Airport (novel)

Airport is a bestselling 1968 novel by Arthur Hailey about a large metropolitan airport and the personalities of the people who use, rely and suffer from its operation. It was adapted to make a major motion picture starring, among others, Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy, Dean Martin and Van Heflin and inspired three sequel movies: Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde ... Airport '79. Plot Summary The story takes place at Lincoln International, a fictional Chicago airport based very loosely on O'Hare International Airport.

Airport (novel)

Airport is a bestselling 1968 novel by Arthur Hailey about a large metropolitan airport and the personalities of the people who use, rely and suffer from its operation. It was adapted to make a major motion picture starring, among others, Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy, Dean Martin and Van Heflin and inspired three sequel movies: Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde ... Airport '79. Plot Summary The story takes place at Lincoln International, a fictional Chicago airport based very loosely on O'Hare International Airport.