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Thus, Birmingham began construction of what is now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport. [9] The airport opened on May 31, 1931 with a two-story, white, Georgian style terminal and a single east–west runway. The terminal was just east of the later 1962 and 1971 terminal complexes.
According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a reliever airport [2] for the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. [ 1 ] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA , this facility is assigned EKY by the FAA but has no ...
The closest commercial airports are the Columbus Airport (40 miles (64 km) via US-280) in Columbus, Georgia, the Montgomery Regional Airport (60 miles (97 km) via I-85) in Montgomery, Alabama, the Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport (115 miles (185 km) via US-280) in Birmingham, Alabama, and the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta ...
Because the airport had direct service to Canada and Mexico in the 1990s and that is why it is an international airport. The airport was renamed a year ago to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport after civil rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth who mad a great impact on B'ham. After the airport was renamed, Mayor Langford wanted to make ...
Beginning in December 2015, BJCTA introduced two new express Airport Shuttle routes from downtown Birmingham hotels directly to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport. One bus serves Northside hotels and the other bus serves Southside hotel. The Airport Shuttle routes operate hourly on Mondays through Saturdays and the fare is $5.00.
Birmingham News. Williams, Roy (July 15, 1993) "Bell says city airport "No. 1" site to locate international airport." Birmingham News. Kennedy, James H. (September 30, 1993) "Chilton site early choice for airport." Birmingham News. Lindly, Tom (July 28, 1994) "State picks St. Clair for proposed airport." Birmingham News.
When Shuttlesworth prepared the Riders to leave Birmingham and they reached the Greyhound Terminal, the Riders found themselves stranded as no bus driver was willing to drive the controversial group into Mississippi. [14] Shuttlesworth stuck with the Riders [15] and called Kennedy. [14]
Runway 11/29 was paved in the early 1950s. A northeast–southwest runway (4/22) was built in 1970, along with a passenger terminal, to facilitate jet service. Airline service to Tuscaloosa began on June 10, 1949, on a 25-seat Douglas DC-3 as one of the original six destinations served by Southern Airways. [11]