Logan International Airport
| Logan International Airport General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport |
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| IATA: BOS – ICAO: KBOS – FAA LID: BOS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) | ||
| Serves | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Location | East Boston, Mass. | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||
| Coordinates | 42°21′47″N 071°00′23″W / 42.36306°N 71.00639°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4L/22R | 7,861 | 2,396 | Asphalt |
| 4R/22L | 10,005 | 3,050 | Asphalt |
| 9/27 | 7,000 | 2,134 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| 15L/33R | 2,557 | 779 | Asphalt |
| 15R/33L | 10,083 | 3,073 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 399,537 | ||
| Passengers | 28,102,455 | ||
| Source: FAA[1], Massport.[2] | |||
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS, FAA LID: BOS) in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts), is one of the 20 busiest airports in the U.S., with over 27 million passengers a year.[2] The airport serves as a focus city for American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways, and JetBlue Airways.
It covers 2,400 acres (10 km²), has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people.[3] The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, the Cape Verde Islands, the Caribbean, Europe, and Mexico. The distinctive central control tower, nearly a dozen stories high, is a local landmark with its pair of segmented elliptical pylons and a six-story platform trussed between them.
Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue Airways.[4] Delta Air Lines and US Airways also carries out many operations from the airport, and all major airlines fly to Boston from all or the majority of their primary and secondary hubs. It is also a destination of many major European airlines. The airport is a hub for regional airline Cape Air. The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Africa,[5] Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, and South America.[6][7] Japan Airlines plans to inaugurate service to Tokyo in 2012, which would add the first service to Asia since 2001.[8]
In 2010, it was the world's 28th busiest airport in terms of aircraft movements. The airport is also the 12th busiest airport in the U.S. based on international traffic. In 2010, it handled 3,681,739 international passengers.[2] Logan Airport stimulates the New England regional economy by over $7billion each year. It generates $559.4 million in state and local taxes.[9]
References [change]
- ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for BOS (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Airport Statistics". Massport. 2010. http://www.massport.com/logan/about_stati.html. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ↑ "MASSPORT: Logan Airport: FAQ". Massport. 2008. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080718063819/http://www.massport.com/LOGAN/faq.html. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ↑ "JetBlue Airways - Press Releases". Investor.jetblue.com. 2011-08-10. http://investor.jetblue.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131045&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1595211&highlight=. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ↑ "Cape Verde". CIA World Factbook. 2010. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cv.html. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo-Guarulhos_International_Airport
- ↑ http://www.dairfare.com/direct-flights-from-the-united-states-to-brazil/
- ↑ Katie Johnston Chase (May 27, 2011). "Japan Airlines sets Hub-Tokyo service". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/05/27/japan_airlines_sets_hub_tokyo_service/?p1=News_links.
- ↑ Howe, Peter J. (March 8, 2006). "Logan impact to area economy put at $7.6b per year". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/03/08/logans_impact_to_area_economy_put_at_76b/. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
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