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| | nativename-r = ''{{small|Maṭār al-Reyāh al-Dawlyy}}'' | | | nativename-r = ''{{small|Maṭār al-Reyāh al-Dawlyy}}'' |
| | image = Rhea International Airport logo 2018.svg | | | image = Rhea International Airport logo 2019.svg |
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| | type = Public | | | type = Public / Military |
| | owner-oper = RIA Group S.A.M. | | | owner-oper = |
| | owner = | | | owner = Government of Gandhara |
| | operator = | | | operator = RIA Group S.A.M. |
| | city-served = [[Rhea]], [[Gandhara]] | | | city-served = [[Rhea]], [[Gandhara]] |
| | location = [[Jamalabad]] | | | location = [[Jamalabad]] |
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| *[[A+ Airlines]] | | *[[A+ Airlines]] |
| *[[Freehan Airways]]
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| *[[Lettucian Airlines]] | | *[[Lettucian Airlines]] |
| *[[Lost Islands Airways]] | | *[[Lost Islands Airways]] |
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| | r1-number = 04/22 | | | r1-number = 08L/26R |
| | r1-length-f = 9678 | | | r1-length-f = 14764 |
| | r1-length-m = 2950 | | | r1-length-m = 4500 |
| | r1-surface = [[Wikipedia:Asphalt|Asphalt]] | | | r1-surface = [[Wikipedia:Asphalt|Asphalt]] |
| | r2-number = 09L/27R | | | r2-number = 08C/26C |
| | r2-length-f = 12566 | | | r2-length-f = 14764 |
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| | r2-surface = [[Wikipedia:Concrete|Concrete]] | | | r2-surface = Asphalt |
| | r3-number = 09C/27C | | | r3-number = 08R/26L |
| | r3-length-f = 14764 | | | r3-length-f = 13976 |
| | r3-length-m = 4500 | | | r3-length-m = 4260 |
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| | stat1-header = Passengers | | | stat1-header = Passengers |
| | stat1-data = {{increase}}69849667 | | | stat1-data = 18203467 {{increase}} 1.7% |
| | stat2-header = Freight ([[Wikipedia:Tonne|tonnes]]) | | | stat2-header = Aircraft movements |
| | stat2-data = {{increase}}1647398 | | | stat2-data = 158650 {{increase}} 0.5% |
| | stat3-header = Aircraft movements | | | stat3-header = Cargo ([[Wikipedia:Tonne|tonnes]]) |
| | stat3-data = {{increase}}481286 | | | stat3-data = 167972 {{decrease}} 1.3% |
| | stat4-header = Economic & social impact
| | | stat-year = 2018 |
| | stat4-data = $29.3 billion
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| '''Rhea International Airport''' ([[Wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar|nocat=true|مطار آل ريا ة الدولي}}, ''Maṭār al-Reyāh al-Dawlyy'') ([[Wikipedia:International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA]]: '''RIA''', [[Wikipedia:International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|ICAO]]: '''OGRA''') is the main [[Wikipedia:International airport|international airport]] of [[Gandhara]]. It is located {{convert|21|km|mi}} northeast of [[Rhea]], in the municipality of [[Jamalabad]], [[Sadat Governorate|Sadat]]. The airport is [[Outernatia]]'s third busiest and the world's seventh [[Wikipedia:List of busiest airports by passenger traffic|busiest airport by passenger traffic]], serving 69.8 million passengers in 2017. | | '''Rhea International Airport''' ([[Wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar|nocat=true|مطار آل ريا ة الدولي}}, ''Maṭār al-Reyāh al-Dawlyy'') ([[Wikipedia:International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA]]: '''RIA''', [[Wikipedia:International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|ICAO]]: '''OGRA''') is an [[Wikipedia:International airport|international airport]] serving [[Rhea]], the capital of [[Gandhara]]. It is located {{convert|23|km|mi}} northeast of Rhea's city center, in the municipality of [[Jamalabad]], [[Sadat Governorate|Sadat]]. |
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| Rhea International Airport is the [[Wikipedia:Airline hub|hub]] and primary maintenance base for [[Gandhara Airways]], Gandhara's [[Wikipedia:Flag carrier|flag carrier]] [[Wikipedia:Airline|airline]], as well as for [[Air Nura]]. The airport also serves as a base for [[A+ Airlines]], [[Freehan Airways]], [[Kimmy Airlines]], [[Lettucian Airlines]], and [[Lost Islands Airways]]. Also large companies such as [[Safar Aviation Services]], an aircraft ground handling company, and the [[Transoceanic Aviation Group]], a [[Wikipedia:Multinational corporation|multinational]] airline [[Wikipedia:Holding company|holding company]], have their head offices on the grounds of Rhea International Airport.
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| ==History==
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| ===Early years===
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| Originally named Mensurabad Airport, after the nearby village of [[Mensurabad]], the airport opened on 30 July 1933 as a military airbase. Civil aviation started in June 1936 when Gandhara Airwork, the predecessor of Gandhara Airways, commenced operations and the airport eventually lost its military role completely.
