Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a public airport located 9 miles (14 km) southwest of downtown Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. The airport lies just within the city limits of Cleveland.

The airport was named for former City Manager William R. Hopkins. It was founded in 1925, making it the first municipally owned airport in the United States. The airport has been the site of many airport firsts: the first airfield lighting system and the first air traffic control tower, both in 1930; and the first U.S. airport to be directly connected to a local or regional rail transit system, in 1968.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport handled 11,460,002 passengers in 2005, a growth of nearly 2% over 2004. It is a major hub for both Continental Airlines and its regional carrier ExpressJet. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, along with Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL) comprise the Cleveland Airport System operated by the City of Cleveland.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport recently celebrated its 80th anniversary and unveiled a new logo and marketing plan to better associate the airport with its mother city, Cleveland. There was discussion of dropping "Hopkins" from the airport's name and changing its FAA airport designator to CIA - Cleveland International - but the city ultimately kept the name as a result of discussions with the namesake's descendants. In late 2005, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport began a new campaign using the slogan "Travel Smart, Travel Well" to compete with the highly-successful and growing Akron-Canton Regional Airport, located just to the south.

Contents

1 Facilities
2 Airlines and destinations

2.1 International arrivals
2.2 Concourse A
2.3 Concourse B
2.4 Concourse C
2.5 Concourse D

3 Ground transportation
4 External links

Facilities

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport covers 1,900 acres and has three runways:

Runway 06R/24L: 8,993 x 150 ft. (2,743 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 06C/24C: 7,091 x 150 ft. (2,163 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 10/28: 6,007 x 150 ft. (1,834 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete

Airlines and destinations

Hopkins airport is known for its fanciful giant "paper" airplane sculptures located in the underground walkway between Concourses C and D.

The airport has one main terminal which is divided into Concourses A, B, C, D. Concourse D is a separate terminal that is connected from the main terminal by an underground walkway. Concourse D is occupied by Continental Express (operated by ExpressJet Airlines) and Continental Connection (operated by CommutAir). Concourse C is occupied with the larger Continental Aircraft serving Cleveland.

International arrivals

All international arrivials (except those from Nassau, Toronto, and Montréal) arriving at Cleveland Hopkins deplane at a common-use U.S. Federal Inspection Service (FIS) facility, located at the end of Councourse A. Arriving passengers deplaning at the FIS proceed to the lower-level, clear U.S. immigration, claim checked baggage and then proceed through Customs and other inspection services.

As in other airports without a dedicated International Arrivals, after clearing inspection, both connecting and terminating passengers must place their checked luggage on a conveyor belt and then clear a standard TSA securty checkpoint before emerging from the FIS via escalator to the departure-level of Concourse A. Terminating passengers proceed toward baggage claim and re-claim their baggage on a designated carousel; connecting passengers' may proceed to their next departure gate, as their luggage is checked-through to their final destination.

Passsengers arriving from Nassau, Toronto, and Montréal need not pass through the FIS, since these three airports have US Border Pre-clearance facilities.

Concourse A

American Airlines
* American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-LaGuardia)
Continental Airlines (London-Gatwick Seasonal) [Arrival Only]
Midwest Airlines
* Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines (Milwaukee)
US Airways
* US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
* US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Philadelphia)
* US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
USA 3000 Airlines (Cancún, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Pittsburgh [Arrival Only], Punta Cana, St. Petersburg (FL))

Concourse B

Air Canada
* Air Canada Jazz (Toronto)

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Salt Lake City)
* Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
* Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK)

Southwest Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Las Vegas, Nashville, Phoenix, St. Louis)

United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)
* United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles)
* United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)

Concourse C

Continental Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Cancún, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, Houston-Intercontinental, Las Vegas, London-Gatwick [seasonal], Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
* Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Albany, Albuquerque, Allentown/Bethlehem, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, Charlotte, Chicago-Midway, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dayton, Detroit, Erie, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lexington, Louisville, Madison, Manchester (NH), Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montréal, Nashville, Nassau, New York-JFK, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Portland (ME), Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), San Antonio, St. Louis, Syracuse, Toronto, Washington-Dulles, West Palm Beach, White Plains)
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
* Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Memphis)

Concourse D

Continental Airlines
* Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Charleston (WV), Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Detroit, Elmira/Corning, Erie, Flint, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Pittsburgh, South Bend, Toledo, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
* Continental Connection operated by RegionsAir (Clarksburg, Morgantown, Parkersburg)
* Continental Express (see above)

Ground transportation

As noted above, Hopkins International Airport is connected to the Cleveland Rapid Transit system. Passengers can board Red Line trains at the airport terminal. From the upper terminal level, one can take Lorain County Transit's express service to Oberlin, Ohio.

External links

[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport] (official site)
[FAA Airport Diagram] (PDF)
Resources for this airport:
* AirNav [airport information for KCLE]
* FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
* NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
* SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KCLE]
* FAA [current CLE delay information]
[Maps and aerial photos]
* WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
* Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
* Topographic map from [TopoZone]
* Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
* Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]

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