China and Bolivia claim the world's highest commercial airports with others found in neighboring regions.

The International Space Station (ISS) is now orbiting Earth at a record altitude of 262 miles (422 km). It was deliberately nudged to a higher position just recently by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — People living at higher altitudes tend to be healthier, but definitive evidence as to why remains elusive. There is debatable data, and some contradictory studies, as well as the ...

The Estadio BBVA in Monterrey is actually closer to sea level than the two other Mexican host cities Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images It was 1969 and Joao Saldanha was on the search.

(Yicai) Feb. 11 -- The ground mobile communications network coverage for low-altitude public air routes in China will be no ...

Ever dash through the airport in Salt Lake City? Worse yet, have you ever run a 5K in Denver? Even if you live at high altitude, you’re bound to be more winded and considerably slower than you would ...

Once she got there she met another traveler who had reached the same conclusion, only she was there to celebrate her 90 th birthday (and 70 th wedding anniversary). “Your knees have expiration dates,” ...