![]() Written by Severin Hackenberger in cooperation with Mason J.M. There is a lot of unique traffic in and out of MCI due to the hangar facilities, also with occasional military aircraft doing low fly-bys or touch ‘n’ goes due to the proximity from the Rosecrans Air National Guard Base (KSTJ), Whiteman Air Force Base (KSZL), McConnell Air Force Base (KIAB), and Offutt Air Force Base (KOFF), from my personal experience. Some example of the last years were Zimbabwe Airways or Kenya Airways B772 as well as Avianca F100. However, the most interesting traffic here are the aircraft arriving for scrapping or maintenance. Last but not least, MCI also hosts cargo facilities being used by FedEx, UPS and similar. ![]() ![]() The airport is thus mainly served by the common American carriers: United, Southwest, Delta, American, … In addition, MCI also sees the middle large US airlines a lot: Frontier, Spirit, Allegiant and Alaska. Today, Braniff, Mid-Continent, TWA and co. Thus, TWA was very important to the airport, which still can be seen as the airport is just about allegedly to repaint a preserved L1011 into original TWA colors – find out more HERE. Many design were driven by the American carrier, who tried out various concepts and models at MCI. In the later years of the 20th century, the airport became TWA’s airport of the future. In 1972 the airport was renamed into Kansas City International, but kept its code. First, the airport was named after the carrier Mid-Continent although it merged with Braniff in 1952 already – this is, why the code is MCI: Mid-Continent International. Suddenly, the airfield was opened in 1956 and has always been under civil usage as Kansas City’s former airport was then given to the US Air Force. The airport was built after the great flood in 1951 destroyed parts of Kansas City’s former major airport close to the Missouri River. ![]() ![]() Louis – while latter is located at Missouri’s eastern border, Kansas City can be found at the state’s western border. As parts of the city as well, the airport is not located in Kansas, but in Missouri, where it belongs to one of the biggest airfields together with St. Kansas City International Aiport (MCI/KMCI) is located 25km northwest of Kansas City itself. ![]()
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