Indianapolis International Airport
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Source: Indianapolis International Airport[1] |
Indianapolis International Airport (IATA: IND, ICAO: KIND, FAA LID: IND) is an international airport located seven miles (11 km) southwest of downtown Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana, United States.[2] It is owned and operated by the Indianapolis Airport Authority. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a medium hub primary commercial service facility.[3] The airport has flights to over 40 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The airport occupies 7,700 acres (3,116 ha) in
The Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZID), one of 22 established FAA area control centers, is located on the airport property's north side.
History
Beginnings
Indianapolis Municipal Airport opened in 1931, replacing the older
Since 1962, the airport has been owned and operated by the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA), an eight-member board with members appointed by the Mayor of Indianapolis and other officials from Marion, Hendricks, and Hamilton counties in central Indiana. In 1976, the board renamed the airport Indianapolis International Airport.[9]
From 1957 to 2008, the passenger terminal was on the east side of the airfield off High School Road. This now-demolished facility was renovated and expanded many times, notably in 1968 (Concourses A & B), 1972 (Concourse D), and 1987 (Concourse C and the attached Parking Garage). This complex, along with the International Arrivals Terminal (opened in 1976) on the north side of the airfield (off Pierson Drive), was replaced by the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal on November 12, 2008.[10]
The April 1957 OAG shows 82 weekday departures: 24 Eastern, 22 TWA, 15 Delta, 11 American, 9 Lake Central and 1 Ozark. Eastern had a nonstop to Atlanta and one to Birmingham and TWA had two to LaGuardia; no other nonstops reached beyond Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Louisville and Pittsburgh. (Westward nonstops didn't reach beyond St. Louis until 1967; TWA started a JFK-IND-LAX 707 that year.) The first jets were TWA 880s in 1961. [citation needed]
Recent years
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, USAir (later
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Indianapolis was a hub for then locally based
In 1990,
In 1994, BAA USA was awarded a 10-year contract to manage the Indianapolis International Airport. The contract was extended three years but was later cut a year short at the request of the BAA. Private management ended on December 31, 2007, and control reverted to IAA.[19][20] Also in 1994, United Airlines finished building its Indianapolis Maintenance Center[21] at a cost of US$600 million.[22] United later moved their maintenance operations to its sole maintenance hub located at San Francisco International Airport. Around 2006, runway 14/32 was shortened from 7,604 feet (2,318 m) to its present length because the south end was not visible from the new control tower.[23]
A new 1.2-million-square-foot (110,000 m2) midfield passenger terminal, which cost $1.1 billion, opened in 2008 between the airport's two parallel runways, southwest of the previous terminal and the crosswind runway. A new FAA Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) building, the second tallest in the United States, opened in April 2006, the first component of the long-planned midfield complex. The Weir Cook Terminal itself opened for arriving flights on the evening of November 11, 2008, and for departures the following morning.
A 162-acre (66 ha), 22 MW solar farm is at the airport. It was the largest airport solar farm in the world when the second phase opened in 2014.[27]
In August 2017, Allegiant Air announced it would open a $40 million aircraft base at the airport that would begin operations in February of the following year. The facility was to create 66 high-paying jobs by the end of year and house two Airbus aircraft.[28][29]
Facilities
Terminal
Indianapolis International Airport has a single terminal with two concourses and a total of 39 gates.[30] The current terminal opened in 2008 and is named in honor of Col. Harvey Weir Cook. It was one of the first designed and built in the U.S. following the September 11 attacks.[31] All international arrivals are processed in Concourse A.[30]
Ground transportation
Eight rental car operations and the Ground Transportation Center (where information about limousine, shuttle bus, hotel courtesy vehicles and other transportation services such as IndyGo bus service can be obtained) are located on the first floor of the attached parking garage. All pick-ups and drop-offs of rental vehicles also occur here, eliminating the need for shuttling customers to and from individual companies' remote processing facilities. The five-floor parking garage covers 11 acres (4.5 ha) on each of its levels. It features a light-filled center atrium complete with a piece of suspended artwork and contains moving sidewalks to speed pedestrians into and out of the terminal building itself.[32]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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Akron, Hamilton
