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1. Air Base a Step Closer to Use as Inland Port Air Base a Step Closer to Use as Inland Port April 14, 2007 City officials and CenterPoint Realty Services Corp. of Chicago signed contracts that moved the $10.6 million sale of the former military airport, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, closer into being. It...
2. Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax May 5, 2010 Postcard image and short article about the history of the Fairfax Industrial District, Fairfax Airport and Aircraft Assembly Plant. The Fairfax Airport opened in 1928 and was the primary airmail departure...
3. Branson Airport Is Set to Fly Branson Airport Is Set to Fly April 23, 2009 Commercial passenger flights will begin May 11, 2009, at the new, privately financed Branson Airport. The owners purchased 925 acres in the Ozarks about eight miles south of Branson and "built a runway,...
4. Change in the Air Change in the Air November 20, 2011 In-depth article discussing the pros and cons about replacing the 40-year old Kansas City International airport's three terminals with one building. Includes illustrations showing revenue passengers from...
5. City Plans Business Center City Plans Business Center June 21, 2007 A delegation of economic development officials and city leaders from Kansas City attended the Paris Air Show this week to showcase their new master plan for an 800-acre, multi-use development on Kansas...
6. City Withdraws Grant Request for Downtown Airport City Withdraws Grant Request for Downtown Airport July/9-15/1998 Discusses the withdrawal of a grant request by the Downtown Airport because the grantors stipulated safety measures the Airport does not have nor could afford to implement.
7. City's Aviation Industry Is Finally Taking Wing: City, Travel Officials Dream of New Horizons City's Aviation Industry Is Finally Taking Wing: City, Travel Officials Dream of New Horizons July/23/1978 Photos and entire section F on the airport.
8. Closing of Richards-Gebaur Airport Closing of Richards-Gebaur Airport January 10, 2000 The Richards-Gebaur Airport officially closed as an airport at 11:59 pm Sunday, January 9, 2000. The last plane to depart from the airport was a Saberliner-40 jet.
9. Consultant's Conflict of Interest Slows Richards-Gebaur Effort Consultant's Conflict of Interest Slows Richards-Gebaur Effort September/17-23/1998 Discusses city council-led investigations into potential conflict of interest concerns regarding the transformation of Richards-Gebaur Airport into an intermodal freight facility.
10. Downtown Airport to Get New Complex Downtown Airport to Get New Complex February 17, 2009 Construction will begin shortly on a new aviation-services center at the Wheeler Downtown Airport. Called Hangar 10, the new 91,000 square-foot complex will feature an executive terminal , fitness center,...
11. Fare Wars Fare Wars October/24-30/2002 Article describing problems associated with renovation of Kansas City International Airport (KCI). The remodelling project began in 1999 and was slated to be completed in 2004.
12. Flight Canceled Flight Canceled July-August/27-2/2000 Discusses a meeting at which runway options were discussed for the Richards-Gebaur Airport, recently transformed into an intermodal freight hub for Kansas City Southern Industries.
13. Future Boon to City in Mid-Continent Airport Future Boon to City in Mid-Continent Airport January/31/1965 Photos, captions, and article comparing the Municipal Airport (later called Downtown Airport) to the proposed Mid-Continent International Airport (later called Kansas City International Airport) in terms...
14. Groups OK the Bonds Groups OK the Bonds December/11/1966 Article about the $150 million revenue bond to fund the construction of the projected Mid-Continent Airport, with contributors listed in the article.
15. Holding Pattern: Airlines' Fiscal Problems Leave Airport Managers Uncertain Holding Pattern: Airlines' Fiscal Problems Leave Airport Managers Uncertain September 28, 2004 Article discusses how the woes of the airline industry affect the Kansas City International Airport. Includes a chart ''KCI At A Glance'' which gives total passengers and domestic flights.
16. Ivanhoe Masonic Country Club Ivanhoe Masonic Country Club February 25, 1921 Article about the 40-acre aviation field located on the Kellerstrass Farm at 85th and Holmes Roads, acquired by the Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge as a country club.
17. Kansas City Gains Mexican Air Link Kansas City Gains Mexican Air Link December/12/1974 First international carrier directly from Kansas City by Mexicana Airlines, the oldest commercial airplane carrier in North America.
18. KCI Airport KCI Airport January/25/1968 Article about the upcoming Kansas City International Airport.
19. KCI Traffic Tops 1 Million KCI Traffic Tops 1 Million July 21, 2006 Short entry stating Kansas City International Airport for the first time since August 2001 had more than a million travelers pass through the gates in June 2006. This was a 9 percent increase over June...
20. M-CI Spells GO for Kansas City M-CI Spells GO for Kansas City December/11/1966 Announcement of the use of "M-CI" abbreviation for the planned Mid-Continent International Airport. Discussion on the scramble to revise American airports. Extensive diagrams and drawings of Kansas City...