Fort Wayne International Airport

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Fort Wayne International Airport


FAA airport diagram
IATA: FWA – ICAO: KFWA – FAA: FWA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Fort Wayne/Allen County Airport Authority
Location Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elevation AMSL 815 ft / 248 m
Coordinates 40°58′42″N 085°11′42″W / 40.97833, -85.195
Website www.FWairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 12,000 3,658 Asphalt/Concrete
9/27 4,001 1,220 Asphalt/Concrete
14/32 8,001 2,439 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fort Wayne International Airport (IATA: FWA, ICAO: KFWA, FAA LID: FWA) is a public airport located seven miles (11 km) southwest of the central business district of Fort Wayne, in Allen County, Indiana, United States. This airport is publicly owned by Fort Wayne/Allen County Airport Authority[1]

The airport has one terminal, the Lt. Paul Baer Terminal. There is passenger service to the seven larger airline hubs of Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas/Fort Worth, Cleveland, Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul, annually serving approximately 650,000 passengers.[2] There is also non-stop service to Orlando, St. Petersburg, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Fort Lauderdale. The airport has a 600,000-square-foot air cargo center located on the southwest side. The center was occupied by Kitty Hawk Aircargo, which operated a hub and spoke operation out of FWA until October 30, 2007, shortly after the carrier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The airport is currently trying to find alternate uses for the property.

FWA is also home to the 122d Fighter Wing (the "Blacksnakes") of the Indiana Air National Guard, which flies the F-16 fighter from a secure area of the airport away from the publicly accessible facilities.[3]

As of 2006, runway 5/23's usable dimensions are 11,981 feet long and 150 feet wide while the grooved-surface dimensions are 12,000 feet long and 150 feet wide, large enough to accommodate the Space Shuttle, 747s, and military tankers.[4]

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[edit] History

Baer Field, 8 April 1988
Baer Field, 8 April 1988

The airport was originally constructed as a military base during World War II. It opened in 1941 as Baer Field at a cost of $10 million. After the war, the City of Fort Wayne bought the airport from the federal government for $1, renaming it Fort Wayne Municipal Airport in 1946. The airport kept this name until 1991, when it was renamed Fort Wayne International Airport. Despite the new name, the airport lacks any international flights and serves primarily as a regional airport at this time.

In late 2003, Charles McKinley shipped himself via Kity Hawk Air Cargo from Newark International Airport to Buffalo, New York, then to Fort Wayne, eventually flying to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, undetected through security.[5][6]

On August 18, 2004, Fort Wayne International Airport was in the national spotlight after a mysterious "liquid substance" discovered leaking from luggage, forced authorities to shut down the airport, after six people fell ill. Fearing that the incident may have been an act of terrorism, the FBI was involved in the investigation. Later in the day, Haz-mat ruled that there was "no biological or chemical threat" and the airport was reopened that afternoon. All who were ill recovered and it was later revealed that the substance was an agent for producing perfume.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for FWA (Form 5010 PDF)
  2. ^ Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance - Airport Development. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
  3. ^ Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance - Airport Development. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
  4. ^ Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance - Airport Development. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
  5. ^ USATODAY.com - Man who stowed away on flight sentenced - Feb. 5, 2004
  6. ^ CNN.com - Man shipped from New York to Texas in crate - Sept. 10, 2003
  7. ^ CNN.com - Airport shutdown blamed on perfume - Aug 18, 2004

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