About the Airport Boston Logan

Introduction

Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts is the largest airport in New England and the 19th busiest airport in the United States. Located in the neighborhood of East Boston in city of Boston and the town of Winthrop on Boston Harbor, Logan has six runways, employees over sixteen thousand people and sees about 28 million passengers every year. The airport flies to many continents, including Africa, Europe, South America and as of 2012, Asia. It also serves almost all countries in North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico and the most of the Caribbean.

 

History

Boston Logan International Airport opened in September, 1923. It was used primarily for the Army and other branches of the military. By 1927, the airport began offering commercial flights to and from New York City. Since then, the airport has undergone many different changes, such as a large expansion that took place in the 1940s, when Logan Airport grew by 1,800 acres. From 1994 to 2006, the airport underwent what is known as the "Logan Modernization Project," which saw the addition of a parking garage, hotel, moving walkways, terminal improvements and a new a roadway system that separated departure and arrival traffic.

The airport has also gone through many different names. It started out as simply Boston Airport and later Jeffery Field. In 1943, it was renamed the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport after a Spanish-American War officer from South Boston. Today, it is known as Boston Logan International Airport. 

Boston Logan International Airport has also seen its fair share of struggles. In the 1960s, residents of Boston's Wood Island neighborhood were furious when they were forced to be relocated so that the airport could extend a runway. In 2009, the airline U.S. Airways decided to close its base at Logan airport, which led to the termination of hundreds of employees. 

 

Facts and Features

Here are some interesting features and facts about Boston Logan International Airport:

Boston Logan International Airport has been used as a filming location for numerous movies and commercials. For example,  a scene from the Martin Scorsese film, The Departed, staring Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson was filmed at Logan. Delta Airlines has also filmed some of its commercials there.

Jet Blue has a large presence at Logan International Airport. Boston is considered to be one of the airlines' biggest focus cities, meaning it offers several non-stop flights to the city. Logan is also a hub for the airline Cape Air. In addition, it serves over 40 other airlines.

The airport has its own fire and police departments, hotels (the Hilton and the Hyatt Harborside), power plants, a non-denominational chapel and over 27 acres of landscaping. Claiming to generate over $7 billion of economic activity each year, it considers itself a "city within a city." 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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