Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City has been a vital part of the city’s transportation infrastructure since its opening in 1911. It was originally known as the Oklahoma City Municipal Airport and was the first airport to be established…
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Omaha Eppley Airfield, located in Omaha, Nebraska, has been servicing the area since 1925. It began as a small grass airstrip with only a few planes and served primarily local flights. The first terminal building was opened in 1936 and…
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Ontario International Airport (ONT) opened in August of 1930 as a joint use airport with the Ontario Army Air Field. The airport was initially used for military training and mail transport, but with the onset of World War II, the…
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The Pasco Tri-Cities Airport opened in April of 1959 as the Tri-Cities Regional Airport. It was built on a 1,000 acre site and was originally intended to serve the three cities of Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick. The airport was initially…
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Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) was established in the early 1950s and has since become a central transportation hub for the region. It is located just off of Interstate 15 and serves as a gateway to the city of Idaho…
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) was initially established in 1948, as the Anchorage International Airport. It was built in anticipation of increased air traffic from the military and commercial airlines. The airport was named after Senator Ted Stevens, who…
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Outagamie County Regional Airport (ATW) is located in Appleton, Wisconsin and serves the Fox Valley area. It is owned and operated by Outagamie County, and has been an important part of the local aviation community since it was established in…
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The Arcata / Eureka Airport was constructed in 1930 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was originally intended to be a general aviation airport, but with the onset of World War II it became a Naval Auxiliary Air Station…
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Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) was originally constructed in 1950 and opened in June of that year. It was originally known as Friendship International Airport, and it was the first airport to serve the Baltimore-Washington area. BWI continued to…
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Bangor International Airport first opened its doors in 1929, when the city of Bangor was still a small, rural community. The airport was then called “Curtis Field” and was primarily used for small private aircraft. In the 1950s, the airport…
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Hancock County – Bar Harbor Airport has a long and storied history. It first opened in 1929 as Bar Harbor Airport, located on the shore of Frenchman’s Bay. The airport was built to serve the summer tourist population that visited…
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The Bismarck Municipal Airport has a long and storied history. It was built in 1920 to serve as an airfield for the nearby military base, and for the first few years of its existence, it was used primarily as a…
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Boise Airport, also known as Boise Air Terminal or Gowen Field, is the primary airport serving the city of Boise, Idaho. It was originally established in 1936 as a military airfield and was named after U.S. Army Major Bruce Gowen….
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Boston’s Logan International Airport has a rich history that dates back to 1923, when it was first established by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). Initially known as Boston Municipal Airport, it was the first airport in the United States built…
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The Cedar Rapids Airport has been in operation since the 1920s, when it first opened as a small airfield. In the late 1940s, the airport was expanded to accommodate commercial passenger aircraft and now serves as a hub for multiple…
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Charleston International Airport was established in the early 1950s, when the City of Charleston decided to create an airport to serve the growing population of the area. The first terminal building was completed in 1953 and the first commercial flight…
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Charleston – Yeager Airport has a long and illustrious history that dates back to the 1940s. It was first established in 1947 as Kanawha Airport, and was officially named Yeager Airport in 1985 in honor of Chuck Yeager, a West…
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Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) opened in 1955 as Orchard Field Airport. The airport was built on the site of a former World War II airbase and was initially used for general aviation, such as corporate and private flights. In…
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Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) was established in 1947 when the city of Cincinnati purchased 1,000 acres of land in Boone County, Kentucky for the purpose of building a new regional airport. The land was acquired from several…
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Clarksburg – North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) was established in May 1942. It was initially used as a training facility for the US Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, the airport was transferred to the…
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In 1929, the City of Columbus purchased a property of land in the east side of town to develop into an airport. The airport was named after its founder, Colonel Roscoe Turner. The first commercial flight took place on April…
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Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTR) is located in Columbus, Mississippi and has been in operation since 1941. The airport was originally built by the United States Army Air Corps as a training base during World War II. It was named…
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Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA) was originally established in 1929 as a Marine Corps Air Station. The airport was part of the base that trained pilots for the US Navy during World War II. After the war, the air station…
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Des Moines International Airport first opened in 1921 as the Des Moines Municipal Airport. The airport was the first municipally owned airport in the United States and was used for both commercial and private aviation. The airport underwent a major…
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Detroit Metropolitan Airport, also known as DTW, is located in Romulus, Michigan. It was established in 1925 as the Detroit-Wayne Major Airport and was renamed Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in 1947. The airport opened its doors to commercial service…
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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) was originally founded in the late 1920s as an airfield for the Ford Motor Company. The airfield was used to transport Ford executives and parts between Detroit and other sites of production. In 1941,…
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El Paso International Airport (ELP) was built in 1928 and originally named the El Paso Municipal Airport. The airport was located on the grounds of what is now Fort Bliss and served as a training base for the United States…
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Erie International Airport was established in 1933, when the City of Erie leased a portion of the land to the federal government for use as an airport. The first commercial flight from the airport took place in 1934, and it…
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The Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Field Airport is located in Eugene, Oregon and has been in operation since the late 1920s. It was established as a private airfield owned by the Mahlon Sweet family, who had a passion for aviation. The airport…
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Flagstaff Airport, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, has been in operation since the early 1900s. Initially opened as a military airfield and training center during World War I, the airport was then sold to the city of Flagstaff in 1923. The…
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