It's not that zero airports are located out in the middle of nowhere, it's that the premise that it's the norm for airports to be out there is misleading at best.

I will admit that I had more of the North American context in mind, as other countries do land-use and planning in very different ways.

> Tokyo Narita?

Haneda does double the volume and is both very close to Tokyo's "center" and in an extremely urban setting.