Indianapolis International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Indianapolis Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | 7800 Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Hub for | FedEx Express | ||||||||||||||||||
Focus city for | Allegiant Air | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 797 ft / 243 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°43′02″N 086°17′40″W / 39.71722°N 86.29444°WCoordinates: 39°43′02″N 086°17′40″W / 39.71722°N 86.29444°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | Indianapolisairport.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location within Indianapolis / Indiana / United States | |||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations (2016) | 162,211 |
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Passengers (2016) | 8,511,959 |
Air Cargo (metric tons) (2016) | 1,065,114 |
Area (acres) (2014) | 7,700 |
Indianapolis International Airport (IATA: IND, ICAO: KIND, FAA LID: IND) is a public airport seven miles (11 km) southwest of downtown Indianapolis, in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is owned and operated by the Indianapolis Airport Authority. The airport is the largest in Indiana, occupying about 7,700 acres (3,116 ha) in Wayne and Decatur townships of Marion County, all within the city of Indianapolis. It is near interstate highways I-65, I-69, I-70 and I-74, all of which connect to the city's I-465 beltway. The passenger terminal was the first designed and built in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The airport is also home to a FedEx Express hub, the company's second-largest after the SuperHub at Memphis International Airport. Opened in 1988, the hub has been expanded three times.
Indianapolis Municipal Airport opened in 1931. 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 who died flying a P-39 over New Caledonia in World War II.