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{{Short description|Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.}} |
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{{Other uses|Indianapolis Airport (disambiguation)}} |
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| image2 = IND airport map-midfield.jpg |
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| name = Indianapolis International Airport |
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| image = Indianapolis International Airport Logo.svg |
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| caption2 = [[Runway]] layout at IND |
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| image2 = Indianapolis International Airport (USGS).jpg |
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| ICAO = KIND |
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| caption2 = 2008 satellite image |
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<center>{{Location map|USA Indiana|width=250|float=center |
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| IATA = IND |
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| ICAO = KIND |
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| FAA = IND |
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|lat_deg=39|lat_min=43|lat_sec=02|lat_dir=N |
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| WMO = 72438 |
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|lon_deg=086|lon_min=17|lon_sec=40|lon_dir=W |
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}}<small>Location of the Indianapolis International Airport</small></center> |
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| owner-oper = [[Indianapolis Airport Authority]] |
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| city-served = [[Indianapolis]] |
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| location = 7800 Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive<br />[[Indianapolis]], Indiana, United States |
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| operator = [[Indianapolis Airport Authority]] |
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| opened = {{start date and age|1931||}} |
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| hub = {{nowrap|[[FedEx Express]]}} |
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| operating_base = {{nowrap|[[Allegiant Air]]}} |
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| elevation-f = 797 |
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| coordinates = {{Coord|39|43|02|N|086|17|40|W|display=inline,title |
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| image_map = IND_FAA_Diagram.pdf |
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| image_map_caption = FAA airport diagram as of January 2021 |
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| stat1-header = Aircraft operations |
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| r3-length-f = 7,278 |
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| stat2-header = Passenger volume |
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| r3-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]] |
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| stat3-header = Air Cargo (metric tonnes) |
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| stat-year = 2023 |
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| stat1-header = Total passengers |
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| stat1-data = 9,788,867 |
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| stat2-header = Air Cargo (metric tons) |
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| footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=IND|use=PU|own=PU|site=05375.*A}}</ref> |
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| stat2-data = 983,420 |
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| footnotes = Source: Indianapolis International Airport<ref name="business.ind.com">{{cite web|url=https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/reports/December-2022-Airline-Activity-Report-DRAFT.pdf?mtime=20230130135613|title=Airline Activity Report December 2022|access-date=February 8, 2023|publisher=Indianapolis Airport Authority|website=d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net}}</ref> |
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'''Indianapolis International Airport''' {{Airport codes|IND|KIND|IND}} is a public [[airport]] located seven miles (11 km) southwest of the [[central business district]] of [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], a city in [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]].<ref name=FAA /> It is owned and operated by the [[Indianapolis Airport Authority]]. The airport is the largest in [[Indiana]], occupying approximately {{convert|7700|acre|ha|0}} of land in Wayne and Decatur Townships of Marion County, all within the city of Indianapolis. It is located near interstate highways [[Interstate 65|I-65]], [[Interstate 69|I-69]], [[Interstate 70|I-70]], and [[Interstate 74|I-74]], all of which connect to the city's [[Interstate 465|I-465]] beltway. Indianapolis International Airport serves as a hub for [[FedEx Express]] and a [[focus city]] for [[AirTran Airways]]. The airport averages 163 daily flights to 37 destinations. It is the eighth largest cargo center in the U.S., the 21st [[World's busiest airports by cargo traffic|busiest airport in the world by cargo traffic]], and FedEx's second-largest airport operation. More than 2.2 billion pounds of cargo were managed at IND in 2008. The airport's passenger terminal was the first designed and built in the United States since the terror attacks on [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.huntconstructiongroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=336&Itemid=175 |title=New Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport Now Boarding|accessdate=4 January 2009 |work= |publisher=Hunt Construction Group |date=}}</ref> |
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'''Indianapolis International Airport''' {{airport codes|IND|KIND|IND}} is an [[international airport]] located seven miles (11 km) southwest of downtown [[Indianapolis]] in [[Marion County, Indiana]], United States.<ref name="FAA">https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/reports/December-2023-Airline-Activity-Report.pdf?mtime=20240208111907 {{bare URL inline|date=March 2024}}</ref> It is owned and operated by the [[Indianapolis Airport Authority]]. The [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2017–2021 [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a medium hub primary commercial service facility.<ref name="NPIAS Airports">{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=August 18, 2018|date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503054027/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|archive-date=May 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The airport has flights to over 40 destinations in the United States, [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]. |
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== History == |
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The airport occupies {{convert|7700|acre|ha|0}} in [[Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana|Wayne]] and [[Decatur Township, Marion County, Indiana|Decatur]] townships in Marion County.<ref name="FAA" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/IND/Indianapolis-International-Airport|title=IND airport at skyvector.com|website=skyvector.com|access-date= August 19, 2022}}</ref> IND is home to the second largest [[FedEx Express]] hub in the world; only the [[Memphis International Airport|FedEx SuperHub in Memphis, Tennessee]] surpasses its cargo traffic. Additionally, because of FedEx's activity, IND consistently ranks among the top 10 busiest U.S. airports in terms of air cargo throughput.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2023 |title=Airport Traffic Report, Port Authority NY NJ |url=https://www.panynj.gov/airports/en/statistics-general-info.html |website=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Airport Traffic Statistics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=IND&Airport_Name=Indianapolis,%20IN:%20Indianapolis%20International&carrier=FACTS|title=IND Transport Stats|work=About IND|access-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904223402/http://news.van.fedex.com/files/FedEx%20Express%20Hub%20in%20Indianapolis.pdf|archive-date=4 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2016 |url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy15-cargo-airports.pdf |title=CY 2015 All-Cargo Landed Weights, Rank Order |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501013227/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy15-cargo-airports.pdf |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Republic Airways]] is also headquartered at the airport, and [[Allegiant Air]] maintains Indianapolis as a [[focus city]]. |
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Before it got its International designation in 1975, Indianapolis's primary commercial air passenger and cargo facility was called '''Weir-Cook Municipal Airport''', after Col. [[Harvey Weir-Cook]] |
