Long Beach Airport
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The Long Beach Airport ( IATA: LGB, ICAO: KLGB, former Long Beach Municipal Airport ) is a regional airport in Long Beach in Los Angeles County of the U.S. state of California. It is located about 26 kilometers southeast of Los Angeles International considerably larger Airport (LAX) and is also known as Daugherty Field known. Despite its minor importance in passenger traffic, the Long Beach Airport because of numerous resident company at the airport, an important economic factor in the region dar.
Development
In the early 1920s, when the aviation emerged in Long Beach, initially served as the beach landing and runway. 1923 was provided by the city council of Long Beach is a site for a new airport, the actual construction was 1928-1930 with the construction of hangars and facilities for the Marine and Navy. The 1941 built in the Art Deco style terminal is still in use and is now a listed building. That same year, McDonnell Douglas built a production hall, where, DC -8, DC -9, DC-10, MD -80, MD -90 and MD - 11 were made in the later years models such as DC -3. In 1997 the company merged with Boeing.
Current situation
An upsurge in passenger traffic experienced the Long Beach Airport in 2001, when the low-cost carrier JetBlue made the airport its hub on the west coast. Furthermore serve, among other things Airlines U.S. Airways, Alaska Airlines and Delta Airlines the airport regularly. In the air freight division the large cargo company DHL, UPS and FedEx are located. The largest employer at the airport is the defense and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, which the model Boeing 717-2006 produced, for example, in the former halls of McDonnell -Douglas works in Long Beach. Other major companies are at the airport Gulfstream and Cessna.
( Cf. Frankfurt 463 111 in 2009, 398 433 in 2007) of the busiest airports around the world despite its minor importance in passenger traffic of the Long Beach Airport is one because of the many aircraft movements. Contributing at the airport at based flight schools, private airplanes, blimps and helicopters.