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Airport is a 1970 American film based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. This film, which earned more than $100,000,000 at a time when that was rare, focuses on an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snow storm, while a suicidal bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight. The story takes place at the fictional Lincoln International Airport near Chicago. The film was written for the screen and directed by George Seaton. Seaton was assisted by Henry Hathaway, and Ernest Laszlo photographed it in 70 mm Todd-AO. The film cost $10 million to produce.