Indianapolis International Airport
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Indianapolis International Airport is an airport located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by the City of Indianapolis and operated by British airport operator BAA. The airport is the largest in Indiana and a major hub for FedEx. It is also the focus city for Northwest Airlines. As of 2006, it is the only commercial airport in the United States to be completely managed by a private firm.
History
Before it got its International designation, it was called Weir-Cook Airport, after Lt. Col. Harvey Weir-Cook of Wilkinson, Indiana, who was a US Army Air Forces pilot in World War I and World War II, where he was killed while flying a P-40 over New Zealand. He was a flying ace during WWI, with seven victories. The airport opened in 1931 and the name was changed to Weir-Cook in 1944.
On October 31, 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184, which was flying to Chicago, Illinois's O'Hare International Airport from Indianapolis, crashed into a soybean field, killing everyone on board.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, USAir (now USAirways) maintained a secondary hub in Indianapolis, with non-stop jet service to locations on the west coast and Florida as well as turbo-prop service to cities throughout the Midwest. In the late 1990s, USAirways substantially reduced its service out of Indianapolis.
In 2004, Northwest Airlines announced a major service expansion in Indianapolis.
A state-of-the-art, 1.2 million square foot midfield terminal is currently being constructed on the west side of the airport. The new terminal is scheduled to open in 2008.
Concourses
Concourse A
- Northwest Airlines (Cancún [Seasonal Jan 7 - Aug 19], Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers [Seasonal - Dates Unknown], Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma [Seasonal Jun 8 - Aug 21], Tampa, Washington-Reagan)
- * Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Boston, Detroit, Hartford, Kansas City, Memphis, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, Washington-Reagan)
Concourse B
- American Airlines(B737,MD-80)(Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)
- * AmericanConnection operated by (ERJ)Trans States Airlines (St. Louis)
- * American Eagle(ERJ) (Chicago-O'Hare, Miami)
- Delta Air Lines (MD-80,B737)(Atlanta)
- * Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines(ERJ) (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK)
- * Delta Connection operated by Comair(CRJ)(Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK)
- * Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America (ERJ-170)(Salt Lake City)
Concourse C
- AirTran Airways(B717,B737) (Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale [ends May 8 - resumes Nov 15], Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco, Sarasota [ends May 8 - resumes Nov 15], Tampa)
- Continental Airlines (B737)(Houston-Intercontinental)
- * Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (ERJ)(Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Frontier Airlines (A318/A319)(Cancún, Denver)
- Midwest Airlines
- * Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines (Do-328)(Milwaukee)
- Southwest Airlines(B737) (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa)
Concourse D
- Air Canada
- * Air Canada Jazz(CRJ) (Toronto)
- United Airlines (B737,B757)(Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
- * United Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (ERJ)(Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- * United Express operated by Shuttle America (ERJ-170)(Denver, Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- * United Express operated by SkyWest (CRJ)(Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
- US Airways (Charlotte, Washington-Reagan)
- * US Airways operated by America West Airlines (A320)(Phoenix)
- * US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin(CRJ) ((Philadelphia)
- * US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines(ERJ) (Boston, Charlotte, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- * US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines(CRJ) (Charlotte)
- * US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines(CRJ)(Pittsburgh)
- * US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
- * US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines(ERJ-170) (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia)
External links
- [Indianapolis International Airport]
- [IND Airport Community Site]
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KIND]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KIND]
- * FAA [current IND 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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