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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.
The field was established in 1922 near the border between Kansas City, Missouri, and Raytown, Missouri, at the southeast corner of Blue Ridge Boulevard and Gregory Boulevard. It was named for John Francisco Richards II, a Kansas City aviator killed in World War I. The airport was visited by Charles Lindbergh.
Douglas DC-3-209A NC18951, Ship #377 collided in mid-air with USAAF C-53 41-20116 near Kansas City, Missouri due to ATC errors; the DC-3 lost control, hit several small trees and crashed while the C-53 was able to land safely at Kansas City Municipal Airport despite a portion of the right wing missing. All on board both aircraft survived.
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Engineering firm Burns & McDonnell lost its bid to build the new KCI terminal but, according to a document obtained by The Star, it won its next big airport battle.
Smith Airport / Hartsell Air Terminal / National Airport [26] South Kent Airport [9] Spencer Landing Field / Spencer Airport / Vernon M Spencer Memorial Airfield / Wixom International Airport [10] Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport. [6] Stinson Factory Airfield [26] Sunglen Airfield [6] [16]
The brilliance of the 1972 design was a boon to the area and a testimony to the practical ingenuity of Kansas Citians, says this letter writer. The new Kansas City International Airport is ...
Between 1983 and 1997 the city of Kansas City lost $18 million operating Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport and in 1998, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a plan to close the airport. In 2001 the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision to close the airport in a suit brought by Friends of Richards-Gebaur Airport of ...