TWA's main overhaul base was a former B-25 bomber factory at Fairfax, and TWA commercial flights flew out of the main downtown airport. That was at Fairfax Airport across the Missouri River from the city's main Kansas City Municipal Airport, which was not as badly damaged. Kansas City Industrial Airport was built after the Great Flood of 1951 destroyed the facilities of both of Kansas City's airlines, Mid-Continent Airlines and TWA. Nonstop service was offered to 47 airports, including Cancun and Toronto. As of October 2022, there were 303 daily arrivals and departures. Since the 2020 pandemic shutdown, the number of peak-day scheduled aircraft departures has been steadily recovering. The airport has always been a civilian airport and has never been assigned an Air National Guard unit.
The airport covers 10,680 acres (4,320 ha) and has three runways. It serves the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and is the primary passenger airport for much of western Missouri and eastern Kansas. MCI replaced Kansas City Municipal Airport (MKC) in 1972, with all scheduled passenger airline flights moved from MKC to MCI.
The airport was opened in 1972 and a new complex in the airport was completed in 2023, replacing the old one. Kansas City International Airport ( IATA: MCI, ICAO: KMCI, FAA LID: MCI) (originally Mid-Continent International Airport) is a public airport in Kansas City, Missouri, located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Downtown Kansas City in Platte County, Missouri. Airport from the east Kansas City Overhaul Base in 2007
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