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of [[Wilkinson, Indiana]], who was a [[US Army Air Forces]] pilot in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]], where he was killed while flying a [[P-39]] over [[New Caledonia]]. He became a [[flying ace]] during WWI, with seven victories. The airport opened in 1931 and its name was changed to Weir-Cook in 1944. Since 1962 it has been owned and operated by the [[Indianapolis Airport Authority]] (IAA), an eight-member governing board with members appointed by the Mayor of Indianapolis and certain other officials from Marion, Hendricks, and Hamilton counties in central Indiana. The present name was bestowed by the IAA in 1976. In the summer of 2008, the IAA's board approved a resolution retaining the current airport name but designating the new main passenger facility as the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal. In the same resolution, the new main airport entrance road was also given the name of Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/BUSINESS/80718004|title=Airport keeps name, but will honor Weir Cook|date=2008-07-18|publisher=6 News Indianapolis|accessdate=2008-07-18}}</ref> |
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The [[Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center]] (ZID), one of 22 established FAA [[area control center]]s, is located on the airport property's north side. |
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For 51 years, between 1957 and 2008, the main passenger terminal was located on the eastern end of the airfield off High School Road. This now-closed facility was renovated and expanded many times during its lifespan, most notably in 1968 (Concourses A & B), 1972 (Concourse D), and 1987 (Concourse C and the attached Parking Garage). This entire complex, along with the separate International Arrivals Terminal (opened in 1976) located on the north side of the airfield (off Pierson Drive), became obsolete once the new Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal commenced operations on November 12, 2008. The Indianapolis Airport Authority maintains some office facilities in a portion of the old structure, but the majority of that former terminal building is expected to eventually be demolished. |
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==History== |
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During the late 1980s and early 1990s, USAir (now [[US Airways]]) maintained a secondary hub in Indianapolis, with non-stop jet service to the west coast, east coast, and [[Florida]], as well as turbo-prop service to cities throughout the [[Midwest]]. With a peak of 146 daily departures during this era, USAir was the dominant carrier, accounting for 49% of all seats. In the late 1990s, that airline chose to substantially reduce its service out of Indianapolis and discontinue the hub. |
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===Beginnings=== |
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'''Indianapolis Municipal Airport''' opened in 1931, replacing the older [[Stout Army Air Field|Stout Field]] as the primary city airport. The airport was initially built on about {{Convert|320|acre}} of land in the southwestern edge of the city, with an additional {{Convert|627|acre}} acres reserved for future expansions at the airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alfpolis.sitehost.iu.edu/indianapolis-international-airport/|title=Indianapolis International Airport|publisher=Indiana University|accessdate=31 August 2023}}</ref> In 1944, it was renamed '''Weir Cook Municipal Airport''', after [[US Army Air Forces]] Col. [[Harvey Weir Cook]] of [[Wilkinson, Indiana]], who became a [[flying ace]] during World War I with seven victories and died flying a [[P-39]] over [[New Caledonia]] in World War II. |
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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 County, Indiana|Hendricks]], and [[Hamilton County, Indiana|Hamilton]] counties in central Indiana. In 1976, the board renamed the airport Indianapolis International Airport.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/BUSINESS/80718004 |title=Airport keeps name, but will honor Weir Cook |date=July 18, 2008 |publisher=6 News Indianapolis |access-date=July 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826191910/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080718%2FBUSINESS%2F80718004 |archive-date=August 26, 2012 }}</ref> |
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Indianapolis International Airport became a hub for then locally-based [[ATA Airlines]] and its regional affiliate, [[Chicago Express Airlines|Chicago Express]]/[[ATA Connection]]. However, after that airline entered [[Chapter 11|Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection]] in late 2004, operations at IND were drastically cut, and service in Indianapolis was totally eliminated by its new, out-of-state owners in 2006. |
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/look-at-changes-to-indianapolis-airport-since-1984|title=TIMELAPSE: Look at changes to Indy airport since 1984|date=January 13, 2017 |publisher=WRTV|accessdate=4 April 2023}}</ref> |
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[[ATA Airlines|ATA]]'s demise at IND gave [[Northwest Airlines]] an opportunity to greatly expand its operations at the airport. This service expansion allowed Indianapolis to become a focus city for that air carrier, which itself became a wholly-owned but separately operated subsidiary of [[Delta Air Lines]] in late 2008. It is not currently known how the eventual integration of Northwest into Delta will affect the combined carrier's total number of flights at IND and the focus city designation. |
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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|date=December 2016}} |
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In 1994, [[BAA plc|BAA]] was awarded a 10 year contract to manage the Indianapolis International Airport. The contract was later extended three additional years but subsequently was cut a year short at the request of the BAA. Private management ended on December 31, 2007 and control was transitioned back to IAA management.<ref>[http://www.indianapolisairport.com/PressRoom/MediaReleases/detail.aspx?art_lKey=55 BAA LIMITED AND INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT AUTHORITY AGREE TO CONCLUDE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT EARLY]</ref><ref>[http://www.icao.int/icao/en/atb/epm/CaseStudy_USA.pdf Case Study: United States]</ref> |
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In the same year (1994), United Airlines finished building Indianapolis Maintenance Center<ref>http://www.indianapolisairport.com/files/contribute/07.16.09IMCFacts.pdf</ref>, at a cost of $USD 600 million<ref name="inthesetimes.com">http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/5072/con_air_the_safe_off-shoring_of_airline_repair/</ref>. United later moved their maintenance operations to other locations. |
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During the late 1980s and early 1990s, USAir (later [[US Airways]]) had a secondary hub in Indianapolis with non-stop jets to the West Coast, East Coast, and Florida and turboprop flights to cities around the [[Midwest]]. USAir peaked at 146 daily departures (including its prop affiliates), with 49% of all seats. USAir ended the hub in the late 1990s. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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[[FedEx Express]] began their hub at the airport in 1988, with an expansion of the hub occurring ten years later. The hub employs around 4,000 people and has a sort capacity of nearly 100,000 packages per hour, making Indianapolis the largest FedEx hub in the world outside of their [[SuperHub]] in Memphis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fedex.com/en-us/about/policy/aviation/fedex-express-indianapolis-hub.html|title=Second-Largest FedEx Express Hub Turns 30|publisher=FedEx.com|accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> |
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In 2009, Republic Airways announced they would retain their maintenance hub and HQ in Indianapolis, even though they have acquired the much larger [[Frontier Airlines]], located in Denver.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} |
