Eppley Airfield
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| Owner/Operator | Omaha Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Eastern Nebraska, western Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Omaha, Nebraska | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 984 ft / 300 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°18′04″N 95°53′43″W / 41.3012°N 95.8954°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.flyoma.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2016) | 4.35 million |
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| Aircraft operations (2009) | 111,155 |
| Cargo in pounds (2013) | 93,000,000 |
| Mail in pounds (2013) | 51,000,000 |
Eppley Airfield (IATA: OMA, ICAO: KOMA, FAA LID: OMA) is an international medium hub airport three miles northeast of downtown Omaha, Nebraska, in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. It is by far the largest airport in Nebraska, serving ten times more passengers than all other Nebraska airports combined, and is named for Eugene C. Eppley, the Eppley Hotel magnate of Omaha, from whose estate $1.0 million was used to convert Omaha Municipal Airport into a jetport in 1959/1960.
The airport occupies 2,650 acres (1,070 ha) and handles about 120 airline flights per day to and from 20 daily and 3 seasonal non-stop destinations. Eppley served 4.17 million passengers in 2015 (including both enplaned and deplaned passengers).
Eppley Airfield began as an extension of Levi Carter Park near East Omaha in 1925. That year, the City of Omaha acquired 200 acres of cleared land on the east side of Carter Lake. Almost immediately, planes started landing and taking off there. A lawsuit was launched against the City in 1927 when a group wanted to build a hangar there. The lawsuit failed and the land was called both the Omaha Municipal Airport and the American Legion Airport.
The April 1957 OAG shows 42 scheduled airline departures per day, with 23 by United Airlines and 19 by Braniff Airlines. In January 1960, the City of Omaha renamed the field in honor of Eugene Eppley, whose foundation donated US$1,000,000 for improvements to the field. This was matched by the federal government and improvements were made to handle jets at the airport, and the first jets landed were United 720s in August 1960.
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