Akron–Canton Airport

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The Akron -Canton Regional Airport is a regional airport in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is located on the boundary of the city of Green, serving the cities of Akron and Canton.

History

1940, in the wake of World War II presented the Civil Aeronautics Administration ( CAA) $ 500 million for the construction of airport facilities, of which $ 231,600 (equivalent to $ 4 million in today's money ) for the construction of a small airfield at Canton. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the CAA $ 2,000,000 (equivalent to $ 30 million in today's money ) to ask for an airport in Canton available to the ft with three 5,600 announced in October 1942, ( 1,707 m) long take-off and landing runways also should be usable for military aircraft.

A designed by a filled by the County's Summit and Stark Law Commission, which should ensure the financial means and the joint management of the airport by both counties was rejected by the Senate of Ohio. Nevertheless, the Commission announced in 1943 to build the airport north of Canton in Summit County, Stark County should participate with $ 100,000 to the cost incurred for the purchase of land costs. After a lawyer from Canton the use of taxpayers' money the Stark County prevented the Chamber of Commerce and local private investors, including the Timken Company, Hoover and Diebold was applied to the proportion of the county.

Originally, the airport should be named Canton - Akron Memorial Airport in honor of the veterans of the First and Second World War. In order to represent also involved in the planning city Massillon the name was changed before the opening in Akron -Canton - Massillon Airport and later at Akron -Canton Regional Airport.

The regional airport was opened in October 1946, the date the Akron Municipal Airport approaching airlines American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, Capital Airlines and United Airlines were given but only in 1948 by the Civil Aeronautics Board approval to move to the new airport.

Construction of a reception building began in 1955, after funding problems had delayed the start of construction and over again. 1956 193,000 passengers used the Akron -Canton Regional Airport. In 1966, the airport connection to the recently completed Interstate 77

Operation

The Akron-Canton Airport is now used mainly by low cost airlines AirTran and Frontier Airlines. There are direct flight connections to destinations within the United States, moreover, is Akron -Canton connected to the hubs of Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and U.S. Airways.