Airport
The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!
1970 • 137 min • Drama · Thriller · Action
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 65 Audience · 457 · 49%
An airport manager races against time to keep the airport running during a massive snowstorm and prevent a bomber from destroying a plane in mid-flight. Tensions rise as the lives of passengers and crew hang in the balance.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 6/10
Heads up
- Disaster movie themes and panic
- Bomb threat and explosion
- Some marital tension and affairs
What it models well
- Perseverance in crisis
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Heroism and self-sacrifice
Talk about it after
- Disaster preparedness
- Moral dilemmas under pressure
- The impact of individual choices
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Top billed cast
Director: George Seaton • Crew: George Seaton
Trailers & clips
Airport (1970) (Theatrical Trailer)
Reviewer notes
Recommended_**Quaint, but fairly compelling airport soap opera with a disaster element**_ During a snowstorm at Lincoln International Airport in Chicago, the manager of the airport (Burt Lancaster) works overtime to clear the main runway of a Boeing 707 that’s stuck in the snow while dealing with his failing marriage. Meanwhile the next flight to Rome piloted by his brother-in-law (Dean Martin) has a suspicious person wit...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.5/10 (457)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $100,489,151
- Franchise
- Airport Collection
- IMDb
- tt0065377
