BY Fred Shepherd
KCLE Cleveland Hopkins Int ’ l Airport Cleveland , OH Cleveland Hopkins International Airport ( IATA : CLE , ICAO : KCLE ) is a public airport located nine miles southwest of the central business district of Cleveland , Cuyahoga County , Ohio .
The airport is of particular importance to the history of commercial air travel due to a number of first-in-the-world innovations that would eventually become standard around the globe . Founded in 1925 , it was the first municipality-owned facility of its kind in the United States . It was the site of the first air traffic control tower , the first ground-to-air radio control system , and the first airfield lighting system , all in 1930 ; and it was the first U . S . airport to be directly connected to a local or regional rail transit system , in 1968 . It was also the first airport to employ a two-level terminal design separating arrivals from departures .
The airport was named after its founder , former city manager William R . Hopkins , on his 82nd birthday in 1951 .
On February 1 , 2014 , United ’ s then-CEO Jeff Smisek announced that the airline would shut down
Cleveland hub the following June . “ Our hub in Cleveland hasn ’ t been profitable for over a decade , and has generated tens of millions of dollars of annual losses in recent years ,” Smisek stated in a letter to United employees . “ We simply cannot continue to bear these losses . As of June 5 , 2014 , United Airlines effectively ended its hub operation at CLE ; however , the airport still continues to remain as a “ key airport ” for the airline .
After the announcement of United Airlines ’ s departure in 2014 , Cleveland saw greatly decreased flight operations , and by June , 2014 , United Airlines had cut more than 60 % of its daily departures at the airport . As a result of United Airlines ’ reduced schedule , Frontier Airlines has significantly increased its flight options from the airport and declared Cleveland a focus city . After the dehubbing of United Airlines , more low-cost airlines , such as Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines , came to Cleveland . As of 2015 , enplanements at Hopkins were 60 % of their peak during the time when the airport was a hub .
KSAW Sawyer International Airport Marquette , MI Sawyer International Airport ( IATA : MQT , ICAO : KSAW ) is a county owned public use airport in Marquette County , Michigan , United States . It is located 17miles south of the central business district of the city of Marquette .
This commercial and general aviation airport is located near Gwinn , on a portion of the former K . I . Sawyer Air Force Base , which closed in September 1995 . The airport opened for passenger service in September 1999 , serving Marquette and the surrounding area . It replaced the former Marquette County Airport ( IATA : MQT , ICAO : KMQT ) which closed the same year .
Marquette is a city in the U . S . state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County . The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census , making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula . Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior , known primarily for shipping iron ore , and is the home of Northern Michigan University . In 2012 , Marquette was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U . S . by CBS Money Watch .
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