In the early 1960s, an FAA memo called it "the most dangerous major airport in the country" and urged that no further federal funds be spent on it. Airplanes had to avoid the 200-foot (60 m) Quality Hill and the Downtown Kansas City skyline south of the south end of the main runway. The airport had limited area for expansion ( Fairfax Airport across the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas covered a larger area). At the time air travel was considered to be handled in conjunction with rail traffic. The airport was built in the Missouri River bottoms next to the rail tracks at the Hannibal Bridge.
Its prominent tenant was Trans World Airlines (TWA), which was headquartered in Kansas City. It was dedicated as New Richards Field in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh and was soon renamed Kansas City Municipal Airport. This airport replaced Richards Field as Kansas City's main airport. The Fairfax Assembly plant (the former Fairfax Airport) is the big building across the Missouri River on the left. History The city considered calling the airport "Peninsula Field" because of the sharp bend in the Missouri River around the airport.
Located in Clay County, this facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport. Wheeler Downtown Airport ( IATA: MKC, ICAO: KMKC, FAA LID: MKC) is a city-owned, public-use airport serving Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Source: Federal Aviation Administration Ĭharles B.
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