46-495: Kansas City Airport may refer to airports in the Kansas City metro area. Kansas City International Airport (IATA: MCI) Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (IATA: MKC) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change
92-788: A consolidated rental car facility and each terminal has four rental car shuttle bus stops operated by First Transit and REM Inc. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has public bus service to the airport. Several private scheduled shared 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). (a)Includes passenger totals for Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport January-November 1972. From 1972 through 2023, MCI has served 443,365,878 passengers (enplaned+deplaned), annual average of 8,526,267 passengers per year. In 2009,
138-487: A 24:1 margin approved a $ 150 million bond issue following a campaign by Mayor Ilus W. Davis to move the city's main airport to an expanded Mid-Continent. The city had considered building its new airport 5 miles (8.0 km) north of downtown Kansas City in the Missouri River bottoms, as well as locations in southern Jackson County, Missouri , but decided to stick with the property it already owned. The airport property
184-449: A constant roar downtown. Mid-Continent was surrounded by open farmland. On July 1, 1965, Continental Airlines Flight 12 overran the runway while landing at Kansas City Municipal Airport. The Civil Aeronautics Board determined that the pilots of the Boeing 707 had landed properly within the touchdown zone for their ILS approach, and though deploying spoilers, thrust reversers, and brakes,
230-573: A deteriorating state. Most of the former buildings, including the Officers' and NCOs' Clubs, the base hospital, theater, and commissary, the Wing Headquarters buildings, and some of the base housing have been demolished. Around 2010, the former alert hangars and pads were demolished, along with the east–west runway, to provide space for roadworks providing access to the intermodal facility and the new National Nuclear Security Administration facility that
276-524: A technology that allows people to pay using their palm. Also occurring on February 28, 2023 was the permanent closure of terminals B and C, what with the opening of the new single terminal. Fifty mosaic medallions from the two former terminals were preserved. In February 2024, the Kansas City Council approved a $ 17.5 million contract with St. Louis-based Spirtas Wrecking Company to demolish old terminals B and C. Demolition work began July 15, 2024, and
322-414: A truck line. Kansas City Southern's main line runs from the intermodal center at Richards-Gebaur all the way to a deep-sea Pacific port at Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico . The first phase is expected to cost $ 250M and when complete will be able to handle up to 250,000 shipping containers per year. The former military buildings and flightline facilities at Richards-Gebaur are now essentially abandoned, left in
368-611: Is a public airport in Kansas City, Missouri , located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Downtown Kansas City in Platte County, Missouri . The airport was opened in 1972 and a new complex in the airport was completed in 2023, replacing the old one. MCI replaced Kansas City Municipal Airport (MKC) in 1972, with all scheduled passenger airline flights moved from MKC to MCI. It serves the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and
414-489: Is conducted regardless of whether the strike occurred on or off the airfield. In the reporting period of January 1990 to September 2008, none of the encounters resulted in injury to people and all of the airplanes landed safely. The report listed the most serious incidents. Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station ) until
460-643: Is now used as the International Freight Gateway (IFG) for CPKC Rail to ship cargo to and from Mexico . Several businesses, in major agreement with the City of Kansas City and the State of Missouri, are removing the old runway and facilities and building a large truck-to-rail freight center, with above-ground and underground storage. The CenterPoint-Kansas City Southern Intermodal Center will cover 1,340 acres (5.4 km ) of rail and industrial space. Phase I of
506-492: Is the primary passenger airport for much of western Missouri and eastern Kansas . The airport covers 10,680 acres (16.7 sq mi; 43.2 km ) and has three runways . The airport has always been a civilian airport and has never been assigned an Air National Guard unit. Since the 2020 pandemic shutdown , the number of peak-day scheduled aircraft departures has been steadily recovering. As of October 2022 , there were 303 daily arrivals and departures. Nonstop service
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#1732891934981552-501: The 4676th Air Defense Group (ADG) was moved by Air Defense Command to the new base from Fairfax Field. The 4676th ADG's mission included the management of the station facilities, commanding the Air Base squadron, Material and Supply squadrons, Infirmary and other support units. Shortly afterwards, in March 1954 the first operational flying unit, the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS),
