Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport

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St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Saint Louis Airport Logo.svg
Lambert-terminal1.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KSTL
IATA code STL
Coordinates

38 ° 44 '55 "  N , 90 ° 22' 12"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 44 '55 "  N , 90 ° 22' 12"  W.
Height above MSL 188 m (617  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 11 miles northwest of St. Louis
Street I70 I170 I270 H67
Local transport Bus :
MetroBus Route 49
Light rail :
MetroLink Red Line
Basic data
opening 1920
operator St. Louis Airport Authority
surface 1113 ha
Terminals 2
Passengers 15,878,527 (2019)
Air freight 71,932 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		193,925 (2019)
Employees 11,752 (2011)
Runways
06/24 2317 m × 46 m concrete
11/29 2744 m × 46 m concrete
12R / 30L 3359 m × 61 m concrete
12L / 30R 2744 m × 46 m concrete

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The St. Louis Lambert International Airport ( IATA code : STL , ICAO code : KSTL ) is the international passenger airport of the American city of St. Louis in the US state of Missouri .

Location and transport links

St. Louis Lambert International Airport is located 18 kilometers northwest of downtown St. Louis. The passenger terminals have interchanges on Interstate 70 . Interstate 170 also runs east of the airport. Furthermore, Interstate 270 runs west and north of the airport. The US Highway 67 tunnel under the western runway 11/29 and crosses Interstate 70th

St. Louis Lambert International Airport will be integrated into local public transport by buses and a light rail line . The Metro bus Route 49 leaves him regularly. The MetroLink Red Line also connects the airport with downtown St. Louis.

history

Kinloch Field

Instead of the airport, there used to be a balloon launch site called Kinloch Field . Former US President Theodore Roosevelt made his first flight on this site in October 1910.

Construction of the airport

The airport was built in 1920 by Albert Bond Lambert , an aviation pioneer and veteran of the First World War , on the balloon launch site that he leased. He then let other pilots use the airport known as St. Louis Flying Field for free. In 1923, the Missouri Air National Guard established the 110th Observation Squadron in St. Louis . In the same year Albert Bond was able to establish Lambert St. Louis as the venue for an international air race , after which the airport was renamed the Lambert St. Louis Flying Field . Charles Lindbergh , who decided to work as a flight instructor in St. Louis, was also present at this air race .

When the lease expired in 1925, Albert Bond Lambert bought the site. In addition, an airmail connection to Chicago was set up that year ; American Airlines goes back to this . Charles Lindbergh was named chief pilot on the route by the US Post Office . In November 1927, the site of the city of St. Louis was offered for sale for 68,000 US dollars, but initially decided to only lease the airport. On February 7, 1928, the city administration finally accepted the offer. This made the airport the first municipal-owned airport, at least in the United States .

Second World War

In 1939, the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was founded in St. Louis . During the Second World War , the airfield served as a production facility for McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and the Curtiss-Wright Corporation . In total, these companies produced more than 3,000 military aircraft during this period. In addition, a Naval Air Station was built in St. Louis in 1941. Runway 6/24 was built in the same year .

The airport in the 1940s

From 1943 the Naval Air Station was used to train pilots in the US Navy and the Royal Navy . In the following year, the Missouri Air National Guard's 110th Observation Squadron was sent to the Pacific War , deployments were carried out in the Philippines and Okinawa , among other places .

When a glider crashed on August 1, 1943 in St. Louis , ten people were killed at an air show .

post war period

After the war, Curtiss-Wright sold his factory to McDonnell. In 1947 a new runway was completed, today it is called 12R / 30L. In 1950 the airline Ozark Air Lines started operations in St. Louis. The Missouri Air National Guard's 110th Squadron was transferred to Korea in 1951 . As early as 1953, the runway 12R / 30L was extended for the operation of jets.

A renovation that began after the Second World War was completed in 1956. Among other things, the airport received a new terminal designed by the architect Minoru Yamasaki . Today this is the main building of Terminal 1. Two years, on May 25, 1958, later the McDonnell F-4 took off on its maiden flight in St. Louis and was then produced there.