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Indianapolis was a hub for then locally based [[ATA Airlines]] and its regional affiliate, [[Chicago Express Airlines|Chicago Express]]/[[ATA Connection]]. After that airline entered [[Chapter 11|Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection]] in late 2004, operations at IND were cut, then eliminated in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=ATA Expects to Stop Flights From Its Hometown in January |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/business/02air.html?ref=ataairlines|access-date=December 27, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 2, 2005}}</ref> ATA's demise gave [[Northwest Airlines]] an opportunity to expand operations, making Indianapolis a focus city with mainline flights to the West Coast, East Coast, and the South.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/news/northwest-increasing-its-presence-at-airport/531-d8076fd6-b4ff-4101-94b9-d9d16a6ca107|title=Northwest increasing its presence at airport|date=March 9, 2005 |publisher=WTHR|accessdate=1 September 2023}}</ref> Northwest was later acquired by [[Delta Air Lines]] in 2008, and a decade later, Delta began service from Indianapolis to [[Charles De Gaulle Airport|Paris]] in May 2018. This flight was the first ever non-stop transatlantic passenger flight out of Indianapolis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/09/06/indianapolis-airport-lands-first-ever-route-europe/638938001/|title=Indianapolis airport lands first-ever non-stop route to Europe|website=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> The flight, DL500, was suspended in March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="wrtv.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.wrtv.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-economic-impact/deltas-indianapolis-to-paris-flight-wont-resume-for-some-time|title=Delta's Indianapolis to Paris flight won't resume for some time|date=29 April 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> Since then, the airport has been working to restore transatlantic service to Indianapolis, and in 2021, entered negotiations with [[British Airways]] to begin service to [[Heathrow Airport|London]] in the summer of 2022, but ultimately failed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/indianapolis-international-airport-still-trying-to-bring-trans-atlantic-flight-back|title=Indianapolis Airport Still Trying to get Transatlantic flight back|date=June 30, 2022 |publisher=WRTV|accessdate=19 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wishtv.com/news/inside-indiana-business/proposed-london-to-indy-flight-scrapped/|title=Proposed London-to-Indy flight scrapped|date=December 17, 2021 |publisher=WISHTV.COM|accessdate=1 September 2023}}</ref> |
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== Colonel H. Weir Cook Terminal == |
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[[File:IND-Midfield-Front-10112008.jpg|thumb|Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal (Front View during construction)]] |
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[[File:CHW Cook terminal from Civic Plaza.JPG|thumb|Civic Plaza]] |
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[[File:KIND FAA tower.JPG|thumb|FAA control tower]] |
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[[File:Indianapolis Airport.jpg|thumb|Walkway from the terminal to the parking garage with motion-activated lights]] |
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A state-of-the-art, {{convert|1200000|sqft|m2|sing=on}} midfield passenger terminal has been constructed between Indianapolis International Airport's two main parallel runways, to the southwest of the previous terminal and the crosswind runway. A new FAA Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) building, 3rd tallest in the United States, opened in April 2006, becoming 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. [[Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum|HOK]] was its master designer, with AeroDesign Group serving as architect of record. Aviation Capital Management (Indianapolis) is the airport's program manager. |
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In 1990, [[Air Canada]] began nonstop service from Indianapolis to [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], marking the first regularly scheduled international flight out of IND.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/indianapolis-airport-authority-materials.pdf#page=21|title=Indianapolis Airport Authority Materials, 1928-2012|publisher=Indiana Historical Society|accessdate=31 August 2023}}</ref> [[Air Canada Jazz]], which operated the flight from 2001, would be retired by Air Canada in 2012, and service to IND would continue under the new [[Air Canada Express]] brand. |
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The new terminal, named in honor of Col. Harvey Weir-Cook, contains up to 44 domestic gate positions and 2 international gates (which can also function as domestic gates). Not all gate positions were being used upon opening of the facility, to allow for future expansion by the airlines. In addition, the two gate concourse structures were built to allow for possible future expansion on their respective southwestern ends (which is why gates A1-A2 and B1-B2 do not currently exist in the new facility). |
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianapolisairport.com/PressRoom/MediaReleases/detail.aspx?art_lKey=55|title=Indianapolis International Airport: Error|access-date=4 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511215606/http://www.indianapolisairport.com/PressRoom/MediaReleases/detail.aspx?art_lKey=55|archive-date=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icao.int/icao/en/atb/epm/CaseStudy_USA.pdf|title=Home|access-date=4 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042000/http://www.icao.int/icao/en/atb/epm/CaseStudy_USA.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 1994, United Airlines finished building its Indianapolis Maintenance Center<ref>{{cite web|title=Facility Facts & Statistics: Indianapolis Maintenance Center|url=http://www.indianapolisairport.com/files/contribute/07.16.09IMCFacts.pdf|publisher=Indianapolis Airport Authority|access-date=December 27, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712021112/http://www.indianapolisairport.com/files/contribute/07.16.09IMCFacts.pdf|archive-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> at a cost of US$600 million.<ref name="inthesetimes.com">{{cite web |last=Bybee |first=Roger |url=http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/5072/con_air_the_safe_off-shoring_of_airline_repair/ |title=Con Air: The 'Safe' Offshoring of Airline Repair – Working In These Times |publisher=Inthesetimes.com |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011055604/http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/5072/con_air_the_safe_off-shoring_of_airline_repair |archive-date=October 11, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 {{Convert|7604|ft}} to its present length because the south end was not visible from the new control tower.<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Malley|first=Chris|date=2006-01-04|title=New Indianapolis Airport Control Tower Has a Blind Spot|url=http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10403593/new-indianapolis-airport-control-tower-has-a-blind-spot|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206215628/http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10403593/new-indianapolis-airport-control-tower-has-a-blind-spot|archive-date=2017-12-06|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Aviation Pros}}</ref> |
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For the first time in the history of Indianapolis International Airport, international arrivals are able to be processed through customs in the main passenger terminal. Passengers arriving at gates A4 and A5 will proceed down to the U.S. Customs and Federal Inspection Station on the arrivals level via a dedicated and secured stairway, escalator, or elevator. After clearing customs, they will exit directly into the southern end of the main terminal's domestic baggage claim area. |
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[[File:Indianapolis International Airport Civic Plaza.jpg|thumb|left|Indianapolis International Airport's Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal Civic Plaza]] |
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A new {{convert|1.2|e6sqft|m2|adj=on}} 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. [[Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum|HOK]] was its master designer, with AeroDesign Group (a joint venture of CSO Architects, SchenkelShultz Architecture, and ARCHonsortium) serving as the architect of record. Aviation Capital Management (Indianapolis), a subsidiary of [[BSA LifeStructures]], was the airport's program manager. Hunt/Smoot Midfield Builders, a joint venture of [[Hunt Construction Group]] and Smoot Construction was the construction manager.<ref name="hunt">{{cite web|url=http://www.huntconstructiongroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=336&Itemid=175|title=New Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport Now Boarding|access-date=January 4, 2009|publisher=Hunt Construction Group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123023556/http://huntconstructiongroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=336&Itemid=175|archive-date=January 23, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Thornton Tomasetti]] was the terminal's structural engineer along with Fink, Roberts and Petrie.<ref name="constmag">{{cite web|title=Hoosier Upgrade|first=Debra|last=Wood|url=http://constructoragc.construction.com/mag/2008_3-4/features/0803-72_AGC.asp|work=Construction Magazine|date=March 1, 2008|access-date=January 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327073131/http://constructoragc.construction.com/mag/2008_3-4/features/0803-72_AGC.asp|archive-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> Syska Hennessy was the mechanical, electrical, & plumbing engineer.<ref name="constmag"/> In 2021, a six-person panel of Indianapolis members of the [[American Institute of Architects]] (AIA) identified the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal among the ten most "architecturally significant" buildings completed in the city since [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Shuey |first=Mickey |date=December 3, 2021 |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/top-10-architecturally-wondrous-buildings-in-indy |title=Indy's Top 10 architecturally wondrous buildings |newspaper=Indianapolis Business Journal |publisher=IBJ Media |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref> |
