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In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field, but the common name remained "Idlewild" until December 24, 1963. [ 17 ] [ 26 ] The airport was intended as the world's largest and most efficient, with "no confusion and no congestion".
Washington Dulles International Airport (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) – commonly known by its former name of Dulles International Airport, by its airport code of IAD, or simply as Dulles Airport – is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C., in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in ...
formerly McCarran International Airport, named for Pat McCarran ; changed in 2021 Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China closed, named after two plutocrats Kai Ho and Au Tak Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B. J. Vorster Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Black River was renamed Draanjik River after its original Gwich'in name in 2014. [4] Chandalar River was renamed Ch'iidrinjik River and Teedrinjik River as replacements for the North and Middle forks of the river in 2015. [4] Sheldon Point was renamed Nunam Iqua in 1999, after its original Yup'ik name.
Idlewild Airport, the original name of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City; Idlewild, Georgia, a fictional town in the 2006 film Idlewild; Idlewild, Kentucky, an unincorporated community; Idlewild, Michigan, a western Michigan community and former resort, known as "Black Eden" in the early 20th century
Much of Newark Airport's traffic shifted to Idlewild, today known as John F. Kennedy International Airport, after Newark was temporarily closed in February 1952; flights were shifted to LaGuardia Airport and Idlewild, which allowed for planes to takeoff and land over the water rather than over the densely populated areas surrounding Newark ...
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LaGuardia Airport, although it had opened in October 1939 (and thus was open during the second half of the 1939–40 World's Fair held in New York), was not officially named after Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia until 1947; up to that point, its official name was New York Municipal Airport. However, the nickname "LaGuardia Field" was in common use ...