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The three largest airlines in the world by passengers carried are U.S.-based; American Airlines is number one after its 2013 acquisition by US Airways. [3] Of the world's 50 busiest passenger airports, 16 are in the United States, including the top five and the busiest, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
What started as four terminals, three runways and 66 gates — the biggest airport in the world at the time — is now a hub for more than 73 million passengers with five terminals, 168 gates, and ...
Los Angeles Municipal Airport on Army Day, c. 1931. The next year, the dirt runway was replaced with oiled decomposed granite which could be used year-round and two more hangars, a restaurant, office space, and a control tower were built. On June 7, 1930, the facility was dedicated and renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport. [3]
In 1926, the city leased the airport and named it Chicago Municipal Airport on December 12, 1927. [1] By 1928, the airport had twelve hangars and four runways, which were lit for night operations. [9] A major fire early on June 25, 1930, destroyed two hangars and 27 aircraft, "12 of them tri-motor passenger planes."
1927: First airport terminal with a waiting room and ticket office for passengers. 1928–29: Grass runways are paved—the second concrete runways in the world, after Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport in France. [9] 1931: July 1, the Dearborn Inn opens—one of the first hotels built to service the air traveler. [10]
1952: Larger aircraft began to land at Port Columbus after the east-west runway, known today as the south runway, was extended from 4,500 to 8,000 feet with parallel taxiways.
In 1947 and 1950, the airport had runways 4, 9, 12 and 17, all 5,400 feet (1,600 m) or less. In 1956 runway 9 was 7,284 feet (2,220 m); in 1959 it was 9,499 feet (2,895 m) and runway 12 was closed. Not much changed until the early 1970s, when runway 4 was closed and 9R opened with 10,500 feet (3,200 m).
The three runways the airport had in 1951 are still visible on the southeast side of the airport: 4500-ft runway 5, 4500-ft runway 18 and 4490-ft runway 14. After World War II, Capital Airlines joined Eastern at RDU; Piedmont Airlines arrived in 1948. The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 36 departures a day: twenty Eastern, eight Capital ...