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A {{Convert|162|acre|adj=on}}, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Justin L. |title=World's largest solar farm complete at Indianapolis airport |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/money/2014/12/22/indianapolis-airport-solar-farm-expansion-complete/20754083/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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The A concourse will be receiving a new Delta Sky Club. This will be the first airline lounge at Indianapolis International Airport since US Air closed their lounge following the closure of their hub. The opening date has not yet been made public. |
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mailchi.mp/iedc/news-allegiant-plans-aircraft-base-in-indiana-new-jobs-and-future-growth|title=NEWS: Allegiant Plans Aircraft Base in Indiana, New Jobs and Future Growth|website=mailchi.mp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BXTocfenz4d/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/allegiant/1572778574687976989 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Instagram post by Allegiant • Aug 2, 2017 at 9:37pm UTC|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}} </ref> |
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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 {{convert|11|acre|m2}} 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Indianapolis International Airport - Community Days brochure, October 11–12, 2008 | url=http://www.indianapolisairport.com/admin/uploads/224/08.04.08CommunityDays.pdf}}</ref> |
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==Facilities== |
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The airport's long-range master plan also calls for a fourth (third parallel) runway to be built southeast of [[I-70]] at some point in the future. Between 2002 and 2004, the [[Indiana Department of Transportation]] ([[INDOT]]) realigned and rebuilt a portion of this Interstate highway running through the south end of the airport's property. The reconfigured [[freeway]] was constructed to allow a future taxiway bridge serving the proposed fourth runway to cross overhead, as well as to provide a new traffic interchange to serve the then under construction midfield terminal complex. This I-70 exit (#68) is now the airport's main entrance, replacing the former entrance at [[Sam Jones Expressway|Sam Jones (née Airport) Expressway]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Mayor renames Airport Expressway to honor dedicated public servant | date=2007-06-20 | url=http://www.indygov.org/eGov/Mayor/PR/2007/6/2007620d.htm}}</ref> and High School Road. Provisions have also been made to allow for future [[Light Rail Transit]] (LRT) access to the Weir Cook terminal complex.[http://www.newindianapolisairport.com/faq.shtm] |
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===Terminal=== |
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[[File:Indianapolis International Airport Colonel H. Weir Cook Terminal.jpg|thumb|Exterior of the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal in 2019]] |
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Indianapolis International Airport has a single terminal with two concourses and a total of 39 gates.<ref name="INDMap">{{cite web |title=IND Terminal Map |url=https://www.ifly.com/indianapolis-international-airport/terminal-map |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The New Indianapolis International Airport Fact Sheet|url=https://www.purdue.edu/business/travel/pdf/NewINDFactSheet.pdf|publisher=Indianapolis Airport Authority|date=August 25, 2008|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819051232/https://www.purdue.edu/business/travel/pdf/NewINDFactSheet.pdf|archive-date=August 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> All international arrivals are processed in Concourse A.<ref name="INDMap" /> |
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*'''Concourse A''' contains 20 gates.<ref name="INDMap" /> |
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== Accidents == |
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*'''Concourse B''' contains 19 gates.<ref name="INDMap" /> |
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===Ground transportation=== |
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On September 9, 1969, [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 853]], which was flying a [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] - [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] - [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] - [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] - [[St Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] route, was involved in a midair collision with a Piper Cherokee during its descent over Fairland, Indiana in Shelby County. The airliner, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, crashed into a cornfield near [[London, Indiana]], killing the 78 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The student pilot who was flying the Cherokee was also killed, bringing the total death toll to 83. |
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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 {{convert|11|acre|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indianapolis International Airport – Community Days brochure, October 11–12, 2008|date=August 4, 2008|url=http://www.indianapolisairport.com/admin/uploads/224/08.04.08CommunityDays.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611110349/http://www.indianapolisairport.com/admin/uploads/224/08.04.08CommunityDays.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2011}}</ref> |
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==Airlines and destinations== |
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On October 20, 1987, a [[United States Air Force]] [[A-7D Corsair II]] [[Ramada Inn Crash|crashed into]] a [[Ramada Inn]] near the airport after the pilot was forced to eject due to a engine malfunction. Ten people were killed, nine of them hotel employees<ref name=civicLeaders>{{cite web |url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/disasters/planecrashes.html |title=Indiana plane crashes |accessdate=2008-06-06 |date=2002-05-01 |publisher=[[Indianapolis Star]] }}</ref>. |
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| {{nowrap|[[Air Canada Express]]}} | [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto–Pearson]] | <ref name="AirCanadaRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight Schedules|url=https://beta.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925064718/https://www.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| [[Alaska Airlines]] | [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle/Tacoma]] | <ref>{{cite news|title=Flight Timetable|newspaper=Alaska Airlines|url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123138/https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live|last1=Airlines|first1=Alaska}}</ref> |
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| [[Allegiant Air]] | [[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport|Austin]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Jacksonville International Airport|Jacksonville (FL)]], [[Key West International Airport|Key West]], [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Orlando Sanford International Airport|Orlando/Sanford]], [[Punta Gorda Airport (Florida)|Punta Gorda (FL)]], [[Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport|Sarasota]], [[St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport|St. Petersburg/Clearwater]] <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Charleston International Airport|Charleston (SC)]], [[Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport|Destin/Fort Walton Beach]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]], [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport|Savannah]] | <ref name="AllegiantRoutes">{{cite web|title=Allegiant Air|url=https://www.allegiantair.com/interactive-routemap|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717045737/https://www.allegiantair.com/interactive-routemap|archive-date=17 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| [[American Airlines]] | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]] <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Cancún International Airport|Cancún]], [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]]| <ref name="AmericanRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight schedules and notifications|url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010611/https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | [[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport|Austin]], [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]], [[LaGuardia Airport|New York–LaGuardia]], [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]], [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Miami International Airport|Miami]]| <ref name="AmericanRoutes" /> |
