Daily Fact: What 5 countries don't have airports?

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Original photo by Anna Shvets/ Pexels Five countries don't have airports. The quintet of nations lacking their own airports — Vatican City, San Marino, Monaco, Liechtenstein, and Andorra — all reside within Europe. Perhaps unsurprisingly, all of these nations are pretty tiny. Vatican City and Monaco are in fact the two smallest countries in the world, covering just 109 and 494 acres, respectively. Vatican City, famously the home of the pope, is located inside Rome, and many travelers use one of Rome's two airports to reach it. San Marino (23.5 square miles in area) is also located inside Italy; by car, it's approximately 9 miles from Federico Fellini International Airport, near Rimini. The diminutive Monaco, meanwhile, is the globe's most densely populated sovereign state, with a citizenry of slightly less than 40,000 in less than one square mile. Since three sides of Monaco border France, it's unsurprising that a French airport — Nice Côte d'Azur — is the nearest spot to arrive by commercial flight. Liechtenstein is bordered by Austria and Switzerland, and many visitors use Switzerland's St. Gallen–Altenrhein to arrive. Finally, there's Andorra (about 180 square miles in size), a destination in the Pyrenees mountains that borders France and Spain. Andorra's capital, Andorra la Vella, lies within 89 miles of five airports — even if they're all in other countries.   Planes are almost never struck by lightning. Planes are almost never struck by lightning.

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