It wasn't "Airport," which was a huge 1970 hit based on the novel by Arthur Hailey. The 1980 comedy spoof "Airplane!" was based on the 1957 movie "Zero Hour!" Incidentally, the screenplay for "Zero Hour!" was written by Hailey.
Airplane! is a 1980 American comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker
1970
Lincoln International Airport is the fictional Chicago-area airport depicted in the 1970 movie "Airport".
This 1957 movie starred Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
The Langoliers. The plane lands on an airport that is abandoned with no signs of life.
It ends in an Airport.
Airport is a 1970 film. Airport paved the way for the disaster film genre and established some of the conventions of that genre.
The novel "Airport" was written by Arthur Hailey. It was first published in 1968 and it inspired the popular disaster film of the same name released in 1970.
Montauk Airport was created in 1957.
Røros Airport was created in 1957.
Brasília International Airport was created in 1957.
Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport was created in 1957.
Tonopah Test Range Airport was created in 1957.
Santa Rosa Airport - Brazil - was created in 1957.
Lincoln Airport.
LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan - 1957 The Airport Murder Case 1-27 was released on: UK: 28 December 1957 USA: 1958
Airbus is based at tolouse airport in france!
Satellite - "Sputnik" was the first satellite launched on Oct 4, 1957.