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The cost of the first phase of Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport was estimated at $700 million. Voters went to the polls in cities throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex to approve the new North Texas Regional Airport, which was named after the North Texas Commission that was instrumental in the regional airport coming to fruition. The ...
The Civil Aeronautics Board required the two cities to come up with a plan for a regional airport, [23] [24] and in 1965 a parcel of land north of Greater Southwest was selected for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (originally named Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport). [25]
The January 1953 OAG shows 50 weekday airline departures from Meacham, 33 of which headed for Dallas. None of the others flew nonstop north of Wichita Falls, west of Midland, south of Austin or east of Dallas. Since 1953 Meacham Airport has been used for corporate aircraft, commuter flights, and student pilot training.
A joint Dallas-Fort Worth airport was first proposed in 1927, but negotiations fell through, the first of several attempts between the two cities that have historically had a contentious relationship.
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In June of 1928 Pan American Airways acquired 116 acres of land on NW 36th Street for the purpose of building a privately owned and operated international airport in Miami, Florida. The establishment of a commercial airport and of regularly scheduled international passenger airline service by Pan Am was a transformative event for the City of Miami.
Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss retired from aircraft development and manufacturing in the 1920s and became a real estate developer in Florida. In 1926, he founded the city of Opa-locka, naming it Opa-tisha-woka-locka (quickly shortened to Opa-locka), a Native American name that translates into the high land north of the little river with a camping place.