<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Jackson&ndash;Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Groundbreaking for the new airport occurred on august 17, 1959, beginning construction that was expected to take two years. The expansion was expected to cost $6 million (equivalent to $60,000,000 in 2022).at the opening ceremony, mayor Allen c. Thompson got a laugh when he thanked the people who had anything to do with the airport in the past, and "the taxpayers who are going to pay for it" in the future. The airport opened in 1963, a new airport to replace Hawkins field, Jackson&rsquo;s airport since 1928. Delta Air Lines&rsquo; first flight, from Dallas love field, landed at Hawkins field in 1929.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The new airport was named Allen c. Thompson field (after the mayor of Jackson at the time, who was instrumental in obtaining the land for the airfield), which remains the name for the land on which the airport is built. The airport was "Jackson municipal airport".</p>
<p class="blog-para">Following a decision by the Jackson city council in December 2004, the airport name was changed to Jackson&ndash;Evers international airport on January 22, 2005.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Facilities Jackson&ndash;Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has an l-shaped terminal, with the ramp extending north.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The west concourse, with gates 15&ndash;19, extends nearly straight from the central part of the terminal with ticket counters, while the east concourse (gates 1&ndash;4) extends north at the other end of the terminal building. In the 1980s, united airlines operated flights from gate 6, almost directly behind the ticket counters; however, when the airport was renovated in the early 1990s, gate 6 was converted into an observation deck.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The Mississippi musician&rsquo;s hall of fame museum is located at the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport covers 3,381 acres (1,368 ha) at an elevation of 346 feet (105 m). It has two runways, 16/34r and 16r/34l, each 8,500 ft &times; 150 ft (2,591 m &times; 46 m) asphalt.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Five new jet ways were installed in february 2011: two on the east concourse (gates 3 and 4) and three on the west concourse (gates 15, 17, and 19). Recent improvements include a new covered garage for long-term paring.</p>
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