting flight thinking, "Wow! How nice it would be if I actually had time to walk around and explore". It's always a bummer getting home to the UK because we have some pretty grey and grim airports. It's like the UK decided to compete with the US to see who could have the most depressing airports. I guess that's the price you pay for living in a country that developed it's aviation industry ahead of everyone else. The UK still has a long way to go in developing airports as horrible as JFK and Newark however so things are not all bad :)

[@jbloomfield44]

You need to try LAX if you want to see horrible and depressing.....just try the security check in area at Terminal 4....was designed by a blind guy whilst having a seizure....

[@mrchocolatebean8878]

@@jbloomfield44 i guess the designer was lax

[@kitkong5075]

That’s why they have “Foster grey” in Hong Kong Norman Foster was British

[@ganapathysooraj48]

Yea. I've been to a few airports myself and I can definitely say that Qatar has one of the best airports.

[@MrRicky4309]

The best airport belongs in Asia, not America 😆

[@nitrofreak92]

Amazing video!

[@UniqueDestinations_Music]

That’s just so insanely HUGE! 😮

[@中下総]

Nice jobs,thanks share

[@99certain45]

Great video, but you forgot to talk about Dallas-Ft.Worth. For those who don't know, DFW encompasses 69.6 square kilometers, being just a tad smaller than Istanbul, and nearly double the size of Dubai in terms of land area. DFW has a grand total of seven runways, and is also the 3rd busiest airport in the world in terms of total aircraft movements, and 4th in the world for passenger traffic. The airport is literally so big that it sprawls across six towns, and utilizes a 8km long rail system for moving passengers between gates. Needless to say, everything's bigger in Texas.

[@hiiii820]

Also American Airlines has around 85% of those flights! It’s a total fortress hub

[@TheCrewExpendable]

DFW also charges you just to enter the property. That’s right, you have to pay a toll to drive through (yeah it’s so big you drive “through” it, not “to” it), even if you are just dropping someone off at the terminal and never parking. Love Field is more pleasant, but it’s mostly Southwest Airlines flights and the terminal can get rather crowded with people these days. The need more gates but are largely prohibited from expanding (originally this prohibition was to give DFW a handicap and allow it to grow as an airport. Love Field predates DFW but the metroplex needed another airport).

[@davidwells7509]

@@TheCrewExpendable "DFW also charges you just to enter the property. That’s right, you have to pay a toll to drive through" My theory is that they do that to discourage people from using International Parkway as a shortcut, which could result in constant backups and screw with the operations of the airport.

[@agag9166]

fantastic content

[@TonyTheYouTuba]

Sam from Wendover stops and sniffs the air. His eyes narrow…

[@carlosromeo6352]

One of your best videos

[@frederic1513]

lucky enough to connect at the new Istanbul airport in late 2019, I think it was only months after they started to use it, massive airport for sure, not exactly something you’d like if you’re trying to find the loo at 130am, other than that, beautiful interior, really like their sky blue signs

[@johniii8147]

Size is important, but it's what you do with it that really matters. Well said well said.

[@yousufmazher104]

5:25 an airport with an official area of 776 square kilometres, that's insane 😮 By watching B1M videos i always learn something new and interesting about the urban landscape of cities around the world 👍🏻

[@fabiangrill3638]

But only 36,75 km² are used and it has just 2 runways.

[@deesesarte]

Incredible video as always. Great intro!

[@tof3275]

I always thought that Amsterdam Airport Schiphol would be in this list BUT it does not even get a mention. On one of my many flights I landed at Schiphol and transferred to another gate at the opposite end of the airport, I arrived with minutes to spare

[@AAA999XYZ]

Great job!

[@eustache_dauger]

0:05 2019 indeed was the last normal year, so far