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Little Rock National Airport , officially designated '''Adams Field'''. It is located 2 miles (3 km) east of Little Rock , in Pulaski County , Arkansas . Little Rock National Airport (LIT) is Arkansas' largest commercial service airport, serving more than 2.5 million passengers in 2005. The airport attracts passengers from a large part of Arkansas as well as a number of surrounding states. There are more than 150 flight arrivals and departures at Little Rock each day, with non-stop jet service to 18 national/international gateway cities, making Little Rock truly one stop away from the world. Little Rock National is served by American Eagle, Continental Express, Delta, Delta Connection, Frontier, Northwest, Northwest Airlink, Southwest and US Airways Express. The Regional Jet made its first appearance at Little Rock National in 1997, with three daily flights by Delta Connection carriers, Comair, to Cincinnati. Comair has now been joined by other Delta Connection carriers as well as American Eagle, Continental Express, Frontier JetExpress, Northwest Airlink and US Airways Express in operating the Regional Jet at Little Rock. HISTORY Adams Field is named after Captain George Geyer Adams , 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard , who was killed in the line of duty on September 4 , 1937 . American Airlines was the first airline to serve Little Rock when it first landed at Adams Field in 1941. In 1973, the airport unveiled its new 12-gate terminal. On June 1 , 1999 , American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , killing the pilot and 8 passengers. FACILITIES & AIRLINE SERVICE The airport has 12 passenger gates. American Airlines operates out of Gates 1 and 3, Delta out of 2, 4, and 6, Continental out of 7, US Airways Express and Frontier Express out of 8, Southwest out of 9, 10, and 11, and Northwest out of 12, with #5 being unoccupied. The airport handles all types of Jets , with ERJ-135/145s, CRJ-200/700s, 737s, 757s, MD80s, DC-9s, and A319/320s being daily visitors to the airport. Southwest is the largest carrier at Little Rock National, followed by American Eagle and Delta. Since September 11th, Little Rock has seen a dramatic decline in mainline aircraft flights. In 2003, American pulled its mainline flights to Dallas, and in 2003, pulled out all togehther with its last flights being to St. Louis. American Eagle continues to serve Little Rock, being the second largest carrier in Little Rock with about 20 flights a day. Delta pulled mainline flights from Dallas and Cincinnati, and replaced them will regional jets. Delta offers 4 daily mainline flights to Atlanta. The last truboprop flights at the airport are operated by US Airways Express to Kansas City. AIRLINES
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