598-589: The Missouri River from the city's main Kansas City Municipal Airport , which was not as badly damaged. TWA's main overhaul base was a former B-25 bomber factory at Fairfax, and TWA commercial flights flew out of the main downtown airport. Subsequently Kansas City planned to build an airport with room for 10,000-foot (3,000 m) runways and knew the downtown airport would not be large enough. Kansas City already owned Grandview Airport south of
644-492: The United States Army Air Forces I Troop Carrier Command built a facility on part of the airfield in 1944 which was used as a sub-base for Sedalia AAF (later Whiteman Air Force Base ) for overflow traffic and training uses. The United States Navy also used the airport as an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) to Naval Air Station Olathe , Kansas where aviators were trained for carrier operations. The airport remained
690-494: The 1960s and 1970s was Kansas City's largest employer, with 6,000 employees. Although Mid-Continent merged with Braniff in 1952, Kansas City named the new airport on the basis of Mid-Continent's historic roots of serving the Mid-continent Oil Field . Mid-Continent had renamed from Hanover Airlines in 1938 after moving its headquarters from Sioux City, Iowa, to Kansas City when it began service to Tulsa and other cities in
736-505: The City of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1985. Between 1983 and 1997 the city of Kansas City lost $ 18 million operating Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport and in 1998, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a plan to close the airport. In 2001 the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision to close the airport in a suit brought by Friends of Richards-Gebaur Airport of Grandview, Missouri . The former airport
782-570: The IATA code JCI (although the FAA refers to it as IXD and the ICAO as KIXD), which could also lead to confusion. The airport has a single terminal with 40 gates and two concourses: Concourse A has 13 gates (A1–A20) and Concourse B has 27 gates (B40–B69). Non precleared international arrivals are processed at gates A12, A14, and A16. The airport is near major highways Interstate 29 and Interstate 435 . The airport has
828-747: The Transportation Security Administration announced that the airport would be one of the first in the United States to have full-body scanners , with the first one used at the Southwest Airlines screening area beginning in the summer of 2010. Terminal A was closed on January 8, 2014, and demolished in 2019. Forty mosaic medallions from the terminal were preserved. Icelandair launched a seasonal route to Reykjavík, Kansas City's first transatlantic flight, in May 2018. The airline operated
874-420: The ability to expand up to 50 gates in the future. Two moving walkways expedite transfers between the two concourses to make navigating the airport easier. Consolidated and flexible security checkpoints were designed to accommodate changes in passenger volume. A new 6,200-space garage was built adjacent to the terminal to allow convenient covered parking near the terminal. The new facility also utilizes Amazon One,
920-477: The airport Kansas City International Airport (although it kept MCI as its airport code ). TWA, Braniff, and everyone moved to MCI. Many design decisions were driven by TWA, which envisioned the facility as its hub, with 747s and Supersonic Transports whisking people from America's heartland to all points on the globe. Streets around the airport included Mexico City Avenue, Brasília Avenue, Paris Street, London Avenue, and Tel Aviv Avenue. TWA vetoed concepts to model
966-404: The airport on Washington–Dulles and Tampa , because those two airports had people movers, which it deemed too expensive. TWA insisted on "Drive to Your Gate" with flight gates 75 feet (23 m) from the roadway (signs along the roadway showed the flights leaving each gate). The single-level terminals had no stairs, similar to a plan that would be built at Dallas/Fort Worth . TWA's vision for
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#17328919349811012-583: The airport was reported as having the highest number of wildlife strikes of any airport in the US, based on take-offs and landings (57 per 100,000). FAA records showed 146 strikes in 2008, up from 37 in 2000. The Kansas City Aviation Department issued a press release on October 15, 2009, outlining its Wildlife Hazard Management Plan created in 1998 to reduce wildlife strikes, including removal of 60 acres (24 ha) of trees, zero tolerance for Canada geese, ensuring grain crops are not grown with 2,000 feet (610 m) of
1058-481: The base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by the United States Army in 1944. In April 1957, the base was renamed in honor of Kansas City, Missouri-born aviators John Francisco Richards II and Arthur William Gebaur Jr. The City of Kansas City built Grandview Airport (IATA code GVW) in 1941. During World War II ,
1104-554: The city with ample room for expansion, but the city chose to build a new airport north of the city away from the Missouri River following lobbying by Platte County native Jay B. Dillingham , president of the Kansas City Stockyards , which had also been destroyed in the flood. TWA moved its Fairfax plant to the new airport and also its overseas overhaul operations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware. The site just north of
