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  2. Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport - Wikipedia

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    The event was used by city planners to raise funds for a proposed Wichita Municipal Airport. The event was a success and ground-breaking ceremonies for the airport were held on June 28, 1929. The airport was then about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the older Wichita city limits. Wichita Municipal Airport was officially dedicated on March 31, 1935.

  3. Kansas Aviation Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Kansas Aviation Museum is a museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States, near 31st South and George Washington Blvd. The building was the former Wichita Municipal Airport terminal from 1935 to 1954. The Museum features many display aircraft including the WB-47E Stratojet, B-52D Stratofortress, KC-135 Stratotanker, Boeing 727, Boeing ...

  4. Wichita, Kansas - Wikipedia

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    The Wichita Airport Authority manages the city's two main public airports, Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and Colonel James Jabara Airport. Located in the western part of the city, Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is the city's primary airport as well as the largest airport in Kansas.

  5. List of airports in Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Garden City Regional Airport: P-N 25,243 Hays: HYS: HYS KHYS Hays Regional Airport: P-N 11,996 Manhattan: MHK: MHK KMHK Manhattan Regional Airport: P-N 72,883 Salina: SLN: SLN KSLN Salina Regional Airport: P-N 15,977 Wichita: ICT: ICT KICT Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (was Wichita Mid-Continent Airport) P-S 812,252 Commercial ...

  6. McConnell Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    The event was used by city planners to raise funds for a proposed Wichita Municipal Airport. The event was a success and ground-breaking ceremonies for the airport were held on 28 June 1929. In August 1941, the Kansas National Guard 127th Observation Squadron was activated as the first military unit assigned to the Wichita airport. The unit's ...

  7. History of Wichita, Kansas - Wikipedia

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    In 1962, the Lear Jet Corporation was established when the Swiss American Aviation Corporation brought the tooling for building a failed ground-attack fighter to Wichita, with the objective of converting it to a business jet, and opened a plant at Wichita's airport. On February 7, 1963, assembly of the first Learjet aircraft began and the ...

  8. Beech Factory Airport - Wikipedia

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    Following the merger of the Cessna and Beechcraft employee flying clubs, Cessna's flying club has since moved from their previous base at Wichita Mid-Continental Airport to Beech Factory Airport. History. The airport was founded in 1928 as part of a 148-acre land tract purchased from the city to house the Knoll Aircraft Company.

  9. Colonel James Jabara Airport - Wikipedia

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    Based aircraft (2021) 113. Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] Colonel James Jabara Airport ( ICAO: KAAO, FAA LID: AAO) is a public airport located nine miles (14 km) northeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is named in honor of World War II and Korean War flying ace ...