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Cargolux | Chicago–O'Hare, Luxembourg, New York–JFK |
Fort Worth, Grand Rapids, Greenville (SC), Greensboro, Harrisburg, Hartford, Houston–Intercontinental, Kansas City, Knoxville, Liège, London–Stansted, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montreal–Mirabel, Nashville, New York–JFK, Newark, Newburgh, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Ottawa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, St. Louis, Syracuse, Tampa, Toronto–Pearson, Tulsa, Washington–Dulles
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Statistics
Top destinations
Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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1 | Atlanta, Georgia | 478,000 | Delta, Southwest |
2 | Denver, Colorado | 339,000 | Frontier, Southwest, United |
3 | Orlando, Florida | 307,000 | Frontier, Southwest, Spirit |
4 | Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
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248,000 | American, Frontier |
5 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 247,000 | American |
6 | Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois | 238,000 | American, United |
7 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 212,000 | Allegiant, Southwest, Spirit |
8 | Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Arizona | 208,000 | American, Southwest |
9 | Newark, New Jersey | 163,000 | Spirit, United |
10 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota | 158,000 | Delta, Sun Country |
Rank | City | Cargo (pounds) | Carriers |
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1 | Los Angeles, California | 6,944,183 | Cargolux, FedEx Express |
2 | Oakland, California | 6,717,406 | FedEx Express |
3 | Memphis, Tennessee | 6,603,929 | FedEx Express |
4 | Newark, New Jersey | 5,786,845 | FedEx Express |
5 | Boston, Massachusetts | 4,590,933 | FedEx Express |
6 | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
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3,996,817 | FedEx Express |
7 | Seattle/Tacoma, Washington | 3,943,765 | FedEx Express |
8 | Denver, Colorado | 3,718,289 | FedEx Express |
9 | Anchorage, Alaska | 3,592,389 | FedEx Express |
10 | Atlanta, Georgia | 3,588,692 | Cargolux, FedEx Express |
Rank | Airline | Passengers | Share |
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1 | Southwest Airlines | 2,453,000 | 26.76% |
2 | American Airlines | 1,503,000 | 16.40% |
3 | Republic Airways | 1,194,000 | 13.03% |
4 | Delta Air Lines | 1,127,000 | 12.29% |
5 | United Airlines | 657,000 | 7.16% |
Other | 2,233,000 | 24.35% |
Annual traffic
Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers |
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1996 | 7,069,039 | 2006 | 8,085,394 | 2016 | 8,511,959 |
1997 | 7,171,845 | 2007 | 8,272,289 | 2017 | 8,800,828 |
1998 | 7,292,132 | 2008 | 8,151,488 | 2018 | 9,413,962 |
1999 | 7,463,536 | 2009 | 7,465,719 | 2019 | 9,537,377 |
2000 | 7,722,191 | 2010 | 7,526,414 | 2020 | 4,104,648[52] |
2001 | 7,238,744 | 2011 | 7,478,835 | 2021 | 7,175,979[53] |
2002 | 6,896,418 | 2012 | 7,333,733 | 2022 | 8,693,024[54] |
2003 | 7,361,060 | 2013 | 7,217,051 | 2023 | 9,788,867[55] |
2004 | 8,025,051 | 2014 | 7,363,632 | 2024 | |
2005 | 8,524,442 | 2015 | 7,998,086 | 2025 |
Passenger traffic trends
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Accidents and incidents
- On September 9, 1969, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 crashed into a cornfield near London, Indiana, killing all 78 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The student pilot who was flying the Cherokee was also killed.[56]
- On October 20, 1987, a Ramada Inn near the airport after the pilot was forced to eject due to an engine malfunction. Ten people were killed, nine of them hotel employees.[57]
See also
- List of airports in Indiana
- List of the busiest airports in the United States
- List of attractions and events in Indianapolis
- List of largest cargo airports in the United States
- List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United States
- List of tallest buildings in Indianapolis § Other structures
- Transportation in Indianapolis
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External links
- Indianapolis International Airport (official site)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KIND
- ASN accident history for IND
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KIND
- FAA current IND delay information