Set in Lincoln International Airpot, this novel portrays several airport hours during a midwinter snowstorm and the men and women who share them.
Adaptations (2)
Airport has been adapted into 2 films, from 1970 to 1974. The most recent is Airport 1975 (1974).
Airport1970 · film · 137 min · dir. George Seaton, Henry Hathaway · IMDb ↗An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
Airport 19751974 · film · 107 min · dir. Jack Smight · IMDb ↗When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
