Boston, Edward Lawrence Logan (BOS/KBOS) MA, USA
IATA: BOS – ICAO: KBOS – FAA: BOS | |||
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Summary | |||
Airport type | Public, General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, is one of the 20 busiest airports in the U.S., with over 26 million passengers a year. | ||
Owner | Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)Retail management is provided by BAA, a Spanish-owned British company, and Westfield. | ||
Serves | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
Location | East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts), | ||
Hub Ccie | The airport serves as a focus city for AirTran Airways, American Airlines, JetBlue Airways and US Airways, Boston Logan Airport is the 12th busiest airport in the USA based on international traffic.In 2005, it handled 3,902,000 international passengers. Logan is the largest airport in New England. Currently New England’s largest transportation center, Logan ranks 20th in the nation in passenger volume and 19th in flight movements, employs approximately 12,000 workers and stimulates the New England regional economy by approximately $7 billion per year | ||
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Website | www.massport.com/logan/ | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
4L/22R | 7,861 | 2,396 | Asphalt |
4R/22L | 10,005 | 3,050 | Asphalt |
9/27 | 7,000 | 2,134 | Asphalt |
14/32 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
15L/33R | 2,557 | 779 | Asphalt |
15R/33L | 10,083 | 3,073 | Asphalt |
Statistics (2008) | |||
Aircraft operations | 371,604 movements,It covers 2,384 acres (965 ha), has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people, The distinctive central control tower, nearly a dozen stories high, is a local landmark with its pair of segmented elliptical pylons and a six-story platform trussed between them. | ||
Passengers | 26,102,651 pax // The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, the Cape Verde Islands, the Caribbean, Europe, and Mexico. . |
Year | Nikon D80 | Spot location | |
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Digital | Jepeg | ||
2008 | 201 | Le spotting à Boston, n'est pas possible sans un accord de la police (attention j'en ai fait l'expérience !!) autrement, le dernier étage du parking du terminal B, est excellent (voir ci-dessous) du matin à midi à cause du soleil, si vous êtes passager il y a plusieurs baies vitrées très sympa dans les terminaux. Logan Airport offers a huge number of interesting locations for plane spotters to ply their hobby, in addition to a solid variety of aircraft, ranging from King Airs to 747s. The field is nearly surrounded by water, but adjacent islands and peninsulas provide for some excellent viewing spots, some of which deliver a skyline backdrop, while others place Boston Harbor in the foreground |
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Spotting on top roof of parking B :
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Spotting inside the international terminal "E" :
History
Originally called Boston Airport, Logan opened on September 8, 1923, and was used primarily by the Massachusetts Air Guard and the Army Air Corps. At that time, it was known as Jeffery Field. The first scheduled commercial passenger flights were initiated by Colonial Air Transport between Boston and New York City in 1927.
The airport has expanded over the years, including the addition of 1,800 acres (730 ha) built on landfill in Boston Harbor and the incorporation of the former Governors and Apple Islands. As a consequence the airport is almost entirely surrounded by water. In 1952, the airport became the first in the United States with an indirect rapid transit connection. In 1956, the state renamed the airport as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport after a Spanish-American War officer from South Boston.
The era of the jumbo jet began at Logan during the summer of 1970 when Pan Am inaugurated daily Boeing 747 service to London Heathrow Airport. Non-stop flights to London now are scheduled by British Airways, American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic.
When Terminal E opened in 1974, it was the second largest international arrivals facility in the United States. Since that time the number of international travelers using Logan has tripled. International long-haul travel has been the fastest growing market sector at Logan and has led the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) to embark on a major airport renewal project. The international terminal at Logan has been completely modified and upgraded into an elegant and impressive facility in recent years. Terminal E is a common-use facility, meaning all ticket counters and gates are shared among the international carriers.
Terminals, airlines, and destinations
Logan International Airport has four terminals, all connected by shuttle buses and walkways. Moving walkways also connect the terminals to a central parking garage. Terminals A, C and E have their own buildings, B is split into north and south. Only Terminal E has U.S. Customs and Immigration services, so all international flights arrive there except for those coming from locations with U.S. customs preclearance. The largest mainline airline at Boston Logan is JetBlue carrying 15.72% of passengers, followed by American Airlines (14.89%), US Airways (14.72%), Delta Air Lines (13.67%), and United Airlines (10.52%). However, these figures may be misleading, since they do not include American Eagle, US Airways Express, or Delta Connection, each of which has significant operations at Logan Airport.
