<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Akron&ndash;Canton Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Public funds for the construction of the airport were allocated during World War II for defense purposes, but construction stalled over a controversy relating to whether public funding for airport construction would be appropriate. As a result, private funding was essential to the initial construction of the airport, particularly in purchasing the land.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was dedicated on October 13, 1946, as the Akron&ndash;Canton&ndash;Massillon Airport; the name was later changed to Akron&ndash;Canton Regional Airport. Passenger air service began in 1948 when American, United, Capital, and Eastern airlines moved from the Akron Fulton International Airport. A permanent terminal was built in 1955 and expanded in 1962. In the summer of 2020, a new expansion was made to the terminal, relocating gates from the original terminal to a new bi-level concourse. The gates and terminal area original to the 1960s are slated for demolition to make room for new aircraft parking areas.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Transportation Akron&ndash;Canton Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Akron&ndash;Canton Airport has a number of taxicab and shuttle services. It is also served by one route from each of the region's two public transit providers, Akron Metro Regional Transit route 110 and Canton-based Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) route 81.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The SARTA route provides service every hour for most of the day, Monday through Saturday and serves both Canton and Akron via Interstate 77, including transit centers in both downtown Canton and downtown Akron.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The Akron Metro route is a five-times-per-day Monday through Friday local route through Southern Summit County but does serve the downtown Akron Transit Center.</p>
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