Which airport has direct flights to the most countries?

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The Wikipedia page for Paris Charles de Gaulle airport states that:

As of 2017, the airport offers direct flights to the most countries and hosts the most airlines in the world.

It uses this page as a reference, which has several rankings, including airports serving the most countries:

Two airports, both in Europe, are the only ones worldwide to offer non-stop flights to more than 100 countries. Paris CDG (connected to 108 countries) edges out Istanbul AtatΓΌrk (104) this summer. Frankfurt completes a European clean sweep of the top three places. Only three non-European airports make the top 15 led by Dubai in fourth place which offers non-stop service to 96 countries. New York JFK in seventh place is the only US airport, with Doha just behind in eighth place. No Asian airports make the top 15. Beijing offers non-stop service to 57 countries the same number as can be reached from Africa’s leading airport in these rankings, Addis Ababa.

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Istanbul Airport's website claims flights to over 120 countries.

The main airline at that airport, Turkish Airlines, states that it flies to over 120 countries, and Wikipedia states that number as 122. The vast majority of these flights depart from Istanbul airport, although a small number may be "tag" flights and thus not direct as stated in the question. Add in other airlines, and the airport's figure of >120 appears to be valid.

For the "single metropolitan area" part of the question, I suspect the answer is likely also Istanbul. There is one major secondary airport, SAW, however it's unlikely it adds (m)any additional countries to the list.

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