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| [[Delta Air Lines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Salt Lake City International Airport|Salt Lake City]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Delta Resumes Salt Lake City – Indianapolis Service From March 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230718-dl1q24slcind |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref> | <ref name="DeltaRoutes">{{cite web|title=FLIGHT SCHEDULES|url=https://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621123636/http://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|archive-date=21 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| [[Delta Connection]] |[[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]], [[LaGuardia Airport|New York–LaGuardia]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]] | <ref name="DeltaRoutes"/> |
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| [[Frontier Airlines]] | [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-announces-new-routes-expanding-operations-across-38-airports/ | title=Frontier Airlines Announces New Routes, Expanding Operations Across 38 Airports }}</ref> [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Frontier Airlines Announces 17 New Routes Across Multiple Airports, Spanning the U.S. and Caribbean|url=https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-announces-17-new-routes-across-multiple-airports--spanning-the-us-and-caribbean/}}</ref> [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Frontier Airlines increases summer schedule at PHL by 47% with 10 new routes|date=February 7, 2024 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2024/02/07/frontier-airlines-new-routes-phliadelphia-airport.html|access-date= February 7, 2024}}</ref> <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]] |<ref name="FrontierRoutes">{{cite web|title=Frontier|url=https://www.flyfrontier.com|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912053526/https://www.flyfrontier.com/|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| {{nowrap|[[Southwest Airlines]]}} | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport|Austin]], [[Baltimore/Washington International Airport|Baltimore]],[[Cancún International Airport|Cancún]], [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas–Love]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Southwest Florida International Airport|Fort Myers]], [[William P. Hobby Airport|Houston–Hobby]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]], [[San Diego International Airport| San Diego]], [[Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport|Sarasota]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport|Panama City (FL)]]| <ref name="SouthwestRoutes">{{cite web|title=Check Flight Schedules|url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053931/https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| [[Spirit Airlines]] | [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]], [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/travel/new-flights-coming-to-indianapolis-international-airport-2024-ind-travel/531-e1297372-4a68-4d05-b1a9-c861fff5ec31|title=Indy airport offering new routes for 2024|date=March 5, 2024 |publisher=WTHR|accessdate=10 March 2024}}</ref> | <ref name="SpiritRoutes">{{cite web|title=Where we fly, flight schedules, flight map|url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042503/https://www.spirit.com/routemaps.aspx|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| {{nowrap|[[Sun Country Airlines]]}} | '''Seasonal:''' [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]] | <ref name="bizjournals.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2021/01/25/sun-country-airlines-announces-16-new-routes.html|title=Sun Country announces 16 new routes, including nine serving MSP|last=Thomas|first=Dylan|date=January 25, 2021|publisher=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> |
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| [[United Airlines]] | [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], [[San Francisco International Airport|San Francisco]] <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]] | <ref name="UnitedRoutes">{{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128165254/https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|archive-date=28 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| [[United Express]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]], [[Dulles International Airport|Washington–Dulles]] | <ref name="UnitedRoutes"/> |
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===Cargo=== |
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On October 31, 1994, [[American Eagle Flight 4184]], which was flying to [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]'s [[O'Hare International Airport]] from Indianapolis, crashed into a [[soybean]] field near the northwestern Indiana town of [[Roselawn, Indiana|Roselawn]], killing all 68 on board. |
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| {{nowrap|[[FedEx Express]]}} | [[Lehigh Valley International Airport|Allentown]], [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage]], [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport|Baltimore]], [[Boston Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Hollywood Burbank Airport|Burbank]], [[The Eastern Iowa Airport|Cedar Rapids]], [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Chicago O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]], [[Cologne Bonn Airport|Cologne/Bonn]], [[Rickenbacker International Airport|Columbus–Rickenbacker]], [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport|Detroit]], [[El Paso International Airport|El Paso]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport|Fort Worth–Alliance]], [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport|Grand Rapids]], [[Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport|Greenville (SC)]], [[Piedmont Triad International Airport|Greensboro]], [[Harrisburg International Airport|Harrisburg]], [[Bradley International Airport|Hartford]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[McGhee Tyson Airport|Knoxville]], [[Liège Airport|Liège]], [[London Stansted Airport|London–Stansted]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Dane County Regional Airport|Madison]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Montréal–Mirabel International Airport|Montreal–Mirabel]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]], [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]], [[Stewart International Airport|Newburgh]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]], [[Norfolk International Airport|Norfolk]], [[San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport|Oakland]], [[Eppley Airfield|Omaha]], [[Ontario International Airport|Ontario]], <!--Please do not add [[Kansai International Airport|Osaka–Kansai]] to this list. Osaka operates into IND but there is no direct flight from IND to KIX.--> [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport|Ottawa]], [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]], [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]], [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh]], [[Portland International Airport|Portland (OR)]], [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]], [[Richmond International Airport|Richmond]], [[Sacramento International Airport|Sacramento]], [[Salt Lake City International Airport|Salt Lake City]], [[San Diego International Airport|San Diego]], [[San Jose Mineta International Airport|San Jose (CA)]], [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle/Tacoma]], [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]], [[Syracuse Hancock International Airport|Syracuse]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]], [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto–Pearson]], [[Tulsa International Airport|Tulsa]], [[Washington Dulles International Airport|Washington–Dulles]] |
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== Other Cities Served == |
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[[File:Indy atc.png|thumb|FAA Control Tower]] |
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Indianapolis International Airport serves many nearby small and mid-sized cities, including the locations of Indiana's largest universities. Cities to which Indianapolis International Airport is the nearest major commercial airport include: |
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[[File:IND Boarding area.jpg|thumb|Indianapolis International Airport boarding area]] |
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* [[Anderson, Indiana]] (57.4 miles) |
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* [[Bloomington, Indiana]] (Home of [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University's]] main campus) (48.7 miles) |
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* [[Columbus, Indiana]] (52 miles) |
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* [[Kokomo, Indiana]] (66.2 miles) |
