How to watch the Airport films in order
There are 4 Airport films, about 8 hours in total. The first was released in 1970, the latest in 1979. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
"Airport", based on the best selling novel by Arthur Hailey is an Academy Award nominated disaster film that spawned three sequels: Airport '75, Airport '77, and the campy Airport '79 (The Concorde).
- 1
Airport (1970)
25 Mar 1970 · 137 min
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.
- 2
Airport 1975 (1974)
18 Oct 1974 · 107 min
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense
- 3
Airport '77 (1977)
11 Mar 1977 · 114 min
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
- 4
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
17 Aug 1979 · 123 min
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.