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| ===Commercial development===
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| By 1940, the airport had four [[Wikipedia:Asphalt|asphalt]] [[Wikipedia:Runway|runways]], all {{convert|1500|m|ft}} long and aligned in a north-south direction. In 1947, the airport was chosen by the central government in Rhea as the ideal facility to meet future aviation demands. A plan for the airport was devised to build a new complex with "split finger" terminals, a pioneering idea at the time, allowing a terminal building to be attached to "airline wings" (concourses), each providing space for gates and planes. The terminals were completed in 1949 and the airport was renamed to Rhea International Airport, reflecting the intention to become Gandhara's primary airport.
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| Growth was slow at first, but after the [[Gandhari Revolution]] new improvements were made. An international terminal opened in 1958 and a new [[Wikipedia:Limited-access road|expressway]] to Rhea was completed in 1959. Ground was broken for a new terminal complex, of which Terminals 2 and 3 remain today, in April 1959. This complex opened on 1 January 1962.
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| In 1967, Al-Husseini Airport, located south of Rhea, closed to commercial aviation as the airport did not have the space for the lengthy runways the new planes required. The aviation services were transferred from Al-Husseini Airport to Rhea International Airport. New runways were constructed at Rhea International Airport, aligned east-west and diagonal, to reduce air traffic for Jamalabad and Mensurabad, which are located south of the airport.
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| ===Development since the 1990s===
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| Since 1992, the airport is owned and operated by RIA Group [[Sharikat al-Mossahamah|S.A.M.]], with the Gandhari Ministry of Finance holding 57.36% of the shares, while the [[Wikipedia:Municipality|municipalities]] of Rhea (20.02%) and Jamalabad (14.62%), and private investors (8.00%) hold the rest of the shares.
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| Since 2003, the aircraft ground handling company Safar Aviation Services has its head office at the grounds of Rhea International Airport. The company is part of the Transoceanic Aviation Group (TAG), that has its head office at the airport as well.
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| ==Infrastructure==
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| [[File:RIA airport diagram.svg|thumb|Layout of the airport]]
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| [[File:RIA terminals.svg|thumb|Terminals and concourses]]
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| ===Terminals===
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| Rhea International Airport has four terminals with nine lettered concourses and a total of 192 gates. Terminals 1, 2, and 3 are used for domestic and international flights. These terminals are connected airside via a long corridor. Terminal 4 is only used for international flights, mostly transoceanic flights to [[Internatia]] and Aurora, and the terminal is separated from the other terminals by a set of taxiways that cross over the airport's access road. All four terminals and the parking lots are connected landside by an [[Wikipedia:People mover|automated people mover]] that is {{convert|4|km|mi}} long and operates 24 hours a day.
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| The airport has a wide range of shops and restaurants as a source of revenue and as an additional attraction for passengers.
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| ====Departure Hall 1====
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| Departure Hall 1 consists of piers B, C, and D. Pier B exclusively handles domestic flights within Gandhara, while piers C and D are used for domestic flights and flights within Outernatia. [[Lettucian Airlines]] and [[Rainfall Airways]] typically operate out of pier C. Piers B and D have 14 gates each, and pier C has 21 gates.
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| ====Departure Hall 2====
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| Departure Hall 2 consists of piers E and F.
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| Pier E is the largest pier and has two levels. The lower floor handles flights within Outernatia and the upper floor is used for transoceanic flights to Internatia and Aurora. The pier has 78 gates. The gates on the lower floor are numbered E-1 to E-39, while the gates on the upper floor are numbered E-40 to E-78.
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| Pier F is dedicated to transoceanic flights to Internatia and has 14 gates. It is typically home to [[Tikata|Tikatan]] airline A+ Airlines.
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| ====Departure Hall 3====
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| Departure Hall 3 consists of piers G and H. Pier G has 8 gates and is typically dominated by airlines that have a [[Wikipedia:Codeshare agreement|code sharing partnership]] with Gandhara Airways, such as Kimmy Airlines, and the Transoceanic Aviation Group-airlines Freehan Airways and Lost Islands Airways. Due to the large amount of flights to [[Kimmystan]], the gate is nicknamed "Kimmystan gate". Pier H has 13 gates and is able to handle widebody aircraft, such as Gandhara Airways' [[Wikipedia:Airbus A380|Airbus A380-800]].
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| ===Runways===
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| Rhea International Airport has six runways, each of which can be used in two directions. The airport has three parallel east-west runways (09L/27R, 09C/27C, and 09R/27L) and three diagonal runways, of which 04/22 is oriented northeast-southwest, while the parallel runways 14L/32R and 14R/32L are southeast-northwest diagonal runways.
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| The runways are equipped with [[Wikipedia:Instrument landing system|Instrument Landing Systems]] (ILS). They offer [[Wikipedia:Instrument landing system#ILS categories|ILS Category III]] approaches in nine directions and ILS Category I approaches in three directions.
