Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI , ICAO: KMCI , FAA LID: MCI ) (originally Mid-Continent International Airport ) is a 15 mile (24 km) public airport northwest of downtown Kansas City in Platte County, Missouri. In 2017, 11.50 million passengers use the airport.
The biggest operators are Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, both of which have many daily flights at Terminal B.
The airport has always been a civil airport and has never had an Air National Guard unit assigned to it.
In 2009, the airport was reported to have the highest number of wildlife strikes at any airport in the US, based on landing and landing (57 per 100,000). The FAA record shows 146 strikes in 2008 - up from 37 in 2000.
In 2017 Kansas City voters approved a new single terminal design to be built by Edgemoor Infrastructure & amp; Real Estate for the next 3-4 years. The new airport will be built on the current Terminal A, with the flight continuing at terminals B and C during construction.
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History
Kansas City Industrial Airport
The Kansas City Industrial Airport built after the Great Flood of 1951 destroyed the facilities of both Kansas City airlines on Mid-Continent Airlines and TWA at Fairfax Airport across the Missouri River from the main city of Kansas City Municipal Airport (which was not badly damaged). TWA's main overhaul base is a former B-25 bombing plant in Fairfax, although TWA's commercial flight flies out of the main city center airport.
Kansas City plans to build an airport with space for a 10,000 foot (3,000 m) track and know that the airport in the city center will not be big enough.
Kansas City already has Grandview Airport in the southern city with plenty of room for expansion, but the city chose to build a new airport in the northern city far from the Missouri River after being lobbyed by Platte natives Jay B. Dillingham, president of Kansas City Storage also have been destroyed in the flood. TWA moved the Fairfax plant to a new airport as well as an overseas reshuffle operation at New Castle County Airport in Delaware.
Site to the north of the unknown hamlet of Hampton, Missouri was chosen in May 1953 (at an estimated cost of $ 23 million) under the guidance of City Manager L.P. Cookingham. Cookingham Drive is now the main access road to the airport. Ground was damaged in September 1954. The first runway opened in 1956; at the same time the city donated the Grandview Airport south to the United States Air Force to become Richards-Gebaur Airbase.
The airport crosses US 71 (now I-29) from Red Crown Tourist Court, where the criminals Bonnie and Clyde were involved in a 1933 law enforcement with the law enforcement, which caused the death of Clyde Buck Barrow's brother and the arrest of Buckover's wife The wheelbarrow.
TWA's Kansas City Overhaul Base at its peak in the 1960s and 1970s was Kansas City's largest company, with 6,000 employees.
Mid-Continent International Airport
Although Mid-Continent merged with Braniff in 1952, Kansas City decided to name a new airport based on the Mid-Continent historical roots (serving Mid-continent Oil Field). [2]
In 1954 TWA signed an agreement to move its reshuffle base to the airport; the city is to build and own $ 18 million-base and lease it to TWA. However, the downtown airport continues to be a Kansas City passenger airport; the 1963 Federal Aviation Agency memo called the city center airport "one of the country's poorest major airports for large jet aircraft" and recommended not spending more federal money.
Along with the narrow site, there is no doubt that the downtown site can handle the new Boeing 747. Jets must climb and climb down steep cliffs to avoid skyscrapers in the city center on a 200-foot (60-m) Missouri River cliff at Quality Hill, east of the climbing lane a mile or two south of the southern end of the runway, and downtown Kansas City is on the flight path for takeoffs and landings, which results in a constant rumbling city center. The Mid-Continent is surrounded by open farmland.
TWA "Future Airport"
In 1966, voters with a 24: 1 margin approved the issuance of $ 150 million worth of bonds after a campaign by Mayor Ilus W. Davis to move the city's main airport to the expanded Central Continent. The city has considered building a new airport five miles (8 km) north of downtown Kansas City at the base of the Missouri River, as well as a location in southern Jackson County, Missouri, but decides to stick with the property already owned. The old terminal was destroyed to make room for the current facility, built in 1972.
The airport property is in an area unrelated to Platte County to the small town of Platte City, Missouri, annexed the airport during construction.
Kansas City eventually annexed the airport. Kivett and Myers designed terminals and control towers; it was dedicated on October 23, 1972, by US Vice President Spiro Agnew. Labor disputes and interruptions increase the cost to $ 250 million. Kansas City was renamed Kansas City International Airport (although MCI continues as airport code). TWA, Braniff and everyone moved to MCI.
