Once symbols of progress and power, airports now stand frozen in time — empty control towers, silent terminals, and cracked runways that stretch into the past. From Cold War relics to futuristic ...

On the southern edge of Athens, the cracked runways of a decommissioned airport are being erased by cranes, concrete mixers and saplings. The Ellinikon, once the main gateway to Greece, is being ...

Dennis David Auger/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY SA 4.0 There’s something especially eerie about airports that were once filled with people now lying empty and abandoned. Air travel has rapidly evolved over ...

The 30-year project to transform Downsview Airport in northwest Toronto, Canada, into a new urban development is one of the ...

Newer airports, wars, bad design, and financial miscalculations are some of the reasons we have so many abandoned airports around the world. They sit empty, their runways cracked, and terminals ...

A London airport that was Britain’s first major international hub has not seen a departure in more than six decades. Croydon ...

The area will be made up of seven "distinct" neighbourhoods which will be interconnected and developed in phases over the ...

AN abandoned airport in the UK has revealed the newest plans amid years of talks of reopening. Manston Airport, in Kent, once offered flights from the UK to Europe, including Italy, Portugal and ...

A disused airport in Canada is being transformed into a $30 billion sustainable urban development that promises to redefine modern living. Toronto’s Downsview Airport, which closed in 2024 after ...