Logan International Airport

Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the 20 busiest airports in the U.S., with 22 million passengers a year using its 43 airlines. It covers 2,400 acres (10 km²), has five major runways, and employs an estimated 15,000 people. Its IATA Airport Code is BOS. Its ICAO Airport Code is KBOS. The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, Latin America, and Europe.

History

Originally called Boston Airport, Logan opened September 8, 1923 and was used primarily by the Massachusetts Air Guard and the Army Air Corp. The first scheduled commercial passenger flights were initiated by Colonial Air Transport between Boston and New York City in 1927. The airport has expanded enormously over the years, including the addition of 1,800 acres (7 km²) built on landfill in Boston Harbor. In 1956, the state renamed it Lt. General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport after a Spanish-American War hero from Boston. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, both on BOS-LAX routes, crashed into the World Trade Center towers in the September 11, 2001 Attack. Also, on December 22, 2001, Richard Reid was arrested at Logan for trying to destroy American Airlines Flight 63. The plane, which was flying on a Paris-Miami route, made an emergency landing at Logan after Reid's attempts to light his shoe bomb were discovered and foiled. With Logan Airport burgeoning with passengers, the Massachusetts Port Authority set Manchester, NH Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire and T. F. Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island as the second and third airports of Boston to avoid building a new airport. Massport also operated the scheduled flights at Hanscom Field (BED) in Bedford, Massachusetts and Worcester Airport (ORH), which have since ended. Expansion of commercial air service to Hanscom Field has been derailed by community opposition, although for many travelers it is ideally located. Worcester Airport has poor highway access and is located far from major population centers other than Worcester itself; it has not managed to attract a significant commercial airline presence. Despite having a few airlines, commercial service ended following lost business from the September 11, 2001 attacks. On May 5, 2002, Logan's Terminal A, constructed in 1969, closed and was demolished. A replacement building and satellite terminal, funded mostly by Delta Air Lines, opened on March 16, 2005.

Terminals

Logan International Airport has five terminals, all connected by a shuttle bus. Moving walkways connect the terminals to a central parking garage. Only Terminal E has U.S. Customs and Immigration services, so all international flights arrive here, except for those coming from locations with U.S. customs preclearance, which includes Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver in Canada as well as Aruba, Bermuda, Cancun, Nassau, and San Juan.

Terminal A

Terminal B (north side)

  • America West (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix)
  • American Airlines (Aruba, Cancun, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Ft. Worth, Ft. Lauderdale, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester (UK), Miami, New Orleans, Orlando, Paris, Providenciales, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Shannon, St. Louis, St. Thomas, West Palm Beach)
  • American Eagle Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Columbus, Halifax, Montreal, New York Kennedy, New York La Guardia, Newark, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, St. Louis, Toronto, Washington Reagan)

Terminal B (south side)

Terminal C

Terminal D

  • AirTran (Akron-Canton, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Newport News, Philadelphia)

International Terminal E

Ground transportation

There is an Airport stop on the MBTA's Blue Line. The stop is not in the airport terminal itself; a free shuttle ferries passengers from the train station to the terminal. The MBTA's Silver Line is expected to start serving Logan Airport in 2005. Massport's Logan Express bus service also serves the areas of Braintree, Framingham, Peabody, and Woburn. The MBTA operates a water shuttle connecting Logan with downtown Boston, Quincy, and Hull. A free shuttle ferries passengers from the dock to the terminal. By road, the airport is at the eastern terminus of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90), which provides easy access from the west. From the south, travellers on Interstate 93 can connect to the Masspike east, through the Ted Williams Tunnel to reach the airport. From the north, I-93 traffic to the airport uses the Callahan Tunnel, Route 1A North. From the North Shore, access is via Route 1A South.

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