Many of the design decisions were driven by TWA, who imagined it would be the center, with 747 and Supersonic Transports bringing people from the heart of America to all the points in the world. The streets around the airport include Mexico City Avenue, Braslia Avenue, Paris Street, London Avenue and Tel Aviv Avenue.
TWA vetoed the concept of modeling airports at Washington Dulles International Airport and Tampa International Airport, as the two airports have the drivers of people considered too expensive. TWA insisted on "Drive to Your Gate" with a flight gate 75 feet (23 m) from the highway (signs along the road show a flight leaving every gate). The one-level terminal does not have a ladder. A similar layout will be built at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Vision TWA
TWA's vision for the future of flights pioneered by TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport in New York City (which also features cars close to the gate design) proved troublesome almost from the beginning.
The terminals were unfriendly to the 747, as passengers spilled out of the gate area into the hall. When security checks were added in the 1970s to stem piracy, they were difficult and expensive to implement because security checkpoints had to be installed in every gate area rather than in a centralized area.
As a result, passenger services are not located downstream of security checkpoints in the gate area. No toilets are available, and shops, restaurants, newsstands, ATMs or other passenger services are not available without getting out of the safe area and being refilled after logging in.
Shortly after the airport opened, TWA requested that the terminal be rebuilt to address this issue. Kansas City, citing massive cost overruns at the newly built airport for TWA specifications, refused, prompting TWA to move its hub to Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri.
Design
The MCI passenger terminal has a unique structure consisting of three terminals in the form of a ring. Each ring has a short term parking in the middle of the ring. Thus, it may be for tourists to park, walk no more than a hundred feet and go straight to their gate. The arrival of tourists can leave their gates, and immediately walk out of the terminal without going through the corridor. The airport also has several parking facilities outside the airport. The slogan at the time of bond issuance is "The shortest journey in the world to fly" and "Drive to your gate". A proposed fourth ring, as well as a 15,100 m (4,600 m) runway runway, has never been built, though, until a new rental car facility is established, one can see the foundation already laid for the fourth terminal.
Kansas City and airlines have opted against the "person mover" linking the three rings. Conversely, buses often carry passengers around the ring. Initially the cost of the bus was 25 cents, but after the protests by the cost tourists ended.
Similar designs can be found at Berlin-Tegel Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport, both in Germany.
Security
Following the establishment of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), MCI is one of five airports where TSA has experimented with using independent contractors to provide all the services of a travel inspector. The airport uses AKAL Security, an independent contractor that complies with TSA recruitment and training standards. TSA oversees these independent contractors, but they are not federal employees.
In March 2010 the airport was announced as one of the first in the US to have a full body scanner with the first one used at Southwest Airlines starting the summer of 2010.
Remodeling
The $ 258 million terminal repair project was completed in November 2004. Under the architectural designer 360, the following improvements were made:
- Increase the size of each structural trench to provide a larger front room, additional space for concessions, more public seating and better customer service
- The addition of roadside and air side retail space to provide better customer service
- A more functional and cost-effective signage solution that relocates the mechanical channel workings linked to the apron level below, exposing more of existing concrete and existing structures while allowing more natural light into the concourse area
- The bathroom is placed in security, even though the airline does not want it.
Other improvements include new finishes throughout, new entrance space to improve air locks between building and exterior interiors, new baggage claim devices, updated retail areas, new exterior glass and general designs for ticket counters that include sunshade devices.
After the renovation, all three terminals include a blue terrazzo floor made by artists Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel (who won the 2002 Honor Award from The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association), updated arrival/departure screens and toilets and concessions now available in the passenger pans. area. In May 2007, the final part of the project (a new car rental facility and additional art supplies) was completed.
One big problem persists after the renovation. The modifications required to implement TSA security create a situation where many "cleaned" gate areas have only one toilet stall for men and women (added during renovations); the remaining toilets are across the hall, which is now outside the safe area, requiring additional travel through TSA security. In 2001, certain gate areas did not have toilets that could be used inside a sterile area.
In 2006 the airport started offering free Wi-Fi.
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Facilities and airplanes
The airport covers 10,680 hectares (4,320 hectares) and has three runways. In 2007 the airport had 194,969 aircraft operations, averaging 534 per day.
The airport has facilities to serve and repair a Boeing 747 aircraft.
