Global Giants: Airports Dwarfing Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji in Land Area

• Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) is a crucial hub, managing over 50 million passengers annually despite its relatively small 7.5-8 sq km area.
• King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is the world's largest by land area (776-780 sq km), bigger than Bahrain and comparable to New York City.
• Denver International Airport (137.8 sq km) is North America's largest, twice the size of Manhattan and larger than Boston, Miami, or San Francisco.
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport (100 sq km) in Malaysia and Istanbul Airport (76.5 sq km) in Turkey rank among the world's largest by land area.
• Other large airports include Dallas/Fort Worth (69.63 sq km), Shanghai Pudong (40 sq km), Cairo International (37 sq km), Suvarnabhumi Airport (32.4 sq km) near Bangkok, Paris Charles de Gaulle (32.38 sq km), and Madrid-Barajas (30.5 sq km).

Why It Matters: Several international airports significantly surpass Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji in sheer land area.