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* [[Muncie, Indiana]] (Home of [[Ball State University]]) (81.6 miles) |
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* [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]] & [[West Lafayette, Indiana]] (Home of [[Purdue University]]'s main campus) (66.3 miles) |
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* [[Terre Haute, Indiana]] (Home of [[Indiana State University]]) (68 miles) |
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* The airport also serves travelers in the neighboring states of [[Illinois]], [[Ohio]], and [[Kentucky]].<ref>http://archives.californiaaviation.org/marketingpr/msg00264.html</ref> |
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|+ '''Busiest domestic routes from IND (January 2023 - December 2023)'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=VaQ&Nv42146_anzr=V0qvn0n21yv5,%20Va:%20V0qvn0n21yv5%20V06r40n6v10ny&pn44vr4=SNPgf|title=RITA | BTS | Transtats |publisher=Transtats.bts.gov |access-date=March 28, 2024 }}</ref> |
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| [[Air Canada Jazz]] | Toronto-Pearson | B |
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| [[AirTran Airways]] | Atlanta, Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale [seasonal], Fort Myers, Las Vegas [begins March 10], New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Sarasota [seasonal], Tampa | B |
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| AirTran Airways operated by [[SkyWest Airlines]] | Milwaukee | B |
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| [[American Airlines]] | Dallas/Fort Worth | B |
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| [[AmericanConnection]] operated by [[Chautauqua Airlines]] | Chicago-O'Hare | B |
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| [[American Eagle Airlines|American Eagle]] | Miami, New York-JFK [begins November 18] | B |
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| [[Branson Air Express]] operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] | Branson | B |
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| [[Continental Airlines]] | Houston-Intercontinental | A |
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| [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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| [[Continental Connection]] operated by [[CommutAir]] | Cleveland | A |
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| [[Continental Express]] operated by [[Chautauqua Airlines]] | Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental | A |
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| Continental Express operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] | Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark | A |
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| [[Delta Air Lines]] | Atlanta, Cancún [seasonal], Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City| A |
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| [[Delta Connection]] operated by [[Chautauqua Airlines]] | New York-LaGuardia, Raleigh/Durham | A |
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| [[Denver International Airport|Denver, Colorado]] |
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| Delta Connection operated by [[Comair]] | Memphis, Raleigh/Durham, Washington-Reagan | A |
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| 339,000 |
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| Delta Connection operated by [[Pinnacle Airlines]] | Detroit, Memphis, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan | A |
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| Frontier, Southwest, United |
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| Delta Connection operated by [[Shuttle America]] | Atlanta, Boston, New York-LaGuardia | A |
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|- |
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| [[Frontier Airlines]] | Cancún [seasonal], Denver | B |
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| 3 |
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| [[Midwest Connect]] operated by [[Chautauqua Airlines]] | Milwaukee | B |
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| [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando, Florida]] |
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| [[Southwest Airlines]] | Baltimore, Chicago-Midway, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa | B |
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| 307,000 |
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| [[United Express]] operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] | Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles | B |
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| Frontier, Southwest, Spirit |
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| United Express operated by [[Shuttle America]] | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles | B |
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|- |
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| United Express operated by [[SkyWest Airlines]] | Chicago-O'Hare | B |
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| 4 |
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| [[US Airways]] | Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix | B |
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| [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas]] |
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| [[US Airways Express]] operated by [[Air Wisconsin]] | Charlotte | B |
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| 248,000 |
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| US Airways Express operated by [[Chautauqua Airlines]] | Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan | B |
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| American, Frontier |
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| US Airways Express operated by [[PSA Airlines]] | Charlotte, Philadelphia | B |
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| US Airways Express operated by [[Republic Airlines]] | Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan | B |
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| 5 |
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| [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte, North Carolina]] |
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| 247,000 |
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| American |
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| 6 |
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| [[Chicago O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois]] |
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| 238,000 |
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| American, United |
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|- |
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| 7 |
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| [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas, Nevada]] |
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| 212,000 |
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| Allegiant, Southwest, Spirit |
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|- |
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| 8 |
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| [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Arizona]] |
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| 208,000 |
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| American, Southwest |
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|- |
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| 9 |
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| [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark, New Jersey]] |
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| 163,000 |
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| Spirit, United |
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|- |
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| 10 |
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| [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota]] |
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| 158,000 |
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| Delta, Sun Country |
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|} |
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===Cargo airlines=== |
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|+ '''Busiest cargo routes from IND (December 2019)'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis International (IND)|url=http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/F4SDetailQuery.shtm|publisher=Bureau of Transportation Statistics|date=March 2018|access-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823121632/http://aviationdb.com/Aviation/F4SDetailQuery.shtm|archive-date=August 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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{{Airport-dest-list |
