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The first terminal building was a one-story wood and tar paper structure that looked like a warehouse. The landing strips and taxiways were mown grass. Still, it handled enough passengers in 1930 for Tulsa to claim that it had the busiest airport in the world. The Tulsa Municipal Airport handled 7,373 passengers in February 1930 and 9,264 in April.
The new customs facility will replace a decades-old one and will be able to serve commercial international flights for the first time.
The airline also sold its tax credits to a third party for $15 million, but was ultimately unable to repay $7.1 million of a December 2000 loan arranged by local government agencies, triggering a lengthy dispute between the Tulsa Airport Improvement Trust (TAIT), the Tulsa Industrial Authority (TIA), the Bank of Oklahoma and the city of Tulsa.
Harvey Young Airport, having previously been annexed into Tulsa city limits, was denied federal disaster aid. Young in the aftermath assaulted a Tulsa police officer who arrested him for burning the debris. He was fined $300 for the assault and $50 for burning trash. Young suffered a stroke and died at age 67 on February 16, 1985.
Winter weather is continuing to disrupt air travel on Tuesday.. More than 1,700 flights are already canceled and 3,700 delayed, according to the tracking site FlightAware. United Airlines and ...
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American Airlines Flight 476 was a passenger flight operated by American Airlines from Tulsa Municipal Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Laguardia Airport in New York City, New York. On August 4, 1955, the Convair CV-240-0 crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri , killing all 30 passengers and crew.