Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is an airport serving the Wichita and south Kansas area.
History
In 1929 Construction started at the administrative building for the Wichita Municipal Airport and in 1935, the airport was opened. The old administrative building of the airport is now the Kansas Aviation Museum. During the Second World War the Kansas National Guard Activated a military unit in the airport and after World War 2, the United States Air Force Sought out a permanent military base in Wichita and eventually took over the Wichita Municipal Airport after Wichita Mid-Continental Airport was built. The former Wichita Municipal Airport is now McConnell Air Force Base. [1]
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport Media
A Chicago-bound ExpressJet sitting on the ramp in 2009, in front of the old terminal
The check-in area at the new terminal in 2015
National Weather Service office, located west of the runways along Tyler Road (2010)
Kansas Aviation Museum, former Wichita Municipal Airport terminal from 1935 to 1951, located in southeast Wichita
Bas-relief of the Spirit of St. Louis crossing the Atlantic above entrance
References
- ↑ "Wichita Airport History". Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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