Landing slot

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A landing slot, takeoff slot, or airport slot is a right granted by an airport owner which allows the slot holder to schedule a landing or departure during a specific time period.

Landing slots are allocated in accordance with guidelines set down by the IATA's Worldwide Airport Slots Group. All airports worldwide are categorized as either Level 1 (Non-Coordinated Airport), Level 2 (Schedules Facilitated Airport), or Level 3 (Coordinated Airport).

As of summer 2017, a total of 123 airports in the world are Level 2 airports, and 177 are Level 3 airports.

Allocated landing slots may have a commercial value and can be traded between airlines. Continental Airlines paid $209 million for four pairs of landing slots from GB Airways at London Heathrow Airport, $52.3m each. The highest price paid for a pair of take-off and landing slots at Heathrow Airport was $75m, paid by Oman Air to Air France-KLM for a prized early morning arrival, reported in February 2016. A year before, American Airlines paid $60m to Scandinavian Airlines.

As demand exceeds supply, slot trading became the main solution to enter Heathrow and transfers grew from 42 in 2000 to 526 in 2012 and over 10 years the average priced slot increased prices by £4 per passenger.

If an airline does not use an allocation of slots (typically 80% usage over six months), it can lose the rights. Airlines may operate ghost or empty flights to preserve slot allocations.

Video Landing slot

Level 3 coordinated airports

Australia

Adelaide Airport
Brisbane Airport
Cairns Airport
Darwin International Airport
Gold Coast Airport
Melbourne Airport
Perth Airport
Sydney Airport

Austria

Innsbruck Airport (winter 2017 only)
Vienna International Airport

Belgium

Brussels Airport

Brazil

Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport
São Paulo-Congonhas Airport
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
Santos Dumont Airport

Cambodia

Phnom Penh International Airport
Siem Reap International Airport

Canada

Toronto Pearson International Airport
Vancouver International Airport

Cape Verde

Amílcar Cabral International Airport
Nelson Mandela International Airport
Aristides Pereira International Airport

Colombia

El Dorado International Airport

Cuba

José Martí International Airport
Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport

China

Beijing Capital International Airport
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
Kunming Changshui International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
Tianjin Binhai International Airport
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Czech Republic

Václav Havel Airport Prague

Denmark

Billund Airport
Copenhagen Airport

Finland

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

France

Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
Paris Orly Airport
Nice Airport

Germany

Berlin Schönefeld Airport
Berlin Tegel Airport
Düsseldorf Airport
Frankfurt Airport
Hamburg Airport
Munich Airport
Stuttgart Airport

Ghana

Kotoka International Airport - Accra

Greece

Chania Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Chios Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Corfu Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Heraklion Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Kalamata Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Karpathos Island National Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Kavala Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Kephalonia International Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Kithira Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Kos Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Mykonos Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Mytilene Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Patras Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Preveza Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Rhodes Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Samos Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Sitia Public Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Skiathos Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Thessaloniki International Airport
Thira Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Volos Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Zakynthos International Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)

Greenland

Ilulissat Airport
Kangerlussuaq Airport
Nuuk Airport

Hong Kong

Hong Kong International Airport

Iceland

Keflavik International Airport

India

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Mumbai
Indira Gandhi International Airport - Delhi
Chennai International Airport - Chennai

Indonesia

Denpasar International Airport
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

Ireland

Dublin Airport

Israel

Tel Aviv International Airport

Italy

Cagliari Airport
Catania Airport
Florence Airport
Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
Lampedusa Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Linate Airport - Milan
Malpensa Airport - Milan
Orio al Serio Airport - Milan
Naples International Airport
Palermo International Airport
Pantelleria Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Ciampino Airport - Rome
Fiumicino Airport - Rome
Turin Airport
Venice Marco Polo Airport

Japan

Fukuoka Airport
Tokyo Haneda International Airport
Tokyo Narita International Airport

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Mauritius

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport - Mauritius

Mexico

Mexico City International Airport

Morocco

Mohammed V International Airport
Rabat-Salé Airport

Netherlands

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Eindhoven Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport

New Zealand

Auckland International Airport
Christchurch International Airport
Wellington International Airport

Norway

Oslo Airport
Bergen Airport
Stavanger Airport
Trondheim Airport

Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Jinnah International Airport
Allama Iqbal International Airport
Bacha Khan International Airport

Philippines

Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Manila

Poland

Pozna?-?awica Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport

Portugal

Faro Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Funchal Airport
Lisbon Airport
Porto Airport

Russia

Sheremetyevo Airport - Moscow
Vnukovo International Airport - Moscow

Saudi Arabia

King Abdulaziz International Airport

Singapore

Singapore Changi Airport

South Africa

Cape Town International Airport
King Shaka International Airport - Durban
OR Tambo International Airport - Johannesburg

South Korea

Jeju International Airport
Seoul Gimpo International Airport
Seoul Incheon International Airport

Spain

Alicante Airport
Barcelona Airport
Bilbao Airport
Fuerteventura Airport
Gran Canaria Airport
Ibiza Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Lanzarote Airport
Madrid Barajas Airport
Málaga Airport
Menorca Airport (summer 2017/2018 only)
Palma de Mallorca Airport
Tenerife South Airport
Valencia Airport

Sri Lanka

Bandaranaike International Airport

Sweden

Göteborg Landvetter Airport
Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Stockholm-Bromma Airport

Switzerland

Geneva International Airport
Zürich Airport

Taiwan

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

Thailand

Chiang Mai International Airport
Suvarnabhumi International Airport - Bangkok
Don Mueang International Airport - Bangkok
Phuket International Airport

Tunisia

Tunis-Carthage International Airport

Turkey

Antalya Airport - Antalya (summer 2017/2018 only)
Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport

Ukraine

Boryspil International Airport - Kiev

United Arab Emirates

Dubai International Airport

United Kingdom

Birmingham Airport
Bristol Airport (summer 2017 only)
Cardiff Airport (summer 2017 only)
London City Airport
London Gatwick Airport
London Heathrow Airport
London Luton Airport
London Stansted Airport
Manchester Airport

United States

John F. Kennedy International Airport - New York City
LaGuardia Airport (not on IATA list, but slot controlled)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Washington, D.C. (not on IATA list, but slot controlled)

Thursday, March 22, 2018