Airport 1975 was the seventh highest-grossing movie of 1974 at the US and Canada box office.
This movie is satirized in the 1980 farcical comedy film Airplane!. Many plot conceits and character concepts are taken directly from this film.
This is Jack Smight's tenth theatrically released feature film as a director.
This movie marks the film debut of actress Helen Reddy. She was nominated at the 1975 Golden Globes for the category of Most Promising Newcomer - Female.
Actress Linda Blair, who plays Janice Abbott, is best known for playing possession victim Regan MacNeil in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist. Actress Sharon Gless, who plays Sharon in Airport 1975, also played Regan's mother Chris MacNeil in the TV series reboot of The Exorcist - a role that was originally played by Ellen Burstyn.
Sharon Gless is best known for playing detective Christine Cagney on the 1980s TV series Cagney & Lacey.