Jet age

The jet age began in St. Louis in 1959 when the TWA put the Boeing 707 into service. In the same year, the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was awarded the contract to build the Mercury spacecraft . In the following Gemini program , McDonnell was also awarded the contract to build the Gemini spacecraft . In order to cope with the increasing number of passengers in the 1960s, the airport was expanded to include the parallel runway 12L / 30R, and the terminal was also enlarged.

In 1966 Ozark Air Lines also put their first jet, a Douglas DC-9, into service. In 1967 McDonnell and the Douglas Aircraft Company merged to become McDonnell Douglas .

In November 1971 the airport was renamed Lambert-St. Louis International Airport . From 1972 TWA also used wide-body aircraft in St. Louis , initially these were mainly the Boeing 747 and the Lockheed L-1011 . In addition, the F-15 Eagle went into production in St. Louis in 1972 , followed by the F-18 Hornet and the AV-8 Harrier II in 1978 . The F-15 and F-18 are still manufactured in St. Louis in significantly more advanced versions.

From 1982, Trans World Airlines expanded St. Louis into its largest hub . Southwest Airlines has also served the airport since 1985 . In 1986, Ozark Air Lines was taken over by TWA. The Missouri Air National Guard's 110th Squadron was equipped with F-15 fighter jets in 1991. Two years later, the airport was given a rail link to downtown St. Louis with MetroLink. In 1997, McDonnell Douglas was taken over by Boeing IDS . In 1997 a new control tower was opened. By 1998, Southwest Airlines expanded its offering significantly, so that the airline received its own terminal this year. To date, Terminal 2 is mainly used by Southwest Airlines.

Two F-15s over the now closed military base

In the 1990s extensive expansion plans were started under the designation W-1W, the expansion was finally approved by the FAA in 1998 .

Loss of meaning

Implementation of the W-1W project began in 2001. The largest construction project in this context was the construction of runway 11/29, which was completed in 2006. In addition, TWA was acquired by American Airlines in 2001 . As a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , extensive security controls had to be introduced. In 2003, American Airlines closed its St. Louis hub . In 2007, extensive renovations began at Terminal 1 in order to increase efficiency again.

After 86 years, the Missouri Air National Guard closed their St Louis base in 2009 with the relocation of the last F-15C to Rosecrans Air National Guard Base . In September of the same year American Airlines announced that it would again significantly reduce the number of flights in St. Louis by April 2010.

On April 22, 2011 Terminal 1 was badly damaged by a tornado . The airport was able to reopen the next day, but the repairs took about a year. In 2013, Solar Impulse carried out a USA crossing flight and also made a stopover in St. Louis. On February 14, 2017, the name was changed to St. Louis Lambert International Airport .

Airport facilities

Airport diagram
Airport terminals
Terminal 1 with the control tower

St. Louis Lambert International Airport has four runways and two passenger terminals .

Runways

Of the four runways, three are parallel and one as a cross wind runway. The longest runway is designated 12R / 30L, is 3359 meters long and 61 meters wide. The runway 12L / 30R is 2744 meters long and 46 meters wide. The western runway 11/29 is 2744 meters long and 46 meters wide. It was built from 2001 as part of the W-1W project and opened in April 2006 as the last runway. The cross wind runway 06/24 is 2319 meters long and 46 meters wide. All runways are paved with concrete.

Terminals

The two structurally connected passenger terminals have a total of five concourses. Due to the sharp drop in passenger numbers since 2000, only three concourses are used by airlines. In addition, in 2018 only 44 of 86 gates were rented to certain airlines, 32 were vacant. Both terminals have stations on the MetroLink Red Line, this line ends at the station in Terminal 1.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1, originally opened in 1956, consists of four concourses A, B, C and D. However, only concourses A and C are used by airlines. Parts of Concourse D, which connects the two Terminals B, were assigned to Terminal 2 and Concourse E after renovation. Air Canada , Delta Air Lines and United Airlines flights are handled in Concourse A. In Concourse C the flights of Air Choice One , Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Cape Air and Frontier Airlines are handled.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2, which opened in 1998, consists of Concourse E, which handles Southwest Airlines flights and international arrivals.

