YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4781 posts, RR: 17 Posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4537 times:
I was just wondering how many airports are named after living people? It's not very conventional to name major things after those that are still alive.
ANC and IAH are the only two that come to mind. And Baghdad till recently.
Bond007 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 5098 posts, RR: 9 Reply 1, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4526 times:
Reagan was wasn't it .... for a while???
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PanAm747 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4242 posts, RR: 10 Reply 2, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4518 times:
Well, DCA was re-named "Reagan National Airport" while Mr. Reagan was still alive, but it is doubtful that he could understand what had been done.
I think Lindbergh Field has always been called that - and Charles Lindbergh passed away in the early 1970's. I don't know how long MSP's main terminal has been called "Lindbergh", and in all probability was named after his father, Charles August Lindbergh, who died in 1924, but IIRC the Hubert Humphrey terminal was given that name before Mr. Humphrey's passing in 1978.
Tom Bradley International Terminal (while not the name of the airport) was given that designation after he succeeded in bringing the Olympic games to Los Angeles in 1984.
Dulles airport in Virginia has been planned since the mid-1950's, but I don't know if the name "Dulles" was applied to it before or after John Foster Dulles died in 1959.
Those are the only ones that come to mind for me...
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Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10188 posts, RR: 63 Reply 4, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4526 times:
SJC - San Jose Norman Y. Mineta International Airport
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4680 posts, RR: 24 Reply 5, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4514 times:
AUA is named after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, tho they named it after her when she was "just" a Princess.
JetBlueGuy2006 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1613 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4497 times:
Gerald R. Ford International while he was alive.
Home Airport: Capital Region International Airport (KLAN)
BoeingFever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 409 posts, RR: 57 Reply 8, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4477 times:
Quoting YOWza (Thread starter): I was just wondering how many airports are named after living people?
That sounds pretty clear to me.
Quoting Bond007 (Reply 1): Reagan was wasn't it .... for a while???
AirplaneFan From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 231 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4450 times:
John F. Kennedy International Airport - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Adam T. From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4443 times:
Quoting AirplaneFan (Reply 10): John F. Kennedy International Airport - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7251 posts, RR: 25 Reply 12, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4422 times:
Quoting YOWza (Thread starter): was just wondering how many airports are named after living people?
Quoting BoeingFever777 (Reply 8): Quoting Bond007 (Reply 1):
Reagan was wasn't it .... for a while???
not alive.
DCA had Reagan's name added to it in 1998; President Reagan died in 2004.
Quoting BoeingFever777 (Reply 8): Quoting JetBlueGuy2006 (Reply 6):
Gerald R. Ford International while he was alive.
again not alive.
GRR was named after President Ford in 1999; as we all know, he only died about a month ago.
Does anyone know when IDI was named after Jimmy Stewart? Was it before or after he died?
The 3rd Harbor Tunnel (which serves BOS) part of the Big Dig project was named after former Red Sox player Ted Williams while he was still alive. Before the tunnel opened to commercial vehicle traffic in 1995; then-Gov. Weld and he rode through the tunnel in a small baseball cart (a common site at Fenway, when the relief pitcher's brought out).
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ElmoTheHobo From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1515 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4422 times:
NWADC9 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4857 posts, RR: 10 Reply 14, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4396 times:
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (Latrobe)
Kansas City Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
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BoeingFever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 409 posts, RR: 57 Reply 15, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4358 times:
Quoting PHLBOS (Reply 12): DCA had Reagan's name added to it in 1998; President Reagan died in 2004.
Quoting ElmoTheHobo (Reply 13): Both were alive when they had the airports named after them.
That is great... Today's date is 31st Jan. 2007. Both are dead. It's not 1998 nor 1999.
Read the original post before you quote me.
Quoting YOWza (Thread starter): It's not very conventional to name major things after those that are still alive.
PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7251 posts, RR: 25 Reply 18, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4152 times:
AIR757200 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 1579 posts, RR: 8 Reply 19, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4129 times:
DTW's McNamara Terminal, named after Wayne Co. County Executive Edward McNamara, while he was alive-- he passed away last year.
Analog From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 1900 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4107 times:
Quoting PanAm747 (Reply 2): Well, DCA was re-named "Reagan National Airport" while Mr. Reagan was still alive, but it is doubtful that he could understand what had been done.
Since, AFAIK, it was federal policy (law?) not to name things after people until 20 years after their death (see the WMATA map/station naming conflict about this), it seemed to be quite a commentary on Reagan's mental state during his presidency when Congress named DCA after him.
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PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7251 posts, RR: 25 Reply 21, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 4074 times:
I wonder whether or not Lucas County (Ohio) officials will eventually rename TOL after Toledo's favorite son, Jamie Farr (Klinger on M*A*S*H)? When I was last there, 2 to 3 years ago; his voice was on nearly every standard airport/safety/security announcements.
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Rampart From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2849 posts, RR: 7 Reply 23, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 4033 times:
Quoting AirplaneFan (Reply 10): John F. Kennedy International Airport - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Was Idlewild/New York International Airport until a groundswell of support wished to memorialize his death by naming an airport after him. Should have been Boston, but IDL/NYC did't have a namesake yet.
I don't think airports, or anything, should be named for living people. It's vain, short-sighted, alienating for up to half of the population, and potentially embarassing (e.g. Ted Stevens).
AeroWeanie From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1600 posts, RR: 52 Reply 24, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 4014 times:
Quoting PHLBOS (Reply 12): Does anyone know when IDI was named after Jimmy Stewart? Was it before or after he died?
I checked with my wife, who grew up there, and she confirmed that it was named long before he died. I know he was there when they dedicated a statue of him. I think he might have been there for the airport naming too.
I used to fly into IDI and it was always confusing when I called Flight Service to get my weather briefing. I'd say that I was flying to Indiana Pennsylvania and they would start to give me a weather briefing for Indiana. I'd cut them off and say "No, Pennsylvania" and there would be a pause while the briefer tried to figure it all out.
25 PROSA: I think STS was named after Charles Schulz when he was alive. The airport's site does not say.
26 Cactus742: PHX's Barry Goldwater Terminal 4 opened in 1990. The Senator didn't die until 1998.
28 Areopagus: What happens when you ask for the weather in Wyoming, Pennsylvania? Edit: or Mars, Pennsylvania?[Edited 2007-02-01 18:52:54]
29 Analog: Agreed. There should be a minimum "waiting period" between a person's death and the naming of the thing. How about turning it around: naming things t
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