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Indianapolis International Airport
Image:IND airport map.PNG
IATA: IND - ICAO: KIND
Summary

<tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">BAA</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Indianapolis, Indiana</td></tr>

Elevation AMSL 797 ft (242.9 m)
Coordinates 39°43′2.38″N, 86°17′39.78″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5L/23R 11,200 3,414 concrete/grooved
5R/23L 10,000 3,048 concrete/grooved
14/32 7,605 2,318 asphalt

Image:IND-terminal-construction.jpg

Image:Midfield.jpg

Indianapolis International Airport (IATA: IND, ICAO: KIND) is an airport located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by the City of Indianapolis and operated by British airport operator BAA. The airport is the largest in Indiana and a major hub for FedEx. It is also a focus city for AirTran Airways and Northwest Airlines. As of 2006, it is the only commercial airport in the United States to be completely managed by a private firm.

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[edit] History

Before it got its International designation, it was called Weir-Cook Airport, after Lt. Col. Harvey Weir-Cook of Wilkinson, Indiana, who was a US Army Air Forces pilot in World War I and World War II, where he was killed while flying a P-40 over New Zealand. He was a flying ace during WWI, with seven victories. The airport opened in 1931 and the name was changed to Weir-Cook in 1944.

On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, which was flying Boston - Baltimore - Cincinnati - Indianapolis - St Louis, was involved in a midair collision with a Piper Cherokee during its descent over London, IN in Shelby County. The airliner, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, crashed into a corn field, killing all 83 passengers on board.

On October 20, 1987, a United States Air Force A-7D Corsair II crashed into a Ramada Inn near the airport after the pilot bailed out. Ten people were killed, nine of them hotel employees.

On October 31, 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184, which was flying to Chicago, Illinois's O'Hare International Airport from Indianapolis, crashed into a soybean field, killing everyone on board.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, USAir (now USAirways) maintained a secondary hub in Indianapolis, with non-stop jet service to locations on the west coast and Florida as well as turbo-prop service to cities throughout the Midwest. With 146 daily departures USAirways was the dominant carrier accounting for 49% of all seats. In the late 1990s, USAirways substantially reduced its service out of Indianapolis.

In 2004, Northwest Airlines announced a major service expansion in Indianapolis.

A state-of-the-art, 1.2 million square foot midfield terminal is currently being constructed on the west side of the airport. The new terminal is scheduled to open in 2008.

[edit] Concourses

[edit] Concourse A

  • Northwest Airlines (Cancún [seasonal], Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers [seasonal], Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma [seasonal], Tampa, Washington-Reagan)
    • Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Boston, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, Kansas City, Memphis, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, Washington-Reagan)

[edit] Concourse B

[edit] Concourse C

[edit] Concourse D

[edit] External links

id:Bandara Internasional Indianapolis

ja:インディアナポリス国際空港
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