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| [[FedEx Express]]| Aguadilla, Anchorage, Atlanta, Allentown, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Burbank, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville, Harrisburg, Hartford, Hong Kong [begins October 1], Houston, Kansas City, Knoxville, Los Angeles, London, Manchester (New Hampshire), Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Montreal, Nashville, Newark, Newburgh (New York), New York, Norfolk, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, Richmond, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, St. Louis, Toronto, Tulsa, Washington DC |
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! City |
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! Cargo (pounds) |
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! Carriers |
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| 1 |
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| [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles, California]] |
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| 6,944,183 |
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| Cargolux, FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 2 |
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| [[Oakland International Airport|Oakland, California]] |
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| 6,717,406 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 3 |
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| [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis, Tennessee]] |
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| 6,603,929 |
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| FedEx Express |
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| 4 |
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| [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark, New Jersey]] |
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| 5,786,845 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 5 |
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| [[Logan International Airport|Boston, Massachusetts]] |
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| 4,590,933 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 6 |
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| [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas]] |
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| 3,996,817 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 7 |
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| [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle/Tacoma, Washington]] |
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| 3,943,765 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 8 |
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| [[Denver International Airport|Denver, Colorado]] |
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| 3,718,289 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 9 |
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| [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage, Alaska]] |
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| 3,592,389 |
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| FedEx Express |
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|- |
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| 10 |
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| [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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| 3,588,692 |
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| Cargolux, FedEx Express |
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===Airline market share=== |
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*[[Cargolux]] |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |
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*[[Nippon Cargo Airlines]] |
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|+ '''Largest airlines at IND (Oct 2022 – Sep 2023)'''<ref>{{cite web|title=BTS |url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=VaQ&Nv42146_anzr=V0qvn0n21yv5,%20Va:%20V0qvn0n21yv5%20V06r40n6v10ny&pn44vr4=SNPgf |access-date=24 Dec 2023}}</ref> |
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!Rank |
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!Airline |
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!Passengers |
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!Share |
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|- |
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|1 |
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| [[Southwest Airlines]] |
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| 2,453,000 |
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| 26.76% |
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|2 |
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| [[American Airlines]] |
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| 1,503,000 |
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| 16.40% |
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|- |
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|3 |
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| [[Republic Airways]] |
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| 1,194,000 |
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| 13.03% |
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|4 |
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| [[Delta Air Lines]] |
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| 1,127,000 |
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| 12.29% |
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|5 |
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| [[United Airlines]] |
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| 657,000 |
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| 7.16% |
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|- |
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| |
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| Other |
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| 2,233,000 |
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| 24.35% |
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===Annual traffic=== |
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== Public transportation == |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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[[IndyGo]] operates the Green Line Downtown/Airport Express daily from 5am to 9pm. From 5am to 9am and noon to 9pm the service runs every 15 minutes. From 9am to noon the service runs every 20 minutes. The express service costs $7 per passenger. The boarding/debarking point for this service at the airport is located at the northwest end of the Ground Transportation Center, which is found on level 1 of the parking garage. The terminal was built with a Light Rail System in mind that in the future could serve this airport. |
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|+ '''Annual passenger traffic at IND<br />1996–Present'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianapolisairport.com/admin/uploads/249/12.31.05CAFR.FY05.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404121247/http://www.indianapolisairport.com/admin/uploads/249/12.31.05CAFR.FY05.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-04 }} - for 1996 to 2005</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airline Activity Reports|url=https://www.indianapolisairport.com/about/investors-financials-reports/airline-activity-reports|publisher=Indianapolis International Airport|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043329/https://www.indianapolisairport.com/about/investors-financials-reports/airline-activity-reports|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}} - individual reports for 2005 and following years</ref> |
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[[IndyGo]] Route 8 bus also connects the airport with downtown Indianapolis. Unlike the Green Line Express, Route 8 bus is a slower & cheaper bus route that makes frequent stops along Washington St. The fare for Route 8 is currently $1.75 for single ride, same as other IndyGo buses. |
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| 1996||7,069,039||2006||8,085,394||2016||8,511,959 |
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|- |
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| 1997||7,171,845||2007||8,272,289||2017||8,800,828 |
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|- |
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| 1998||7,292,132||2008||8,151,488||2018||9,413,962 |
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|- |
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| 1999||7,463,536||2009||7,465,719||2019||9,537,377 |
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| 2000||7,722,191||2010||7,526,414||2020||4,104,648<ref>{{Cite web|last=Indianapolis Airport|title=Indianapolis December 2020 Airline Activity Report|url=https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/reports/December-2020-Airline-Activity-Report-FINAL.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref> |
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| 2001||7,238,744||2011||7,478,835||2021||7,175,979<ref>{{Cite web|last=Indianapolis International Airport|title=Dec 2021 Airline Activity Report|url=https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/arts-program/December-2021-Airline-Activity-Report-FINAL.pdf?mtime=20220127112736|website=Indianapolis International Airport}}</ref> |
