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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