Indianapolis International Airport

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Indianapolis International Airport

IATA: IND - ICAO: KIND
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		BAA
Serves		Indianapolis, Indiana
Elevation AMSL		797 ft (242.9 m)
Coordinates		39°43′2.38″N, 86°17′39.78″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5L/23R	11,200	3,414	concrete/grooved
5R/23L	10,000	3,048	concrete/grooved
14/32	7,605	2,318	asphalt

Midfield Terminal Project

Midfield Terminal Rendering

Indianapolis International Airport (IATA: IND, ICAO: KIND) is an airport located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by the City of Indianapolis and operated by British airport operator BAA. The airport is the largest in Indiana and a major hub for FedEx. It is also a focus city for AirTran Airways and Northwest Airlines. As of 2006, it is the only commercial airport in the United States to be completely managed by a private firm.

1 History
2 Accidents
3 Concourses
4 External links

[edit] History

Before it got its International designation, it was called Weir-Cook Airport, after Lt. Col. Harvey Weir-Cook of Wilkinson, Indiana, who was a US Army Air Forces pilot in World War I and World War II, where he was killed while flying a P-40 over New Zealand. He was a flying ace during WWI, with seven victories. The airport opened in 1931 and the name was changed to Weir-Cook in 1944.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, USAir (now US Airways) maintained a secondary hub in Indianapolis, with non-stop jet service to locations on the west coast and Florida as well as turbo-prop service to cities throughout the Midwest. With 146 daily departures US Airways was the dominant carrier accounting for 49% of all seats. In the late 1990s, US Airways substantially reduced its service out of Indianapolis.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Indianapolis International Airport became a focus city for ATA Airlines and its regional affiliate, Chicago Express/ATA Connection. However, after the airline entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2004, operations at IND were drastically cut, and service from IND was totally eliminated in 2006. ATA's demise at Indianapolis gave Northwest Airlines the space it needed to grow. Coincidentally, after ATA flied for Chapter 11 in 2004, Northwest Airlines announced a major service expansion in Indianapolis.

A state-of-the-art, 1.2 million square foot midfield terminal is currently being constructed on the west side of the airport. The new terminal is scheduled to open in 2008.

[edit] Accidents

On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, which was flying Boston - Baltimore - Cincinnati - Indianapolis - St Louis, was involved in a midair collision with a Piper Cherokee during its descent over Fairland, Indiana in Shelby County. The airliner, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, crashed into a cornfield near London, Indiana, killing all 83 passengers on board.

On October 20, 1987, a United States Air Force A-7D Corsair II crashed into a Ramada Inn near the airport after the pilot bailed out. Ten people were killed, nine of them hotel employees.

On October 31, 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184, which was flying to Chicago, Illinois's O'Hare International Airport from Indianapolis, crashed into a soybean field, killing everyone on board.

[edit] Concourses

[edit] Concourse A (Gates A1-A8)

Northwest Airlines Gates A1 - A8 (Cancún [seasonal], Denver [begins June 7, 2007], Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, San Francisco [seasonal], Seattle/Tacoma [seasonal], Tampa, Washington-Reagan)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Boston, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, Kansas City, Memphis, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, Washington-Reagan)

[edit] Concourse B (Gates B1-B6)

American Airlines Gates B1, B2 (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
- AmericanConnection operated by Trans States Airlines (St. Louis)
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Miami)
Delta Air Lines Gates B4, B5, B6 (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK)
- Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America (Atlanta)

[edit] Concourse C (Gates C1-C10)

AirTran Airways Gates C1, C2, C4, C10 (Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale [seasonal], Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Miami [seasonal], Orlando, San Francisco [seasonal], Sarasota [seasonal], Tampa, West Palm Beach [seasonal])
Continental Airlines Gates C5, C6 (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Frontier Airlines Gate C3 (Cancún, Denver)
- Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines (Denver)
Midwest Airlines
- Midwest Connect Gate C1 operated by Skyway Airlines (Milwaukee)
Southwest Airlines Gates C8, C9 (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa)

[edit] Concourse D (Gates D1-D10)

Air Canada Gate D8
- Air Canada Jazz (Toronto-Pearson)
United Airlines Gates D7 - D10 (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
- United Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by Shuttle America (Denver, Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
US Airways Gates D1 - D6 (Charlotte, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Phoenix)
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Boston, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia)