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Airport information for Mid-Continent Airport Country: United States Location: Wichita Coordinates: 37.39.00N / 097.26.00W IATA Code: ICT Timezone: GMT -6 Direct flights form Mid-Continent Airport Direct flights to Mid-Continent Airport Find connecting flights to Mid-Continent Airport Find connecting flights from Mid-Continent Airport

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Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (IATA: ICT, ICAO: KICT) is a commercial airport turn up in southwestward Wichita, in Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA. It is the busiest airport in the province of Kansas (The bigger Kansas City International Airport is turn up in Missouri). In 2008, rider traffic elongated to turn despite increased fuel monetary values and economical problems, with 1,615,075 riders passing through the airport.

History

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport was 1st conceptualized in 1951 when the United States Air Force take proceeding to excoriate and get the Wichita Municipal Airport for what was to get McConnell Air Force Base. Wichita's parkland board rapidly get 1,923 acres (7.8 km²) of district in southwestward Wichita and the building of a new "Wichita Municipal Airport" took approximately 3 and a one-half yr. The new airport was committed on October 31, 1954, and was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973 after Kansas City renamed its Mid-Continent Airport to Kansas City International Airport.

The airport's ICT appellation is really an abbreviation for Wichita. At the clip the Federal Communications Commission disallowed airports to have wireless name signs get down with "K" or "W." Naming patterns of the clip then called for the 2nd missive of the town to be used and then use anybody phonetics to survive easier to place. Similarly, Kansas City is able to not acquire a KCI appellative when it renamed its Mid-Continent International Airport to Kansas City International Airport in 1972 (and hence Kansas City still has MCI as its appellative). Further, the IATA is real reluctant to modify appellatives one time they look on navigational maps.

Current Airport Passenger Terminal

The current airport has 1 depot with a aggregative of 12 (twelve) boarding entrances on 2 tied concourses: the East Concourse houses Gates one through six and the West Concourse houses Gates seven through 12. Due to the Northwest/Delta uniting, Delta shall be travel to Gate four to consolidate dry land functioning. Gate nine is a non operating entrance and is not full operational, or used by anybody air bearer at this clip. Gate nine has not been used for several yr, due to its much little size (capacity) and want of boarding span. Therefore (now) about ten entrances are used, on a daily ground, at Mid-Continent Airport. Gates 7, 8, 9 and 11 do not have boarding spans (aka:jet span), riders moldiness walk outside of the airport depot on the Tarmac to board or de-plane going away or getting aircraft.

New Mid-Continent Terminal Information

The new depot construction shall be turn up now due west of the being depot. The new two-story, 230,000 sq foot (21,000 m^two). depot shall be a state-of-the-art modern architectural project evincing voyage and Wichita’s globally-prominent place in the air power industry. Special air power themed exhibits shall be an integral component in the depot’s project. Major components of the labor include:

• New depot roadway and covered curb with separate lanes for private and commercial vehicles.
• Terminal construction with enlarged ticketing and baggage demand on the independent entry stage.
• Upper stage concourse with departure lounges, grants and spread out rider security projection screening.
• 14 boarding entrances, each fit out with a rider boarding span.
• Passenger luggage care systems with inline explosives sense security projection screening.
• Enhanced pre-security and post-security grants and rider services.
• Rental auto service counters, plus close-in parkland and auto return.
• Short-term and long-term public parkland plus a new spread out shuttle car parking.
• Parking with a aggregative of at smallest 3,000 infinites.
• New communicating, life safety and security measure.
• New aircraft apron to adapt the relocated depot and entrances.

Construction is place to get down in Summer 2009 (judge) with tenancy scheduled for mid to late 2012. The being depot shall be pulverised (in levels) as the new depot gets full operational.

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