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Atlanta is an unincorporated community in the western United States, located in Elmore County, Idaho.. Historical Home in Atlanta. It was founded in 1864 during the Civil War as a gold and silver mining community and named by Southerners after a rumored Confederate victory over General Sherman in the Battle of Atlanta, which turned to be wholly false, but the name stuck.
Praia Airport, which was opened to international flights in September 2005, caters mainly to the Cape Verdian diaspora; Sal Airport, which previously handled all international flights, currently serves mainly the tourist industry of Sal Island. In late 2009 the São Pedro Airport on the island of São Vicente became an international airport.
Atlanta Airport covers an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) and had one runway designated 16/34 with a 2,460 by 75 ft (750 by 23 m) turf/dirt surface. For the 12-month period ending July 29, 2005, the airport had 900 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per month: 89% general aviation and 11% air taxi.
The island saw as many as 36 SAA flights per week in the mid-1980s, but this number was cut dramatically following the imposition of US sanctions in 1987. [6] By 1996 only one weekly SAA flight stopped at Sal (service between Johannesburg and New York). [7] Sal was later used as a fuel stop on SAA's Atlanta service starting in 2003. [8]
The conversion of the existing airport of Rabil into an international airport started in 2005, and was completed in 2007. The runway was extended from 1,200 to 2,100 metres (3,900 to 6,900 ft) length and from 30 to 45 metres (98 to 148 ft) width. The project cost 21 million euros. [3] The airport was officially opened on 31 October 2007. [4]
The Atlanta Historic District in Atlanta in Elmore County, Idaho, is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]It covers parts of Quartz Creek, Pine and Main streets in Atlanta, which developed after the November 1864 discovery of the Atlanta lode of gold and silver discovered by John Simmons.
In 1982 the hotel was a Howard Johnson. [9] In 1986 the hotel was named the Cabaña. [10] Over the decades the Cabana deteriorated, finally becoming a Quality Inn. A plan by Stang & Newdow [11] around the turn of the 21st century to renovate the Cabana into a boutique hotel was unsuccessful. The Cabana was razed to make way for the Spire.
Friedman Memorial Airport (IATA: SUN, ICAO: KSUN, FAA LID: SUN) is a city-owned public-use airport in the northwest United States, located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Hailey, the county seat of Blaine County, Idaho. [2] The airport is operated by the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority under a joint ...