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| 2002||6,896,418||2012||7,333,733||2022||8,693,024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dec 2022 Airline Activity Report |url=https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/reports/December-2022-Airline-Activity-Report-DRAFT.pdf?mtime=20230130135613 |website=Indianapolis International Airport}}</ref> |
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| 2003||7,361,060||2013||7,217,051||2023||'''9,788,867'''<ref>https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/reports/December-2023-Airline-Activity-Report.pdf?mtime=20240208111907 {{bare URL inline|date=March 2024}}</ref> |
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| 2004||8,025,051||2014||7,363,632||2024|| |
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| 2005||8,524,442||2015||7,998,086||2025|| |
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==Accidents and incidents== |
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== External links == |
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* On September 9, 1969, [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 853]] on a [[Boston]] – [[Baltimore]] – [[Cincinnati]] – [[Indianapolis]] – [[St. Louis]] route, collided in midair with a [[Piper Cherokee]] during its descent over [[Fairland, Indiana]], in [[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby County]]. The [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/09/09/allegheny-airlines-crash/15291451/|title=Retro Indy: Allegheny Airlines crash Sept. 9, 1969 killed 83 near Shelbyville|publisher=IndyStar|accessdate=1 September 2023}}</ref> |
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* On October 20, 1987, a [[United States Air Force]] [[A-7D Corsair II]] [[1987 Ramada Inn Corsair crash|crashed into]] 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.<ref name=civicLeaders>{{cite news|title=Indiana Plane Crashes |url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/disasters/planecrashes.html |newspaper=[[Indianapolis Star]] |date=April 1, 2002 |access-date=June 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627124130/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/disasters/planecrashes.html |archive-date=June 27, 2013 }}</ref> |
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* [http://www.indianapolisairport.com/ Indianapolis International Airport] (official site) |
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* [http://www.inzone.org/ INZone] Foreign Trade Zone |
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==See also== |
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* [http://www.indygo.net/green_line.htm IndyGo Green Line Service] |
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*[[List of airports in Indiana]] |
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* [http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8697099&nav=menu35_4/ Colonel H. Weir Cook Terminal official] |
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*[[List of the busiest airports in the United States]] |
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*[[List of attractions and events in Indianapolis]] |
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*[[List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United States]] |
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*{{seclink|List of tallest buildings in Indianapolis#Other structures}} |
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*[[Transportation in Indianapolis]] |
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| Owner/Operator | Indianapolis Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Indianapolis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 7800 Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | FedEx Express | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating base for | Allegiant Air | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 797 ft / 243 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 Wayne and Decatur townships in Marion County.[2][4] IND is home to the second largest FedEx Express hub in the world; only the FedEx SuperHub in Memphis, Tennessee surpasses its cargo traffic. Additionally, because of FedEx's activity, IND consistently ranks among the top 10 busiest U.S. airports in terms of air cargo throughput.[5][6][7] Republic Airways is also headquartered at the airport, and Allegiant Air maintains Indianapolis as a focus city.
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 Stout Field as the primary city airport. The airport was initially built on about 320 acres (130 ha) of land in the southwestern edge of the city, with an additional 627 acres (254 ha) acres reserved for future expansions at the airport.[8] In 1944, it was renamed Weir Cook Municipal Airport, after US Army Air Forces Col. Harvey Weir Cook of Wilkinson, Indiana, who became a flying ace during World War I with seven victories and died flying a P-39 over New Caledonia in World War II.
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 US Airways) had a secondary hub in Indianapolis with non-stop jets to the West Coast, East Coast, and Florida and turboprop flights to cities around the Midwest. USAir peaked at 146 daily departures (including its prop affiliates), with 49% of all seats. USAir ended the hub in the late 1990s. [citation needed]
FedEx Express began their hub at the airport in 1988, with an expansion of the hub occurring ten years later. The hub employs around 4,000 people and has a sort capacity of nearly 100,000 packages per hour, making Indianapolis the largest FedEx hub in the world outside of their SuperHub in Memphis.[11]
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Indianapolis was a hub for then locally based ATA Airlines and its regional affiliate, Chicago Express/ATA Connection. After that airline entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2004, operations at IND were cut, then eliminated in 2006.[12] ATA's demise gave Northwest Airlines an opportunity to expand operations, making Indianapolis a focus city with mainline flights to the West Coast, East Coast, and the South.[13] Northwest was later acquired by Delta Air Lines in 2008, and a decade later, Delta began service from Indianapolis to Paris in May 2018. This flight was the first ever non-stop transatlantic passenger flight out of Indianapolis.[14] The flight, DL500, was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] Since then, the airport has been working to restore transatlantic service to Indianapolis, and in 2021, entered negotiations with British Airways to begin service to London in the summer of 2022, but ultimately failed.[16][17]
In 1990, Air Canada began nonstop service from Indianapolis to Toronto Pearson International Airport, marking the first regularly scheduled international flight out of IND.[18] Air Canada Jazz, which operated the flight from 2001, would be retired by Air Canada in 2012, and service to IND would continue under the new Air Canada Express brand.
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. HOK was its master designer, with AeroDesign Group (a joint venture of CSO Architects, SchenkelShultz Architecture, and ARCHonsortium) serving as the architect of record. Aviation Capital Management (Indianapolis), a subsidiary of BSA LifeStructures, was the airport's program manager. Hunt/Smoot Midfield Builders, a joint venture of Hunt Construction Group and Smoot Construction was the construction manager.[24] Thornton Tomasetti was the terminal's structural engineer along with Fink, Roberts and Petrie.[25] Syska Hennessy was the mechanical, electrical, & plumbing engineer.[25] In 2021, a six-person panel of Indianapolis members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) identified the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal among the ten most "architecturally significant" buildings completed in the city since World War II.[26]
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
Statistics
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/Fort Worth, Texas | 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/St. Paul, Minnesota | 158,000 | Delta, Sun Country |
| Rank | City | Cargo (pounds) | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[53] |
| 2001 | 7,238,744 | 2011 | 7,478,835 | 2021 | 7,175,979[54] |
| 2002 | 6,896,418 | 2012 | 7,333,733 | 2022 | 8,693,024[55] |
| 2003 | 7,361,060 | 2013 | 7,217,051 | 2023 | 9,788,867[56] |
| 2004 | 8,025,051 | 2014 | 7,363,632 | 2024 | |
| 2005 | 8,524,442 | 2015 | 7,998,086 | 2025 |
Passenger traffic trends
Annual passenger traffic at IND airport.
See Wikidata query.
Accidents and incidents
- On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 on a Boston – Baltimore – Cincinnati – Indianapolis – St. Louis route, collided in midair with a Piper Cherokee during its descent over Fairland, Indiana, in Shelby County. The 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.[57]
- On October 20, 1987, a United States Air Force A-7D Corsair II crashed into 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.[58]
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 June 13, 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
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