Terminal A
Logan's newly built Terminal A, which replaced a previous building that was once occupied by Eastern Airlines, opened to passengers on March 16, 2005. The building is the first airport terminal in the United States to be LEED certified for environmentally friendly design by the U.S. Green Building Council. Among the building's features are heat-reflecting roof and windows, low-flow faucets and waterless urinals, self-dimming lights, and storm water filtration. The 22 gates in Terminal A increase the number of gates at Logan to 102
Airlines | Destinations |
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Alaska Airlines | Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma |
Continental Airlines | Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark |
Continental Connection operated by Colgan Air | Newark |
Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Cleveland |
Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Cleveland |
Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, Bermuda, Cancún, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Tampa, West Palm Beach |
Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Columbus (OH), Washington-Reagan |
Delta Connection operated by Comair | Bangor [ends December 1], Charleston (SC) [seasonal], Charlottetown [seasonal], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Columbus (OH), Halifax, Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach [seasonal], New York-JFK, Raleigh/Durham, Tampa, Washington-Reagan |
Delta Connection operated by Compass Airlines | Detroit, Memphis |
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Indianapolis |
Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America | New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan |
Northwest Airlines | Amsterdam, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
Airlines | Destinations |
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American Airlines | Aruba, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Miami, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal], Providenciales [seasonal], San Diego [ends November 18] ,San Francisco, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Louis, St. Thomas [seasonal] |
American Eagle | Columbus (OH), New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Raleigh/Durham, Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Reagan |
Spirit Airlines | Atlantic City, Fort Lauderdale, Myrtle Beach |
Virgin America | Los Angeles, San Francisco |
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Canada | Toronto-Pearson |
Air Canada Jazz | Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson |
US Airways | Aruba, Bermuda [seasonal], Cancún [seasonal], Charlotte, Grand Cayman [seasonal], Las Vegas, Montego Bay [seasonal], Nassau [seasonal], New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Providenciales [seasonal], Punta Cana [seasonal], San Juan [seasonal], Washington-Reagan |
US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin | Buffalo, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Rochester (NY) |
US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Buffalo, Richmond |
US Airways Express operated by Colgan Air | Albany, Augusta (ME), Bar Harbor, Presque Isle, Syracuse |
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines | Harrisburg |
US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh |
On the night of February 28, 2006, the Terminal D gates (the three gates at the north end of the terminal) were renumbered and labeled as part of Terminal C.
Airlines | Destinations |
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AirTran Airways | Akron/Canton, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago-Midway [seasonal], Fort Myers [seasonal], Milwaukee, Newport News/Williamsburg, Orlando [seasonal], Sarasota/Bradenton [seasonal], Tampa [seasonal] |
Cape Air | Hyannis, Lebanon, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Plattsburgh, Provincetown, Rockland, Rutland, Saranac Lake |
JetBlue Airways | Aruba, Austin, Baltimore, Bermuda [seasonal], Buffalo, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville (FL), Montego Bay [begins January 9] Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Nassau, New Orleans, New York-JFK, Oakland, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, St. Maarten, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Washington-Dulles, West Palm Beach |
Midwest Airlines | Milwaukee |
Midwest Connect operated by Republic Airlines | Kansas City, Milwaukee |
Sun Country Airlines | Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal] |
United Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles |
United Express operated by Mesa Airlines | Washington-Dulles |
Terminal E handles all international arrivals as well as the following airlines:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aer Lingus | Dublin, Shannon |
Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
British Airways | London-Heathrow |
Finnair | Helsinki [seasonal] |
Iberia Airlines | Madrid |
Icelandair | Reykjavik |
Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich |
Porter Airlines | Toronto-City Centre |
SATA International | Lisbon, Porto [seasonal], Terceira [seasonal], Ponta Delgada [scheduled charter] |
Southwest Airlines | Baltimore, Chicago-Midway, Denver, St. Louis |
Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich |
TACV | Praia |
Virgin Atlantic | London-Heathrow |
Cargo
Logan Airport has two cargo facilities (North Cargo adjacent to Terminal E and South Cargo adjacent to Terminals A and B). The airport is served by the several cargo carriers:
Notable incidents
- On October 4 1960, an Eastern Airlines propeller driven Lockheed L-188 Electra crashed into the sea while attempting to take off from Logan Airport. 62 people died and 9 people survived, incurring serious injuries.
- On July 31, 1973, Delta Air Lines Flight 723, operated on a DC-9 airplane, crashed into a seawall at Logan Airport, causing the deaths of all 83 passengers and 6 crew members on board. One of the passengers initially survived the accident but later died in a hospital.
- On January 23, 1982 World Airways Flight 30 from Newark to Boston made a non-precision instrument approach to runway 15R and touched down 2800 feet past the displaced threshold on an icy runway. When the crew sensed that the DC-10-30-CF couldn't be stopped on the remaining runway, they steered the DC-10 off the side of the runway to avoid the approach light pier, and slid into the shallow water of Boston Harbor. The nose section separated as the DC-10 came to rest 250 feet past the runway end, 110 feet left of the extended centerline. 2 male passengers (a father and son) were never found and are presumed to have been swept out ot sea.
- In 2001, two of the aircraft involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, departed from Logan Airport. Both aircraft were flown into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers of New York, destroying the buildings. United and American Airlines have mounted American flags on the gates from which the flights departed that day.
- On December 22, 2001, Richard Reid attempted to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 over the Atlantic Ocean. The flight was diverted to Boston Logan after the passengers and crew overpowered and subdued Reid. One flight attendant received minor injuries after being bitten on the thumb by Reid. The flight departed from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and its intended destination was Miami International Airport