In message , at 
14:29:36 on Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Iceman  remarked:
>> >> >> No, that can't be right. Doesn't have enough simultaneous runways!
>>
>> >> >I'm just quoting what is writted, and not on Wkipedia either.
>>
>> >> Where ? The wiki figures are the same as the ACI:
>>
>> ><www.flightmapping.com>  However it is a little vague on actual numbers.
>>
>> I can't see anything there comparing number of movements, however I note
>> they talk about "WAS" as being Dulles, BWI (Baltimore) and Washington
>> Reagan National together.
>>
>> I wonder if we added all three up if it would top the league? ... hmm
>> 960K, which would put that "virtual airport" at right between the
>> current No1 and No2.

Which are 976K and 958K

>I don't think it would top a combination of New York's three airports
>JFK, LGA and EWR.  Or London's five airports.  Or Tokyo's two airports.

That wasn't the point of the exercise: what I was trying to explain was 
why someone thought that an airport with a third of the record number 
was in fact the winner!

But:

JFK+LGA+EWR = 378+399+444               = 1221
LHR+LGW+STN+LCY+LTN = 462+242+180+51+72 = 1007
HND+NRT =                                 [1]

While we are at it,

Paris's three: 514+223+28+35 =  800
Dallas's two:  699+248       =  947
Chicago's two: 958+298       = 1256  !! the winner!!

[1] NRT is 25th for passengers, and below 30th for movements; while HND 
is 4th for passengers but again below 30th for movements, I think all we 
can say is that the predominance of large planes there means Tokyo is 
nowhere in that particular league
-- 
Roland Perry