Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (IATA: ICT, ICAO: KICT, FAA LID: ICT) is a commercial airport 7 miles (11 km) west of downtown Wichita, Kansas. It is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Kansas. ICT covers 3,248 acres (1,314 ha). The airport is referred to as Eisenhower National Airport or by its former name Mid-Continent Airport. The airport’s airport code, ICT, is also a nickname for the city. The airport was previously Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. The name was to be changed on March 31, 2015 by the city of Wichita, but the official change occurred within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 13, 2014 for a deadline to publish new aeronautical charts and airport directories. The new terminal opened on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport offers flights on seven major airlines. Located off of HWY 54 in Wichita, a convenient, new terminal opened in 2015. Destinations include: Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Orlando, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas, Destin, Phoenix, St. Louis. The airport is named after Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. His boyhood home, museum, and Presidential Library are at the Eisenhower Presidential Center in Abilene, Kansas. The airport is the site of the Cessna headquarters and main manufacturing plant, as well as a Bombardier service center for Learjet and other business jet aircraft.
| Official Website: | http://www.flywichita.com/ |
| Wikipedia link: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_National_Airport |
| Airnav link: | http://airnav.com/airport/KICT |
| Contact Number: | +1 316-946-4700 |
| Airport Address: | 2299 S Airport Rd, Wichita, KS 67209, United States |