Other facilities

The control tower , opened in 1997, is directly adjacent to the main building of Terminal 1 and Concourse B.

Airlines and Destinations

St. Louis Lambert International Airport is used by eleven airlines . It serves as a hub for Air Choice One and Cape Air , which only use feeder aircraft . Southwest Airlines had the largest market share among departing passengers in 2018 with 60.2 percent, followed by American Airlines with 15.6 percent, Delta Air Lines with 10.7 percent, United Airlines with 6.6 percent and Frontier Airlines with 4 , 0 percent.

It serves 65 destinations in the United States , most of which are the hubs of the individual airlines. In addition, six international destinations are offered in North America . WOW air operated flights to Keflavik in Iceland between May 17, 2018 and January 7, 2019 . This was the first direct connection to Europe since American Airlines discontinued its transatlantic flights from St. Louis in 2003.

Traffic figures

St. Louis Lambert International Airport was one of the 50 largest airports in the United States in 2018 . However, the airport has lost a lot of its importance in the last 15 years after it was still one of the largest airports in the world with more than 30 million passengers in 2000. One of the main reasons for this was the bankruptcy of TWA and the subsequent takeover by American Airlines . TWA was based in St. Louis and used the airport as its main hub. American moved this role to its Chicago hub soon after the acquisition.

Today, Southwest Airlines is by far the largest airline at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

Development of traffic figures

Source: St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Source: St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Source: St. Louis Lambert International Airport
St. Louis Lambert International Airport traffic figures 1985-2019
year Passenger
volume		 Flight movements Air freight
( tons )
2019 15,878,527 193,925 71,932
2018 15,632,586 194,302 67,422
2017 14,767,582 196,405 65,412
2016 13,959,126 190,560 63,891
2015 12,752,331 185.865 56,973
2014 12,384,015 183.920 58,958
2013 12,570,128 188.273 64,557
2012 12,688,726 190.942 69.210
2011 12,526,150 189,950 69,576
2010 12,331,426 170.175 68,690
2009 12.796.302 209.057 74,169
2008 14,431,471 247.617 86,156
2007 15,384,557 254.302 83,251
2006 15.205.944 272,585 85,551
2005 14,697,263 288.091 101.241
2004 13,396,028 283,647 103,854
2003 20,431,132 324.210 115,574
2002 25,626,114 437.117 129.114
2001 26,695,019 474.161 122.184
2000 30,558,991 481.025 130,487
1999 30.188.973 502.865 131,145
1998 28,700,622 502.979 134,437
1997 27,661,144 516,889 -
1996 27,274,846 513.849 -
1995 25,719,351 519.156 -
1994 23,362,671 479.943 -
1993 19,923,774 453.268 -
1992 20,984,782 427,755 -
1991 19.151.278 413.212 -
1990 20,065,737 439.002 -
1989 20,015,015 428.875 -
1988 20.170.060 432,515 -
1987 20.362.606 419.234 -
1986 20,352,383 458.293 -
1985 19.942.401 428.032 -

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from St. Louis (2019)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Atlanta , Georgia 525.130 Delta , Southwest
02 Denver , Colorado 414.150 Frontier , Southwest, United
03 Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 330,480 American , United
04th Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 299,800 American
05 Orlando , Florida 281.210 Frontier, Southwest
06th New York – LaGuardia , New York 262,430 American, Delta, Southwest
07th Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Minnesota 262.150 Delta, Southwest, Sun Country
08th Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona 256,900 American, Southwest
09 Las Vegas , Nevada 254,900 Frontier, Southwest
10 Chicago – Midway , Illinois 235.340 Southwest

Web links

Commons : Lambert-St. Louis International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  20. ^ Announcement Regarding WOW air. FlySTL.com, October 15, 2018, accessed April 16, 2019 .
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