Rickenbacker International Airport
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Rickenbacker International Airport is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio, USA.
It was originally opened in 1942 as Lockbourne Army Air Base (named after the nearby village of Lockbourne), and was home base to the famed Tuskegee Airmen after World War II. It was renamed Lockbourne Air Force Base on January 13, 1948, by Dept. of the Air Force General Order No. 2. Lockbourne AFB was redesignated Rickenbacker Air Force Base on May 18, 1974, by Dept. of the Air Force Special Order GA-11 of March 6, 1974, to honor Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker, the leading American fighter pilot of World War I. The base was transferred from the Strategic Air Command to the Air National Guard and redesignated Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base on April 1, 1980, by Dept. of the Air Force Special Order GA-34 of May 20, 1980. It was realigned as Rickenbacker Air National Guard Station on September 30, 1994 by the 1991 Congressional Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Today, Rickenbacker International is used primarily as a cargo airport for the city of Columbus, although the U.S. Air Force still maintains a presence there in the form of the Ohio Air National Guard, and a growing number of passenger charter carriers are using the airport as well.
It is managed by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which also includes Port Columbus International Airport and Bolton Field.
Airlines and destinations
- Transatlantic International Airlines- Possibly Beginning operations in 2006 (Honolulu, Shannon, Brussels, London, Sydney/ via Honolulu)
External links
- [Rickenbacker International Airport]
- [FAA Airport Diagram] (PDF)
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KLCK]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KLCK]
- [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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