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This is an essay on notability. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how notability may be interpreted within their area of interest. This information is not a formal Wikipedia policy or guideline, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.

This page in a nutshell: Airports and aerodromes are not inherently notable. Basic notability with reliable sources is required. Inclusion in a comprehensive list such as ICAO, IATA or a government airport registration is required for verifiability but not necessarily good enough for notability. This advice page discusses notability for various kinds of airports.

This page provides advice intended to be used by Wikipedia editors to decide whether an airport (or aerodrome) is notable for the purposes of having a separate article on Wikipedia. While satisfying these notability guidelines generally indicates an airport warrants an article, failing to satisfy them is not a criterion for speedy deletion.

These guidelines may be considered a specialized version of Wikipedia:Notability, applied to airports, reflecting the following core Wikipedia policies:

• Wikipedia articles must not be vehicles for advertisement
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• No original research
• Wikipedia is not a soapbox
• Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information
• Wikipedia is not a crystal ball

Claims of notability must adhere to Wikipedia's policy on attribution; it is not enough to simply assert that an airport meets a criterion without substantiating that claim with reliable sources.