1150-516: The command of the 328th Fighter Group , (later the 328th Fighter Wing ) which replaced the 4676th as host organization and controlled the interceptor squadrons at the base until inactivating in July 1968. The 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron arrived January 1967 from Selfridge AFB, Michigan with the F-106 Delta Dart , also inactivating in July 1968. After a Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) memo in
1196-402: The cramped site, there were doubts that the downtown site could handle the new Boeing 747 . Jets had to make steep climbs and descents to avoid the downtown skyscrapers on the 200-ft (60-m) Missouri River bluffs at Quality Hill , east of the approach course a mile or two south of the south end of the runway, and downtown Kansas City was in the flight path for takeoffs and landings, resulting in
1242-586: The designation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the time reserved all call letters with "K" or "W" for radio and television stations, so KCI was not viable. The "W" and "K" restrictions have since been lifted, but the FAA is reluctant to change names that have appeared on navigational charts. The "KCI" IATA designation is also already assigned to another airport , Kon Airport in East Timor . Nearby New Century AirCenter also carries
1288-416: The early 1950s declared that the city's Kansas City Downtown Airport was the most unsafe major airport in the country, the city government built terminals and runways. north of the city at the new Mid-Continent Airport, which opened in 1956 and was later renamed Kansas City International Airport (retaining its original aviation code MCI). The airfield and other facilities at Richards-Gebaur were returned to
1334-585: The future of flight that had been pioneered by the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport in New York City (which also featured cars close to the gates design) proved troublesome almost from the start. The terminals turned out to be unfriendly to the 747 since passengers spilled out of the gate area into the halls. When security checkpoints were hardened after 9/11, they were difficult and expensive to implement since passenger seating areas had to be walled off from
1380-550: The largest single infrastructure project in Kansas City’s history. In early 2020, Kansas City International Airport suspended all international flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The airport lifted all COVID-19 travel restrictions in March 2022. The airport's new terminal opened on February 28, 2023. It features spacious gate areas and nearly 50 local and national food and beverage options. The terminal opened with 40 gates and
1426-563: The link to point directly to the intended airport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansas_City_Airport&oldid=932932522 " Category : Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kansas City International Airport Kansas City International Airport ( IATA : MCI , ICAO : KMCI , FAA LID : MCI ) (originally Mid-Continent International Airport )
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1472-441: The main concourses. As a result, passenger services were nonexistent downstream of the security checkpoint in the gate area. No restrooms were available, and shops, restaurants, newsstands, ATMs or any other passenger services were not available without exiting the secure area and being re-screened upon re-entry. Shortly after the airport opened, TWA asked that the terminals be rebuilt to address these issues. Kansas City, citing
1518-698: The massive cost overruns on a newly built airport to TWA specification, refused, prompting TWA to move its hub to St. Louis . After the establishment of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2001, MCI was one of five airports where the TSA has experimented with using independent contractors to inspect travelers. The airport uses AKAL Security , an independent contractor that conforms to TSA's recruiting and training standards. TSA supervises these independent contractors, but they are not federal employees. A $ 258 million terminal renovation
1564-460: The oil field. In 1954, TWA signed an agreement to move its overhaul base to the airport; the city was to build and own the $ 18 million-base and lease it to TWA. However, the downtown airport continued to be Kansas City's passenger airport; a 1963 Federal Aviation Agency memo called the downtown airport "one of the poorest major airports in the country for large jet aircraft" and recommended against spending any more federal money on it. Along with
1610-527: The project will include 4,500,000 square feet (420,000 m ) of covered industrial warehouses and distribution centers. Developer CenterPoint Properties of Chicago bought the property from the Port Authority of Kansas City, which still owns 100 acres (0.40 km ) and with Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Inc., will mine limestone and create underground storage spaces. Major transportation companies include Kansas City Southern railway and Schneider National, Inc.,
