Dras'kon Rikia International Airport

Dras'kon Rikia International Airport (IATA: DRX, ICAO: SSDRX) is the main international airport serving Dras'kon, Shushtrepistaz. It is located 15 mi west of Dras'kon's city center surrounded by rural and some suburbs. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Dras'kon, under the cities metropolitan transport authority. Das'gotn Rikia has been bobbing around the scales of the largest airports in the world. It had become the fourth busiest airport in Asia in 2009, and fell to fifth busiest airport in Asia in terms of passenger traffic and total traffic movements by 2011, Dras'kon Rikia International Airport is currently the 6th busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger throughput behind Tokyo International Airport. The airport registered 682,584 aircraft movements (take-offs and landings), which ranked 19th in the world in 2011.

History
An airport was first built in the town of Rikia in the west of Dras'kon in 1929, the second public use airport. During the Second World War, the airport was occupied by the Japanese and used as an air force base. Its military use continued after being handed over to the Shudonese government, a major expansion took place from March to September 1984, and another from December 1988 to December 1991. Construction of the first phase of the new Dras'kon International Airport costed 1.67 billion USD, and was opened on January 1, 1992. It covers an area of 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi). The first phase of the airport has one 4E category runway (4000 m x 60 m) along with two parallel taxiways, an 800,000-square-metre (8,600,000 sq ft) apron, seventy-six aircraft positions and a 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft) cargo warehouse. During its closure, traffic was redirected to Dras'kon Sokohan International Airport.

Terminal 1
Terminal 1 called opened in 1993. This smallest terminal in Rikia Airport. The linear building is a base for primarily domestic carriers and domestic destinations.

Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is situated to the south of the southern runway next to the cargo terminal and is connected to Terminals 1 and 3. The terminal has an area of 105,481m2 and is now home to the bulk of the airpor. It has recently undergone a £200m upgrade to enable it to accommodate over 50 airlines with an upgraded forecourt to reduce traffic congestion and improve security. An extended check-in area with renovated piers and departure lounges, a new baggage system installed as well as the construction of two new stands to accommodate the Airbus A380.

Terminal 3
Terminal 3 lies between the northern and southern runways. The main terminal building (Concourse A) has an area of 300,000 square metres (3,200,000 sq ft) while Concourse B covers 60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft). It has 60 aircraft stands and capacity for 20 million passengers annually as well as more than 100 shops and restaurants. The terminal accommodates AeroSky Members including Sylokash Airways