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Kansas City Downtown Airport, also known as '''Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport''', is an airport in Kansas City, Missouri , Clay County, Missouri . Its IATA Airport Code is MKC. This airport was Kansas City's first, and was dedicated in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh . Until 1972 (when Kansas City International Airport opened), Downtown was Kansas City's home for commercial aviation. Today, the airport is used chiefly for corporate and recreational aviation. Its location just north of the downtown business center provides excellent highway access. It is home to the Airline History Museum . AIRPORT SERVICES The airport is located on 695 acres (2.8 km²), at an elevation of 759 ft (231 m) MSL , and consists of two runways, runway 01-19 (7002ft. long) and '''runway 03-21''' (5050ft. long). The airport operates 24 hours a day. Fuel and ground support are available from Executive Beechcraft and AeroCentre. The airport is controlled by an FAA control tower. However, ongoing renovations to the airport, currently involving the intersection of the two runways, have greatly reduced its operations. Currently, only the northern half of Runway 1-19 is available. Until rehabilitation of the southern half is complete, the city will require prior approval of takeoffs and landings. {Link without Title} recently aerocentre closed INCIDENTS On June 30 1956 Trans World Airlines Flight 2 , a Lockheed Super Constellation , was headed for Kansas City Downtown Airport. Over the Grand Canyon it collided with a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 killing all 128 people on both planes. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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