JOHN GLENN COLUMBUS AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

History John Glenn Columbus International Airport

Early history

The airport opened July 8, 1929 as the port Columbus airport on a site selected by Charles Lindbergh, as the eastern air terminus of the transcontinental air transport air-rail New York to loss Angeles transcontinental route. Passengers traveled overnight on the Pennsylvania railroad's airway limited from New York to Columbus; by air from Columbus to Waynoka, Oklahoma; by rail again on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa fee from Waynoka to Clovis, New Mexico; and by air from Clovis to loss Angeles. The original terminal building and hangars remain; the hangars are still in use, but the old terminal sits derelict.

During world war ii, most of the facility was taken over by the use Navy, which established naval air station Columbus in 1942. Naps Columbus was closed and the facility relinquished back to civilian authorities in 1946. Also, during the war, the government established a government-owned aviation factory on the grounds of the airport known as air force factory 85, eventually operated by north American aviation. The plant produced the f-100 super saber, ra-5 vigilante, t-2 buckeye, t-28 Trojan, ov-10 bronco and t-39 sabering.

Facilities John Glenn Columbus International Airport

Terminal

Commercial terminal: John glen Columbus international airport has one terminal with three concourses, and a total of 34 gates. On-precleared international flights are processed in concourse c, which contains the airports customs facility.

1. Concourse a contains 7 gates, and is used primarily by southwest airlines.
2. Concourse b contains 16 gates, and is used primarily by American airlines, Air Canada, spirit airlines, and united airlines.
3. Concourse c contains 11 gates, and is used primarily by Alaska airlines, breeze airways, Delta Air Lines, frontier airlines, and sun country airlines.

General aviation terminals: The airport has two fixed-base operators, which offer fuel (both avgas and jet fuel), aircraft parking, conference rooms, crew lounges, snooze rooms, showers, courtesy transportation, and more.

Ground transportation John Glenn Columbus International Airport

The airport is accessible directly by taking exit number nine on interstate 670 to international gateway. Alternatively, drivers can also get to the airport from the east via Hamilton road, just south of interstate 270, and enter at sawyer road or from the west via seltzer road.

Connected to the terminal is a six-story parking garage that provides long-term and short-term parking. Lower cost satellite parking options, with continuous free shuttle service, can be found in the blue, red and green parking lots along international gateway. The blue lot is the closest to the terminal and also offers some covered parking. The cost of parking a car in the blue lot is $9 per 24 hours. The red lot costs $7 per 24 hours and the green lost costs $5 per 24 hours to park. The green lot is the furthest away from the terminal. Additionally, there is a free cell phone lot accessed from the outbound side of international gateway.

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