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Bradley Airport is one of only 68 airports worldwide large enough to accommodate the A380. No carriers provide regular A380 service to Bradley, but the airport occasionally is a diversion airfield for JFK-bound A380s. [23] Northwest Airlines terminated its service to Amsterdam in October 2008 because of the increased cost of jet fuel. [24]
American Airlines Flight 1572 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois to Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut. On November 12, 1995, Flight 1572 was operated using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, a twin-engine, narrow-body jet airliner (registration N566AA).
This is a list of airports in Connecticut, grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some privately owned and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Bradley International Airport opened as a military base in 1940, and opened to civilian use in 1947. In 1967 the town boundary was altered due to the opening of the Bradley Airport Connector. The town boundary between Windsor Locks and Windsor changed several times and currently sits with Windsor Locks being on the westbound side and Windsor on ...
The Bradley People Mover system was built in the 1970s to connect Bradley Airport's remote parking field with its main terminal building, located approximately .75 miles (1.21 km) away. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The $4.4-million (1974 USD ) project was marred in controversy throughout its entire existence, with its purpose and need being heavily ...
On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress privately owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Seven of the thirteen people on board were killed, and the other six, as well as one person on the ground, were injured.
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the Atlanta metropolitan area, the world's and nation's busiest airport The top 500 U.S. airports by enplanements as of 2023. These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States, based on various ranking criteria.
The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is an American aerospace museum located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.The museum consists of three display hangars with additional storage and restoration hangars.