This is a list of eponymously named airports. It includes the name of the airport, the facility's location, and the person after whom the airport is named. Current airports Former names and names of closed airports Astor Piazzolla International Airport, Mar del Plata, Argentina formerly Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport, changed in August, 2008 Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq formerly Saddam International Airport, named for Saddam Hussein Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia formerly Haile Selassie I International Airport, named for Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport, Ulan Bator, Mongolia formerly Chinggis Khaan International Airport, which is given to a new airport Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, South Africa formerly D.F. Malan Airport, named for Daniel François Malan Clark International Airport, Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, named for Diosdado Macapagal Doncaster Sheffield Airport formerly Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa formerly Louis Botha Airport, named for Louis Botha; renamed in 1995 and closed in 2010 Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada closed, named for Kenneth Alexander Blatchford El Alto International Airport, La Paz, Bolivia formerly John F. Kennedy International Airport José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador formerly Simón Bolívar International Airport, named for Simón Bolívar Haluoleo Airport, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia formerly Wolter Monginsidi Airport, named for Robert Wolter Mongisidi Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China closed, named after two plutocrats Kai Ho and Au Tak Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B. J. Vorster Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States closed, named for Merrill C. Meigs Mati Airport, Mati City, Philippines formerly Imelda R. Marcos Airport OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa formerly Jan Smuts International Airport, named for Jan Smuts Reno–Tahoe International Airport formerly Cannon International Airport named for senator Howard W. Cannon Senai International Airport, Johor Bahru, Malaysia formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States closed, named for Denver mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, named for Chiang Kai-shek Velana International Airport, Maldives formerly Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, named for Ibrahim Nasir and renamed in 2017, after the family house name of Ibrahim Nasir See also List of eponyms List of places named after people List of airports References Airports