Terminal
The airport consists of three numbered terminals through the gate 90, although the airport has never loaded 90 gates. Numbering is to make it easier to identify which terminal the gateway enters. Terminal A (gate A1-A30, all of which are currently unused), Terminal B (gate B31-B60), and Terminal C (C61-C90 gate). Today Terminal B contains 20 gates and Terminal C contains 22 gates. SeaPort Airlines does not operate outside the main passenger terminal; they use a private flight terminal. Kansas City closed Terminal A on January 8, 2014. In November 2017, Kansas City, Missouri voters approved a plan to build a new terminal on the site currently occupied by Terminal A. Beginning in January 2018, Terminal C is undergoing renovations for better handling. international flights.
Airlines and destinations
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Top destinations
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Ground Transport
Road
The airport is near the Interstate 29 main highway and Interstate 435.
Car rental
The airport has car rental facilities consolidated at the corner of London and Paris as well as Bern and London Streets at the airport property. Each terminal has four car shuttle bus stops. The shuttle bus is operated by First Transit and REM Inc. The bus used for the shuttle service is a 40-foot (12 m) Gillig low-floor bus. It's silver colored and shows RENTAL CAR SHUTTLE BUS on the side. The shuttle comes through the terminal every two to five minutes and is free for all passengers and airport guests.
Bus
In March 2013, the Kansas City Regional Transport Authority has implemented improvements to the public bus service to the airport. Route 229 serves the airport with about 18 trips per work day, with the first bus leaving at 5:32 am and the last at 11:17 pm. There are also 18 round-trips on Saturdays and Sundays. The bus services of all terminals are active and provide services to the 10th and Main transit centers in Downtown Kansas City, with intermediate stops. The systemwide rate is $ 1.50 [3]
A number of individually scheduled private shuttle services operate from MCI to regional cities (including Saint Joseph, Missouri; Columbia, Missouri; Topeka, Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas); and military bases (Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Fort Riley; Kansas; Fort Leavenworth; Kansas; and Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri).
Propose a central terminal
Airport officials and city leaders say merging three MCI terminals into a single terminal can not be avoided. They cite the operating costs of several security checkpoints within each terminal and the lack of concessions and retail space outside of security, as well as the airport operating costs themselves as the reason for the new terminal. Consultants have been hired and five concepts for the future of the airport have been sketched.
Over the years Kansas City has continued to invest in three decentralized terminal concepts by building a multilevel parking structure inside each "C" terminal - connected through a tunnel.
Southern side proposal
On December 7, 2007, renewal of the airport master plan (required every 10 years for each major US airport by the FAA) launched a new plan for the central terminal.
Under the proposed master plan, the central terminal will be built on vacant land south of the airfield and will hold a centralized security checkpoint, a concourse for concessionaires and shops and four wings for the gates. The wings can be extended later, the consultant said. Since the southern portion of the airfield is empty, construction will not hamper the current operation. (A similar plan was implemented at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Springfield, Missouri.)
A runway extension of 1R to 12,000 feet (3,700m) has been proposed, as well as a 12,000-foot (3,700 m) runway to the west of the 1L runway currently also discussed. The architects working on the new master plan are Landrum and Brown. On December 18, 2008, the Kansas City Council approved a master plan for the airport, including a call for an extension of Tiffany Springs Road (called Tiffany Springs Parkway) between I-29 and I-435, as well as improvements to Missouri State Route 152 for the new terminal on the south side of the airport in 2025.
Terminal A redevelopment proposal
On October 18, 2012, Kansas City Star quoted Flight Director Mark VanLoh, who said that the focus for the terminal had shifted to undermine Terminal A and replace it with the Central Terminal. It was determined that the south side project would involve a large new infrastructure, which was considered too expensive.
Under the plan, the capacity for the airport will be streamlined from the current 42 gateways to 37 gates with airlines sharing the gates. The new terminal is projected to cost $ 1.2 billion and create 1,800 construction jobs.
The planners had considered rebuilding Terminal C but decided that A had better access to the main runway, fuel farming, cargo and deicing facilities and "lies better with respect to the sun and wind."
On April 4, 2013 City Transport Committee unanimously approved the plan. City officials say the airport will be paid for passenger fare; airline payments, concessions and tenants; and other aviation funds. They say that the usual way to pay for these projects is by issuing local bonds that will require Kansas City citizens' voting. Kevin Koster, a Kansas City marketing executive organizes opposition to the proposed single terminal through SaveKCI.org's website and continues to promote public discussion about alternatives.
Kansas City City announced the closure of terminal A, to move forward with a terminal plan. Terminal A closes on January 8, 2014, moving the airline to Terminal C.
On June 11, 2014 the airport advisory board of Kansas City Mayor issued their official recommendation for the city to proceed with the design of a single terminal.