1656-908: The property of Kansas City, Missouri. As a result of the Cold War military buildup, Grandview Airport was leased by the United States Air Force on 1 January 1952 and title was transferred to the Federal Government in November 1952. After some construction and upgrading of facilities, Grandview Air Force Base was opened on 1 October 1952, with the 4610th Air Base Squadron being the base operating unit (operating from Fairfax Field in Kansas City, Kansas). No military personnel were assigned prior to 1954 while major construction took place on runways, taxiways, aprons and support facilities. Beneficial occupancy of Grandview AFB began on 16 February 1954 when
1702-491: The remaining runway distance was too short for them to safely stop in heavy rain and tailwind conditions. Though having attempted to improve the runway surface and braking performance, the Airline Pilots Association said that many commercial pilots continued to "blacklist" the airport. A new airport, with longer runways, would be required to satisfy regulatory runway safety area requirements. In 1966, voters in
1748-607: The runways, and harassing wildlife to keep it clear of the airport. Furthermore, in 2007, the airport elected to enact a policy of 100% submitting wildlife strike reports to the FAA/USDA National Strike Database. When birds are involved in a strike, whether reported by an aircraft owner or operator, or the bird was found on the runway, feathers or DNA samples are recovered and sent to the Smithsonian Institution for positive identification. This documentation
1794-453: The service with Boeing 757s. In the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX groundings , Icelandair decided to make changes to its network to increase profitability; these included severing the link to Kansas City. The last flight departed in September 2019. In March 2019, the old Terminal A was demolished to make way for a new single terminal. Designed by SOM Architects , the $ 1.5 billion project was
1840-444: The then-unincorporated hamlet of Hampton, Missouri , was picked in May 1953 (with an anticipated cost of $ 23 million) under the guidance of City Manager L.P. Cookingham . Ground was broken in September 1954. The first runway opened in 1956; at about the same time the city donated the southern Grandview Airport to the United States Air Force to become Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base . TWA's Kansas City Overhaul Base at its peak in
1886-639: Was activated and assigned to the group . The squadron was equipped with F-86D Sabre interceptors. The 326th FIS upgraded to the F-102 Delta Dagger in 1957, and inactivated on 2 January 1967. Also in March 1954, the ADC Central Air Defense Force (CADF), a command and control organization established its headquarters at Grandview AFB, and the 20th Air Division activated its headquarters on 8 October. Early in 1955, additional units were stationed at Grandview. The 326th FIS came under
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1932-458: Was completed in November 2004. Improvements included, amongst other things, increasing the size of each structural bay to provide larger spaces for vestibules, concessions, retail and public seating as well as new bathrooms inside security. Following the renovations, all three terminals included blue terrazzo floors. In May 2007, the final portion of the project, a new rental car facility and additional art fixtures, were completed. In March 2010,
1978-493: Was expected to last 10 weeks. MCI said the entire project is expected to take 10 months. The amount of international flights has increased, with Southwest Airlines having commenced nonstop seasonal services to San José del Cabo and Montego Bay. The city government has requested – but the airport has been unable – to change its original FAA location identifier of MCI for Mid-Continent, which had already been registered on navigational charts. Further complicating requests to change
2024-501: Was in an unincorporated area of Platte County until the small town of Platte City, Missouri , annexed the airport during construction. Kansas City eventually annexed the airport. Kivett and Myers designed the terminals and control tower; it was dedicated on October 23, 1972, by U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew . After a few finishing touches, MCI officially opened for business on November 11, 1972 at 1:22 am. Labor strife and interruptions raised its cost to $ 250 million. Kansas City renamed
2070-476: Was offered to 47 airports, including Cancun , Montego Bay , San José del Cabo , and Toronto . MCI is also a former hub for Braniff , Eastern , Midwest , Trans World , and Vanguard . Kansas City Industrial Airport was built after the Great Flood of 1951 destroyed the facilities of both of Kansas City's airlines, Mid-Continent Airlines and TWA , at Fairfax Municipal Airport . The facilities were across
2116-541: Was under construction to the north of the former base. Many of the previous Air Defense Command structures remain intact, including the SAGE block-house, the control tower, and some hangars. Some buildings that had been used by the 442nd Civil Engineering Squadron buildings were reconstructed for civilian use, while others, including the base gymnasium, library, bowling alley, personnel office and law enforcement buildings, and some other offices and dorms that were acquired for use by
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