Diversion airports are airports capable of handling a particular ETOPS rated aircraft during an emergency landing and whose flying distance at the point of emergency shall not exceed the ETOPS diversion period for that aircraft.
Any airport designated as an en route diversion airport must have the facilities to safely support that particular aircraft, and weather conditions at the time of arrival must allow a safe landing with an engine and/or systems malfunctioning.
An ETOPS/LROPS flight may be conducted solely if the diversion airports are available throughout the length of the flight. Unavailability due to bad weather, for example, might require an inflight rerouting.
Common diversion airports on Atlantic routes:
Bangor International AirportGander AirportCFB Goose BayHalifax Stanfield International AirportKeflavík International AirportShannon AirportBermuda AirportLajes Airport (Azores)Santa Maria Airport (Azores)Lisbon Humberto Delgado AirportGran Canaria Airport (Las Palmas)Tenerife-North AirportTenerife-South AirportAmílcar Cabral International Airport (Sal Island, Cape Verde)RAF Ascension IslandFernando de Noronha AirportGreater Natal International AirportFortaleza International AirportRecife International AirportCayenne-Félix Eboué AirportPointe-à-Pitre International AirportCommon diversion airports on Pacific routes:
Henderson Field (Midway Atoll)Mataveri International Airport (Easter Island)Cassidy International Airport (Christmas Island, Kiribati)Faa'a International Airport (Papeete, Tahiti)Wake Island AirfieldMajuro International AirportKwajalein AirportKing Salmon Airport (Alaska)Eareckson Air Station (Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska)Cold Bay AirportLihue AirportKahului AirportHilo International AirportKona International AirportRarotonga International AirportNiue International AirportFaleolo International Airport (Samoa)Suva International AirportPort Vila International Airport (Vanuatu)Nouméa-La Tontouta International AirportPohnpei International AirportEnewetak Auxiliary AirfieldChuuk International AirportGuam International AirportSaipan International AirportVancouver International AirportCommon diversion airports on Polar routes:
Ted Stevens Anchorage International AirportSvalbard Airport (Longyearbyen)Thule Air BaseIqaluit AirportChurchill AirportErik Nielsen Whitehorse International AirportYellowknife AirportWiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (Barrow)Bratsk AirportIrkutsk AirportNorilsk AirportTolmachevo AirportTiksi AirportYakutsk AirportMirny AirportChulman AirportPevek AirportCommon diversion airports on Indian Ocean routes:
Socotra AirportSeychelles International AirportRoland Garros Airport (Réunion)Malé International Airport (Maldives)Naval Support Facility Diego GarciaCocos (Keeling) Islands AirportRAAF Learmonth