Package starting 2017
By 2017, Mayor Sly James resumed conversations for a potential new terminal in Kansas City. Local design form Burns & amp; McDonnell is proactively proposing a privately funded option that will not require a new public tax. (Even if not personally financed, airport reconstruction will be paid at the airport take-off and landing costs, not separate tax initiatives). Originally Burn & amp; McDonnell is the only company that presents privately-funded options. In June 2017, the design company AECOM Airport also approached Kansas City to advise that they will also submit a personally funded proposal. On July 18, 2017, two new teams appeared to submit proposals to the city for the new terminal.
On 5 October 2017, Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate submit to Kansas City Council early renderings for a single passenger terminal. Designed by SOM Architects, the new design has two concourse and 35 gates. On November 7, voters in Kansas City approved the construction of a new terminal.
In March 2018, Southwest Airlines announced that the new terminal would have 42 gates, which could be expanded to 50, rather than the 35 gates originally planned. Then, in June 2018 announced by Edgemoor that the terminal will be larger than originally planned, and will be built on a budget of $ 1.3 billion to $ 1.4 billion (up from $ 964 million). The completion date is also encouraged from November 2021 to October 2022.
MCI vs. KCI
Despite requests from Kansas City, the airport can not change the appointment of the Midi Continent International Air Association (IATA) from MCI, which has been listed on the navigation charts. Further complicated requests to change the appointment, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the time reserved all the summons with "K" or "W" for radio and television stations, so KCI was not feasible.
In 1973, Wichita, Kansas, claimed the Mid-Continent name for the Municipal Airport (IATA: ICT, ICAO: KICT) after Kansas City left it. However, Wichita had no luck in changing the IATA designation for the same reason (including "W" forbidden). In 2016, Wichita Mid-Continent was renamed the Eisenhower National Airport.
The downtown Kansas City airport gets about "K" restrictions because it was originally called Airport City and so it's called MKC and for that extra incentive in Missouri.
The "W" and "K" limits have been revoked, but IATA is reluctant to change the name that appears on the navigation chart. The appointment of "KCI" has also been assigned to other airports, Kon Airport in East Timor, so people have to change, adding delays and confusion. The nearby New Century AirCenter also carries IATA codes of IHSG (though the FAA calls it the IXD and ICAO as KIXD), which can also cause confusion.
Hubs
The airport is the crew base for Republic Airlines. Southwest Airlines also has many flights (68 daily on weekdays) and is the largest airline in the airport. It does not classify MCI as a city of focus (and Southwest does not refer to the city as a "hub"). Delta Air Lines carries the second highest passenger number at the airport, currently serving 10 goals non-stop.
This airport is the center of Braniff Airways, Eastern Air Lines, TWA and Vanguard Airlines are now dead. It is also a hub for US Airways, Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines. TWA (through its successor American Airlines) continued to use the revamp basis until September 24, 2010 when they closed all operations at the repair facility, transferred 900 employees to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and laid off the rest. Smith Electric Vehicles rented this facility in March 2010.
On February 10, 2011, Great Lakes Airlines stopped service from Kansas City to Dodge City, Kansas, as well as Joplin and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The decision was based on decreased passenger and passenger shipments through their hubs in Denver.
Accidents and incidents
- December 21, 1978 - TWA Flight 541 from Louisville International Airport to Kansas City was hijacked by 17-year-old Robin Oswald to Williamson County Regional Airport in Illinois in an effort to secure the release of Garrett Brock Trapnell, United States Penitentiary, Marion for January 28, 1972, TWA Flight 2 hijacking from Los Angeles to New York City. Oswald's mother, Barbara Oswald, was killed on May 24, 1978, after hijacking a helicopter in an attempt to save her (and Martin J. McNally, who served for 23 June 1972, the hijacking of St. Louis-Tulsa American Airlines flight). Robin gave up after 10 hours at Williamson airport.
- April 13, 1987 - The Buffalo Airways 721 flight is operated by Burlington Air Express freighter flight from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport which descends in thick fog with a 950-ft-high, half-mile-long viewing distance of 3 miles (5 km) runway. The four residents were killed - the worst accident in airport history.
- September 8, 1989 - USAir Flight 105 from Pittsburgh International Airport cuts four 75-foot (23 m) power lines over 7,000 feet (2,100 m) of land east of Runway 27 after making adjustments after being told by MCI controllers that lights out on the south side airport. The flight then landed in Salina, Kansas. None of the 64 people in it were hurt.
