Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | KICT |
| IATA code | ICT |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 406 m (1332 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 miles southwest of Wichita |
| Street | I-235 / US 54 / US 400 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | April 1, 1954 |
| operator | Wichita Airport Authority |
| surface | 1314 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 1,749,906 (2019) |
| Air freight | 26,089 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
105,465 (2019) |
| Runways | |
| 01R / 19L | 2225 m × 46 m concrete |
| 01L / 19R | 3140 m × 46 m concrete |
| 14/32 | 1921 m × 46 m concrete |
The Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport ( IATA code : ICT , ICAO code : KICT , formerly Wichita Mid-Continent Airport ) is a commercial airport . It is located in southwest Wichita in Sedgwick County in the state of Kansas in the United States and is the largest airport in Kansas.
history
Wichita Mid Continent Airport was designed as a military base by the United States Air Force in 1951 . The Air Force intended to acquire the "Wichita Municipal Airport" and set up the McConnell Air Force Base there. The trial went to court. However, Wichitas Park Board quickly acquired 1923 acres (7.8 km²) of land in southwest Wichita, and construction of the new Wichita Municipal Airport was completed in about 3.5 years. The new airport was inaugurated on October 31, 1954 . In 1973 he received the new name Wichita Mid-Continent Airport after Kansas City's Mid-Continent Airport to Airport Kansas City International Airport had been renamed.
Callsign
The airport's IATA airport code ICT is actually short for Wichita. At that time, the Federal Communications Commission had banned airports from operating with a callsign beginning with "K" (e.g. Kansas International, KIN) or "W" (e.g. Wichita International, WIN). The naming convention stipulated that the second letter of the place name should be used instead, along with a phonetically understandable extension in order to optimize the intelligibility on radio. For similar reasons, Kansas City couldn't call itself KCI when Mid-Contintent International Airport was renamed Kansas City International Airport in 1972.
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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| 2019 | 1,749,906 | 26,089 | 105,465 |
| 2018 | 1,665,116 | 24,616 | 105.179 |
| 2017 | 1,620,240 | 23.003 | 111,581 |
| 2016 | 1,602,311 | 22.801 | 115.402 |
| 2015 | 1,571,348 | 23,380 | 117,867 |
| 2014 | 1,533,669 | 23,229 | 133.198 |
| 2013 | 1,505,514 | 22,011 | 149.377 |
| 2012 | 1,509,206 | 21,099 | 165.035 |
| 2011 | 1,536,354 | 21,894 | 153,320 |
| 2010 | 1,549,395 | 23,443 | 146.417 |
| 2009 | 1,505,607 | 23,580 | 145.691 |
| 2008 | 1,619,075 | 30.091 | 167.419 |
| 2007 | 1,596,229 | 32,320 | 157.654 |
| 2006 | 1,460,331 | 35,440 | 178,925 |
| 2005 | 1,486,590 | 35.203 | 176,554 |
| 2004 | 1,498,749 | 33,908 | 176.089 |
| 2003 | 1,431,610 | 30,644 | 184.015 |
| 2002 | 1,337,270 | 32,142 | 204.007 |
| 2001 | 1,129,381 | 24,569 | 216,652 |
| 2000 | 1,227,083 | 25,654 | 218.225 |
| 1999 | 1,248,329 | 27,065 | 218.088 |
Busiest routes
| rank | city | Passengers | airline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas | 184,800 | American |
| 2 | Atlanta , Georgia | 127.050 | delta |
| 3 | Denver , Colorado | 116,630 | Frontier , United |
| 4th | Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois | 101,320 | American, United |
| 5 | St. Louis , Missouri | 65,000 | Southwest |
| 6th | Houston – Intercontinental , Texas | 63,530 | United |
| 7th | Las Vegas , Nevada | 54,610 | Allegiant , Southwest |
| 8th | Minneapolis-Saint Paul , Minnesota | 44,260 | delta |
| 9 | Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona | 39,230 | American, Southwest |
| 10 | Seattle , Washington | 23,550 | Alaska Airlines |
See also
Web links
- The Wichita airport website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ History. FlyWichita.com, accessed September 21, 2017 .
- ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. GCR1.com, accessed September 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Terminal Map. FlyWichita.com, accessed September 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Aviation Activity Report. FlyWichita.com, accessed April 28, 2020 .
- ^ Wichita, KS: Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National (ICT). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Airlines. FlyWichita.com, accessed April 28, 2020 .
