Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KMHT |
IATA code | MHT |
Coordinates | |
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 |
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
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail ) |
Aircraft movements (with military) |
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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
rank | city | Passengers | airline |
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1 | Baltimore , Maryland | 272.870 | Southwest |
2 | Chicago – Midway , Illinois | 111,480 | Southwest |
3 | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania | 97.030 | American |
4th | Orlando , Florida | 95,720 | Southwest |
5 | Detroit , Michigan | 60,510 | delta |
6th | Washington – National , Washington, DC | 58,420 | American |
7th | Tampa , Florida | 57,700 | Southwest |
8th | Charlotte , North Carolina | 56,850 | American |
9 | Atlanta , Georgia | 44,420 | delta |
10 | Newark , New Jersey | 34,190 | United |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e f About MHT. FlyManchester.com, accessed February 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed February 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Directions to MHT. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Bus Schedule. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Airlines Serving MHT. FlyManchester.com, accessed February 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Cargo. FlyManchester.com, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Manchester, NH: Manchester-Boston Regional (MHT). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed September 3, 2018 .