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==Airport History== | ==Airport History== | ||
| − | Logan International Airport was named in honor of [[Lieutenant General]] [[Edward Lawrence Logan]]. On June 13, 1923, Boston's first aircraft touched down on a 1,500 foot cinder runway (piloted by Lt. Kitchell Snow) on the then tiny airfield known as Boston Airport built by the U.S. Army on 189 acres of tidal flats. On September 8, 1923, Boston Airport was officially dedicated. It then changed in 1944 to Commonwealth Airport, and in 1956 the Airport was officially renamed by the state legislature, Logan International Airport. <ref>[http://www.massport.com/logan/about_histo.html About Logan | + | Logan International Airport was named in honor of [[Lieutenant General]] [[Edward Lawrence Logan]]. On June 13, 1923, Boston's first aircraft touched down on a 1,500 foot cinder runway (piloted by Lt. Kitchell Snow) on the then tiny airfield known as Boston Airport built by the U.S. Army on 189 acres of tidal flats. On September 8, 1923, Boston Airport was officially dedicated. It then changed in 1944 to Commonwealth Airport, and in 1956 the Airport was officially renamed by the state legislature, Logan International Airport.<ref>[http://www.massport.com/logan/about_histo.html About Logan]</ref><ref>[http://www.massport.com/logan/faq.html FAQ]</ref> |
| − | ==See | + | ==See also== |
*[[List of major U.S. airports]] | *[[List of major U.S. airports]] | ||
| − | ==External | + | ==External links== |
*[http://www.massport.com/logan/default.aspx Official Website] | *[http://www.massport.com/logan/default.aspx Official Website] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:10, June 28, 2016
Logan International Airport (BOS ) is located about 3 miles from Boston, Massachusetts.
Airport History
Logan International Airport was named in honor of Lieutenant General Edward Lawrence Logan. On June 13, 1923, Boston's first aircraft touched down on a 1,500 foot cinder runway (piloted by Lt. Kitchell Snow) on the then tiny airfield known as Boston Airport built by the U.S. Army on 189 acres of tidal flats. On September 8, 1923, Boston Airport was officially dedicated. It then changed in 1944 to Commonwealth Airport, and in 1956 the Airport was officially renamed by the state legislature, Logan International Airport.[1][2]