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Airport from the east Kansas City Overhaul Base in 2007. Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI, ICAO: KMCI, FAA LID: MCI) (originally Mid-Continent International Airport) is a public airport in Kansas City, Missouri, located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Downtown Kansas City in Platte County, Missouri. [2]
The metro has several airports. Primary service is at Kansas City International Airport (MCI), 15 miles northwest of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. It was opened in 1972 as TWA's "Airport of the Future", a global hub for supersonic transport and the Boeing 747.
The airport had limited area for expansion (Fairfax Airport across the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas, covered a larger area). Airplanes had to avoid the 200-foot (60 m) Quality Hill and the Downtown Kansas City skyline south of the south end of the main runway. In the early 1960s, an FAA memo called it "the most dangerous major airport ...
In just days, Kansas City will have a new gateway to the metro area with the opening of the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport.
Give us back our citizens’ airport! The convenience of the old Kansas City International Airport’s horseshoe terminals has been a source of bragging for me since I moved to this area 26 years ago.
This is a list of airports in Kansas (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Demolition of the old MCI airport terminal in progress, in Kansas City, Missouri on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Demolition of the old terminals within five years is a condition of the current ...
Kansas City Airport may refer to airports in the Kansas City metro area. Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI) Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (IATA: MKC)