Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport

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The Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport is an airport located in Birmingham, the largest city of the U.S. state of Alabama.

History

The airport was opened on 31 May 1931, the first landing of an aircraft of American Airways as part of the connection from Atlanta to Fort Worth. As a second airline Eastern Airlines Birmingham took in 1934 in the flight plan. With increasing air traffic, the original start and runway was extended in 1939 and extended by a second.

During World War II the airport the United States Army Air Force was provided that until the return to the city of Birmingham in August 1948 extensions to the value of $ 2,000,000 (equivalent to $ 20 million in today's money ) added, including taxiways, a control tower.

In the 1950s, the northeast trending runway to 10,000 ft ( 3,048 m) has been extended. The first regular air service with jet aircraft targeted United Airlines 1962, a Sud Aviation Caravelle with a. A comprehensive extension worth $ 13 million (equivalent to $ 71 million in today's money ), which also included a second terminal was completed in 1973.

After further expansions in the 1980s and 1990s, the airport was renamed in Birmingham International Airport in 1993. In 2008, the City Council voted unanimously to name the airport after the civil rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth.

Operation

In 2009, 2.9 million passengers used the Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport, the largest provider is the Southwest Airlines. There are scheduled flights to destinations within the United States.

Incidents

On August 14, 2013, a cargo plane of the logistics company UPS Airbus A300F crashed during the landing approach. In the accident, both pilots lost their lives.