If you have ever spent any time in an airport then you know how busy, crazy and complicated they can be. And think about all the things you don’t see—for example,

the inner details of doing intensive security checks . . . or matching up thousands of pieces of baggage with the right traveler and the right airplane . . . or monitoring weather conditions all over the world. It’s pretty incredible that millions of people fly all over the world every year with few disruptions. How do airports do it? Well, did you know that before a major airport opens, it has to undergo a stress test?

An airport stress test is like a dress rehearsal for opening night of a Broadway show. Recently, a young man named Andrew Curry participated in a stress test for a new airport that has been built in Berlin, Germ…