Editing North Rhine-Westphalia (section)

=== Airports ===
The region benefits from the presence of several airport infrastructure. The main airport is [[Düsseldorf Airport]], world class, which hosted 25.5 million passengers in 2019 and offers flights to various international destinations. Düsseldorf is the fourth-largest airport in Germany after [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]], [[Munich Airport|Munich]] and [[Berlin Brandenburg Airport|Berlin]] and serves as a [[airline hub|hub]] for [[Eurowings]] and as focus city for several more airlines. The airport has three passenger terminals and two runways and can handle wide-body aircraft up to the [[Airbus A380]].<ref name="a380ready">{{cite web|url=http://www.airliners.de/flughafen-duesseldorf-a380/35850|title=Flughafen Düsseldorf schließt Bauarbeiten für A380 ab|access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref>

The second airport is the [[international airport]] of [[Germany]]'s fourth-largest city [[Cologne]], and also serves [[Bonn]], former capital of [[West Germany]]. With around 10 million passengers passing through it in 2023, it is the sixth-largest passenger airport in Germany and the third-largest in terms of cargo operations. It is also a hub for Eurowings, but also for some cargo airlines. By traffic units, which combines cargo and passengers, the airport is in fifth position in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |title=ADV Monthly Traffic Report |date=November 2015 |publisher=Flughafenverband |url=http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2015/11.2015_ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |access-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204205/http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2015/11.2015_ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> As of March 2015, Cologne Bonn Airport had services to 115 passenger destinations in 35 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airliners.de/sommerflugplan-2015-sieben-ziele-flughafen-koeln-bonn/35295|title=Sommerflugplan 2015: Sieben neue Ziele ab Flughafen Köln/Bonn|work=airliners.de|access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> It is named after [[Konrad Adenauer]], a Cologne native and the first post-war Chancellor of West Germany.

Third airport in the region, [[Dortmund Airport]] is a minor [[international airport]] located {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Dortmund]]. It serves the eastern [[Rhine-Ruhr|Rhine-Ruhr area]], the largest [[urban agglomeration]] in [[Germany]], and is mainly used for low-cost and leisure charter flights. In 2019 the airport served 2,719,563 passengers.

There are three more minor airports within the state: [[Münster Osnabrück Airport]], [[Airport Weeze]] and [[Paderborn Lippstadt Airport]].