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Opened in 1923 and named after General Edward Lawrence Logan – a 20th-century soldier and politician native to Boston, Logan International Airport is the largest airport in both Massachusetts and the New England region, in terms of passenger volume and cargo handling, as well as the busiest airport in the Northeastern United States outside ...
Boston TRACON used to be located at the Logan International Airport Control Tower before being consolidated. The new facility is 63,000 square feet (5,900 m 2 ). A Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON , is responsible for descending airplanes from the ARTCC and lining them up for landing at their destination airport, as well as climbing ...
This is a list of airports in Massachusetts (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.
PVD 34 (Providence 34) - 124.850/269.200 (Handles BOS arrivals from the southwest) The sector serves as a primary arrival sector for jets landing at Logan Airport that are handed off to Boston ATCT. Additional traffic flows include Bradley departures traveling southeast and non-jet arrivals landing at Boston south satellite airports.
Planning for an airport on the Norwood–Canton line began in 1930. The Boston Globe described the project as "the subject of considerable speculation and interest" in aviation circles due to crowding at the Boston Airport. [1] Construction began in January 1931, with J. F. White Contracting Co. performing the work. [2]
Boston Airport may refer to: Serving Boston, Massachusetts (Greater Boston), United States. Boston Logan International Airport; Rhode Island T. F. Green International ...
Manchester–Boston is New England's third-largest cargo airport behind Connecticut's Bradley International, which is a hub for UPS Airlines, and Logan in Boston. FedEx, UPS and Amazon all serve Manchester with cargo-specific jets, including the Airbus A300, Boeing 757, Boeing 767 and Boeing 737.
In 2008, and many years prior, Hanscom had handled the second most aircraft movements of any airport in New England after Boston-Logan. On a nice weekend day the traffic pattern gets so busy the tower is known to close the traffic pattern and only allow full stop landings.