But by then the city has grown beyond anything that anybody had ever imagined.
Here are some of the worst offenders.
Despite its name, the airport is virtually equidistant between Frankfurt and Luxembourg about120 kmto each city by road.
It lies110 kmaway from Munich.
Starting 1997, the airport became a destination for Ryanair, who marketed it as an airport serving Oslo.
It is located100 kmfrom Stockholm, but uses Stockholm for marketing purposes anyway.
GironaCosta Brava Airport
GironaCosta Brava Airport is located 12.5 km southwest of the city of Girona.
The airport is used as an alternative airport for Barcelona, even though the airport is92 kmnorth of Barcelona.
BeauvaisTille Airport
BeauvaisTille Airport is in Tille, near the city of Beauvais in France.
Weeze Airport
Weeze Airport is located in the municipality of Weeze, about70 kmfrom Dusseldorf.
Low-cost operators such as Ryanair refers to it as “Dusseldorf-Weeze”.
London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is located atStansted Mountfitchet68 kmfrom London.
It is used by a number of major European low-cost carriers.
It is located approximately60 kmeast of central Tokyo.
