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[19] [20] With the introduction of flights to Canada and Mexico, the official name of the airport was changed to Birmingham International Airport on October 20, 1993. [21] Also in 1993, the airport marked the completion of a $50.4m terminal renovation. [22] In the early 1990s Runway 18/36 was extended to 7,100 feet, allowing use by airline jets.
Valley and the Hills: An Illustrated History of Birmingham and Jefferson County. 1981; Robert J. Norrell (1986), "Caste in Steel: Jim Crow Careers in Birmingham, Alabama", Journal of American History, 73 (3): 669– 694, doi:10.2307/1902982, JSTOR 1902982; Old Birmingham, OCLC 38508791 1991-
Birmingham Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB), formerly Birmingham International Airport, [5] is an international airport located 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km; 10.9 mi) west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull ...
The Alabama International Airport Authority was a commission designated with the task of developing a proposal for a new international airport within the state in the 1990s. The airport was envisioned to relieve air traffic from Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport in addition to serving as a replacement for the existing Birmingham ...
15 March 1910: Orville and Wilbur Wright establish the nation's first civilian flying school in Montgomery, Alabama. 1931: Steadham Acker starts the National Air Carnival series of air shows at Birmingham Municipal Airport. 10 July 1991: L'Express Airlines Flight 508 crashed at Birmingham Municipal Airport.
On July 10, 1991, a L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C99, flying as Flight 508 originating in New Orleans, and in transit from Mobile to Birmingham, crashed while attempting to make an ILS approach to Runway 5 (since renumbered to Runway 6) at Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama.
Birmingham Airport was forced to suspend all flights after a security incident onboard an Aer Lingus plane. The Irish airline later confirmed that an undeclared item was discovered but was proven ...
Birmingham (/ ˈ b ɜːr m ɪ ŋ h æ m / BUR-ming-ham) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States.Birmingham is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county.