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| !Direction
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| !Length
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| !ILS
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| |'''04/22'''
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| |{{convert|2950|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |{{convert|45|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |[[Wikipedia:Asphalt|Asphalt]]
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| |Cat. I (both directions)
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| |'''09L/27R'''
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| |{{convert|3830|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |{{convert|60|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |[[Wikipedia:Concrete|Concrete]]
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| |Cat. III (both directions)
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| |'''09C/27C'''
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| |{{convert|4500|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |{{convert|45|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |Asphalt/Concrete
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| |Cat. III (both directions)
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| |'''09R/27L'''
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| |{{convert|2800|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |{{convert|45|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |Asphalt/Concrete
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| |Cat. III (09R), Cat. I (27L)
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| |'''14L/32R'''
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| |{{convert|3975|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |{{convert|60|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |Asphalt
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| |Cat. III (both directions)
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| |'''14R/32L'''
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| |{{convert|4000|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |{{convert|45|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| |Asphalt
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| |Cat. III (both directions)
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| |}
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| ==Statistics==
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| <center>
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| {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%"
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| |+ '''Busiest routes from Rhea International Airport (2016)'''
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| ! Rank !! City / Country !! Passengers !! Annual Change
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| | 1 || {{flagicon|Kimmystan}} [[Nordfjord]], [[Kimmystan]] ||align=right| 1,469,815{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}1.7%
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| | 2 || {{flagicon|Tikata}} [[Madakia]], [[Tikata]] ||align=right| 1,376,414{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}2.3%
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| | 3 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Mirabella]], [[Victoria]] ||align=right| 1,264,927{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}4.1%
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| | 4 || {{flagicon|Jhe Freeh}} [[Endého]], [[Land of Jhe Freeh]] ||align=right| 1,185,079{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}8.6%
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| | 5 || {{flagicon|Tikata}} [[Turzy]], [[Tikata]] ||align=right| 1,107,348{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{decrease}}{{0}}0.9%
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| | 6 || {{flagicon|Jindalea}} [[Sanggumdang]], [[Democratic People's Republic of Jindalea|DPR Jindalea]] ||align=right| 1,098,752{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}2.8%
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| | 7 || {{flagicon|Lettuce}} [[Hugo Chávez City]], [[Lettuce]] ||align=right| 1,094,527{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}13.1%
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| | 8 || {{flagicon|Gandhara}} [[Kazmi]], [[Gandhara]] ||align=right| 991,224{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}2.6%
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| | 9 || {{flagicon|Raingate}} [[Solitude]], [[Raingate]] ||align=right| 986,113{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}6.8%
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| | 10 || {{flagicon|Kimmystan}} [[Fettevika]], [[Kimmystan]] ||align=right| 885,553{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{decrease}}{{0}}1.4%
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| | 11 || {{flagicon|Asabiya}} [[Khayzuran]], [[Asabiya]] ||align=right| 867,512{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}2.4%
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| | 12 || {{flagicon|Tikata}} [[Surme]], [[Tikata]] ||align=right| 802,356{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}5.2%
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| | 13 || {{flagicon|Pebbleland}} [[Rosetown]], [[Pebbleland]] ||align=right| 781,826{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}0.7%
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| | 14 || {{flagicon|Lost Islands}} [[Esonáth]], [[Lost Islands]] ||align=right| 780,473{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}1.5%
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| | 15 || {{flagicon|Almarania}} [[Saída]], [[Almarania]] ||align=right| 775,211{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{decrease}}{{0}}24.2%
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| | 16 || {{flagicon|Ponásikwa}} [[Apsolękh]], [[Ponásikwa]] ||align=right| 734,440{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}4.3%
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| | 17 || {{flagicon|Laranjeiras}} [[Pomar]], [[Laranjeirian Confederation|Laranjeiras]] ||align=right| 693,234{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{decrease}}{{0}}12.1%
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| | 18 || {{flagicon|Frostfall}} [[Snowpeak]], [[Frostfall]] ||align=right| 686,813{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}2.7%
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| | 19 || {{flagicon|Irdminia}} [[Skyrim]], [[Irdminia]] ||align=right| 651,365{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}4.2%
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| | 20 || {{flagicon|Kimmystan}} [[Hagelin]], [[Kimmystan]] ||align=right| 613,234{{0}}{{0}} || {{0}}{{increase}}{{0}}4.9%
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| ==Other facilities==
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| In addition to shops, restaurants, and [[Wikipedia:Airport lounge|airport lounges]], Rhea International Airport has more facilities for passengers and visitors, such as a rooftop viewing area for [[Wikipedia:Aircraft spotting|aircraft spotting]]. This area is accessible to the public, free of charge, from the airport's landside.
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| Since 2015, the airport houses a [[Wikipedia:Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton hotel]] with 566 rooms. The hotel is directly connected to the terminal via a covered walkway.
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
