<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Kansas City International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Kansas City industrial airport was built after the great flood of 1951 destroyed the facilities of both of Kansas city's hometown airlines mid-continent airlines and taw at Fairfax airport across the Missouri river from the city's main Kansas City municipal airport (which was not as badly damaged). Taw&rsquo;s main overhaul base was a former b-25 bomber factory at Fairfax, although taw commercial flights flew out of the main downtown airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Kansas City was planning to build an airport with room for 10,000-foot (3,000 m) runways and knew the downtown airport would not be large enough.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Kansas City already owned Grandview airport south of the city with ample room for expansion, but the city chose to build a new airport north of the city away from the Missouri river following lobbying by plate county native jay b. Dillingham, president of the Kansas City stockyards, which had also been destroyed in the flood.twa moved its Fairfax plant to the new airport and also its overseas overhaul operations at new castle county airport in Delaware.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Facilities Kansas City International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>terminals</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has a single terminal with 40 gates and two concourses:</p>
<p class="blog-para">Concourse a: 13 gates (a1&ndash;a20)</p>
<p class="blog-para">Concourse b: 27 gates (b40&ndash;b69)</p>
<p class="blog-para">Former terminals</p>
<p class="blog-para">Terminal a (gates 1&ndash;30) (1972&ndash;2014)</p>
<p class="blog-para">Terminal a, along with its two counterparts, opened in 1972. During its operational history, several airlines operated there, such as united, Midwest express, and us airways. During the early 2010s, airlines began to leave terminal a for other terminals, and airline mergers took place, which gradually reduced flight operations there. By the beginning of 2014, us airways was the sole operator at terminal a, only operating four out of 20 gates. Finally, on January 8, 2014, in an aim to reduce maintenance costs at the airport, mci decided to move us airways to terminal c and therefore close terminal a for good. The last flight disconnected from the jet bridge at 18:20 on that day. Since closing, the terminal had housed police training sessions and incoming/out coming sports teams. In 2019, work began on demolishing terminal a to make room for the new single terminal.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground transportation Kansas City International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">He airport is near major highways interstate 29 and interstate 435.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has a consolidated rental car facility at the intersection of London, Paris, and Bern streets on the airport property. Each terminal has four rental car shuttle bus stops. The shuttle buses are operated by first transit and rem Inc. The buses used for the shuttle service are 40-foot (12 m) gilling low-floor buses. These are silver in color and indicate rental car shuttle bus on the side. The shuttles come through the terminal every two to five minutes and are free of charge for all passengers and guests of the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">As of march 2013, the Kansas City area transportation authority has implemented improvements to the public bus service to the airport. Route 229 services the airport on about 18 trips per weekday, with the first bus departing at 5:32 a.m. And the last at 11:17 p.m. The bus also operates 18 round trips on Saturday and Sunday. The bus services all active terminals and provides service to the 12th and charlotte east village transit center in downtown Kansas City, with intermediate stops. System wide fare is free.</p>
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