Manchester-Boston Regional Airport

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Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
Manchester Airport, 11 Apr 1998.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KMHT
IATA code MHT
Coordinates

42 ° 55 '57 "  N , 71 ° 26' 8"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 55 '57 "  N , 71 ° 26' 8"  W.
Height above MSL 81 m (266  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 7 km south of Manchester ,
70 km north of Boston
Street Everett Turnpike / I-293 / US 3rd
Local transport Bus :
MTA Route 3
Basic data
opening 1927
operator City of Manchester
surface 607 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 1,847,908 (2017)
Air freight 84,280 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		54,359 (2017)
Runways
06/24 2088 m × 46 m asphalt
17/35 2819 m × 46 m asphalt



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The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is an airport in Manchester , the largest city in the US state of New Hampshire .

Location and transport links

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is seven kilometers south of downtown Manchester and 70 kilometers north of Boston. It lies partly in the area of ​​Manchester and the neighboring city of Londonderry . US Highway 3 and Everett Turnpike run west of the airport and Interstate 293 runs north .

The Manchester Boston Regional Airport is by buses in the public transport involved. Manchester Transit Authority's Route 3 runs regularly one stop west of the airport.

history

On June 7, 1927, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Manchester approved $ 15,000 (equivalent to $ 220,000 in today's purchasing power) for an airport. Construction began in October 1927, and within a month two runways, 1,800 feet long, were built. The first passenger terminal building was built in 1933, and a year later Boston, Maine and Vermont Airways opened the airport as a stopover on their Boston- Montréal route . Alan Shepard , who was to become the first American in space in 1961, did odd jobs at Manchester Airport when he was a child, for which he received flying lessons.

In October 1941, the federal government approved $ 286,000 (equivalent to $ 5 million in today's purchasing power) to expand the airport, and Manchester was designated as the base for the United States Army Air Corps . The first of up to 6000 soldiers arrived in May 1941, followed by the first Douglas A-20 bombers in December 1941. In honor of Jean B. Grenier, who died on a training flight in 1934, the base was opened in February 1942 in Renamed Grenier Field .

Northeast Airways , established at Manchester Airport in 1928, was approved in 1951 to operate daily connections to New York from Grenier Field. In 1955, the United States Air Force approved the joint military and civil use of the airport; the Manchester Airport Authority was established for this purpose. A new passenger terminal was opened in December 1961, and the businessman Roscoe A. Ammon, after whom the terminal was named, contributed $ 500,000 to the cost of $ 850,000 (equivalent to $ 7.3 million in today's purchasing power).

In 1966, the Air Force withdrew the last units and transferred responsibility to the cities of Manchester and Londonderry . The airport, previously known as either Grenier Field or Manchester Municipal Airport, was officially renamed Manchester Airport in 1978 . After United Airlines started flying to the airport in 1984 with planes with jet engines , the terminal was expanded in 1984 and 1991. In March 1992 the first phase of a fundamental renovation began, which was completed in 1994 with the opening of a new terminal. In 1997, more than a million passengers a year use Manchester Airport for the first time. In December, the second phase of the renovation begins, in the course of which, among other things, the runways will be extended. In April 2006 the airport will be officially renamed Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

Airlines and Destinations

In 2018, around 1.85 million passengers used the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, the largest operator was the airline Southwest Airlines . There are scheduled flights to destinations within the United States . FedEx , UPS and Wiggins Airways use the airport as a “mini hub ” for their air freight services .

Traffic figures

Source: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
Sources: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
Traffic figures for the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport 2000–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail )		 Aircraft movements
(with military)
2018 1,847,908 84,280
2017 1,970,688 77,534 54,359
2016 2,021,279 78.134 55,537
2015 2,099,604 72.133 51,808
2014 2,095,674 72,290 52,139
2013 2,422,102 75,881 57,313
2012 2,452,064 80.044 59,197
2011 2,710,747 79.231 64,885
2010 2,814,432 79.118 68,230
2009 3,181,249 73,333 72,675
2008 3,716,393 80,810 92.160
2007 3,892,630 87,765 90,345
2006 3,896,532 80.006 93,138
2005 4,329,478 70,599 103.190
2004 4,003,307 73,521 103,547
2003 3,601,661 73,077 98.060
2002 3,366,834 82,274 92.271
2001 3,233,555 75,964 -
2000 3,169,301 78.044 -

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Manchester (2017)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Baltimore , Maryland 272.870 Southwest
02 Chicago – Midway , Illinois 111,480 Southwest
03 Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 097.030 American
04th Orlando , Florida 095,720 Southwest
05 Detroit , Michigan 060,510 delta
06th Washington – National , Washington, DC 058,420 American
07th Tampa , Florida 057,700 Southwest
08th Charlotte , North Carolina 056,850 American
09 Atlanta , Georgia 044,420 delta
10 Newark , New Jersey 034,190 United

Web links

Commons : Manchester – Boston Regional Airport  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f About MHT. FlyManchester.com, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed February 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Directions to MHT. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Bus Schedule. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Airlines Serving MHT. FlyManchester.com, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Cargo. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Manchester, NH: Manchester-Boston Regional (MHT). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed September 3, 2018 .