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The airport opened to general aviation traffic in 1953, and airline flights moved to the new airport on April 1, 1954. The new airport was dedicated on October 31, 1954, with two runways. It became Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973 after Kansas City renamed its Mid-Continent Airport to Kansas City International Airport.
On October 30, 2014, a Beechcraft King Air B200 twin turboprop crashed into a building hosting a FlightSafety International (FSI) training center shortly after taking off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas. The pilot, the only person on board, was killed along with three people in the building; six more people in the building ...
This is a list of airports in Kansas (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.
An American Airlines flight that originated in Wichita crashed just miles short of its destination at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., after it collided with a military helicopter.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — When American Eagle Flight 5342 took off from Wichita, the Midwest city with a proud aviation history was glowing from a big moment. It had just hosted the next generation of Olympic hopefuls at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the kind of major sporting event that leaders of the largest city in Kansas had ...
By RYAN GORMAN Four people are confirmed dead after a twin-engine plane crashed just before 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning at the Wichita airport, authorities said. An additional five people are ...
Mid-Continent Airport may refer to: Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (IATA: ICT), formerly known as Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, in Wichita, Kansas Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI) in Kansas City, Missouri
Colonel James Jabara Airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) which contains one runway. Runway 18/36: 6,101 ft × 100 ft (1,860 m × 30 m), surface: concrete For 12-month period ending August 13, 2019, the airport had 38,300 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi .