Hot and High Airports
Notable examples of hot and high airports include:
- Addis Ababa - Bole Airport
- Brasília - Brasília Airport
- Bogotá - El Dorado Airport
- Calgary - Calgary International Airport, especially from late spring to early autumn
- Denver - Denver International Airport, especially from late spring to early autumn
- Edwards Air Force Base
- Harare - Harare Airport
- Johannesburg – OR Tambo International Airport
- Kabul - Kabul Airport
- La Paz - El Alto International Airport (not generally a "hot" airport, as average high temperatures are never more than 15 °C (59 °F) throughout the year, but one of the world's highest commercial airports at 13,325 feet (4,061.5 m))
- Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport
- Madrid – Madrid-Barajas International Airport
- Mexico City – Mexico City International Airport
- Phoenix - Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (altitude of 1,135 feet (346 m) is not extreme, but the area's hot desert climate gives it "hot and high" characteristics for most of the year)
- Quito - Mariscal Sucre Airport
- Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City International Airport, especially from late spring to early autumn
- Yerevan - Zvartnots International Airport
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