- February 16, 1995 - Air Transport International Flight McDonnell Douglas DC-8 to Westover Metropolitan Airport, which had canceled the takeoff six minutes earlier due to a loss of directional control, crashed on Runway 1L on another takeoff due to a directional control failure when its tail hit base. The three people inside were killed.
- August 21, 2001 - At 1:11 am, the American West Airlines Boeing 737-300 operates as Flight 598 from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport landed on Runway 27 to the left of the midline during bad weather. The first officer in power failed to correct the left direction deviation and the plane came out of the runway about 1,000 feet after landing. Both machines were destroyed by the debris of a foreign object, but the aircraft was repaired and returned to service. There were no fatalities and only one wound was reported by 53 passengers and 6 crewmen.
- July 16, 2014 - Embraer E170 is scheduled to operate US Airways 3408 Flight to Ronald Reagan Washington Airport Washington turns off the 19L runway while conducting high speed taxi for maintenance purposes. None of the two maintenance crew in it were hurt. There were no passengers on the plane at the time of the incident.
Wildlife Strikes
In 2009, the airport was reported to have the highest number of wildlife strikes at any airport in the US, based on landing and landing (57 per 100,000). The FAA record shows 146 strikes in 2008, up from 37 in 2000.
The Kansas City Department of Aviation issued a press release on October 15, 2009, outlining the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan created in 1998 to reduce wildlife strikes, including removal of 60 acres (24 hectares) trees, zero tolerance for Canadian swans, growing by 2,000 feet (610 m) from the runway, and harassing wildlife to keep it clean from the airport. Furthermore, in 2007, the airport decided to enact a 100% policy of submitting a wildlife strike report to the FAA/USDA National Strike Database. When a bird is involved in a strike, either reported by the owner or operator of the plane, or the bird is found on the runway, feathers and/or DNA samples are found and sent to the Smithsonian Institution for positive identification. This documentation is performed regardless of whether the strike takes place on or off the airfield.
In the January 1990 to September 2008 reporting period, no meetings resulted in anyone injured and all aircraft landed safely. The report notes the most serious incident.
- March 31, 2006 - Boeing 737 plane crashed into medium to large birds and damaged the engine during take-off. It's back.
- February 25, 1999 - A Learjet 35 approaches Kansas City City Center City crashing into a swarm of snow geese over MCI. One hits the copilot's window, and one is swallowed into the machine, turning it off. It landed safely.
- March 4, 1999 - DC-9 landing at the airport hit a swarm of snow swans, feeding goose on both machines and turning it off. The plane landed safely.
- April 28, 2000 - Boeing 727 aircraft on take-off hit a Canadian goose, destroyed the engine. It's back safely.
- June 10, 2005 - A DC-9 on takeoff struck an American fence, stalling the machine. It's back safely.
- November 14, 2009 - Frontier Airlines Flight No. 820, an Airbus A319, hit a swarm of Canadian geese shortly after take-off, resulting in a loss of power to the engine. The aircraft flies back safely to MCI.
Non-flights
- In September 2017, the body of Randy Potter, 53, of Lenexa, Kansas, was found in his truck in Lot B. Economy has decayed to a point where his race and gender are not clear; Potter went to the airport one morning in January and committed suicide with a gun. His family when he disappeared was clearly assigned his truck plate number to the airport authorities, who assured him that they were recording the plates of all vehicles parked in the parking lot every day and would check them regularly. The apparent failure of this system to find the Potter truck for eight months has led to an investigation by the municipality.
In popular culture
- This airport is featured in episode 63 of the Discovery Channel TV series Gross Jobs . This episode features a Southwest Airlines baggage handling system and airport incinerator. It originally aired on February 20, 2007. An episode later in 2007 featured Mike Rowe cleaning a paint truck at MCI.
- The airport is also the setting for the majority of John J. Nance's fiction book, Final Approach , which follows the collision of two planes, from North America Airlines fictitious airlines, on runways in Kansas City International, and NTSB investigations which follow.
- The airport is a location in the movie Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal. In the film, air traffic controllers guide hijacked planes to secure landings at Kansas City International Airport.
Note
Mid-Continent changed its name from Hanover Airlines in 1938 after moving its headquarters from Sioux City, Iowa, to Kansas City when service started to Tulsa and other cities in the oil fields 2. ^ Starting January 2016, the charge is $ 1.50
References
External links
- Kansas City International Airport (official website)
- FAA Airport Chart Ã, (PDF) , effective June 21, 2018
- AC-U-KWIK Information for KMCI
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMCI
- ASN accident history for MCI
- FlightAware airport information and direct flight trackers
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautics graph for KMCI
- Current MCI FAA delay information
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