TWAalltheway From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 144 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1286 times:
Hey
I remember seeing a Dateline NBC or some TV article about this airport in Ilinois, about 50 miles or so from STL. It said it was supposed to be a reliever airport for STL. Personally I think it was a terrible waste of government money on an airport. From what I know, it never gets much service, I think PanAm is the only airline there. I think it would attract much more service if there was a highspeed train service between St. Louis and this airport. What are your thoughts, and if you've ever been there?
TWAalltheway From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 144 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1239 times:
Jason Seiple From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 1206 times:
Yes, I've been to BLV.
Pan Am is the only passenger airline that flies there. It shares a runway with Scott Air Force Base.
It does have practical applications though... when a TWA B717 had to make a wheels up landing, they did it at Mid-America as to not cause a closure to STL.
Ndebele From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 2895 posts, RR: 25 Reply 3, posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1198 times:
Mid-America Airport, what a silly name! If someone told me he would fly to Mid-America Airport, I would think "Probably he's flying to Costa Rica or Nicaragua". It's just the same with "Midwest", I'd search for the US-American "Midwest" somewhere near the Rockies. But maybe I'm thinking too logical??
Dalmd88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2366 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1174 times:
Actually the Name Mid-America does make sense. It is half way between the east and west coast. Historically the Mississippi River has always been the begining of western America. The Mid-West I think got that name because settlers moving to The West, the other side of the Mississippi, considered it Midway to the west.
Continental From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5476 posts, RR: 21 Reply 6, posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1167 times:
Lots of airports get reliever airports, MSP has about 5. They are for planes like Cessnas and Learjets, so they don't clog up the approach paths and takeoff paths.
AerLingus From China, joined Mar 2000, 2371 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (11 years 6 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1125 times:
I think that St. Louis's Metro plans on sending their light-rail trains to the airport, but I guess that they may put a hold on that considering there are NO AIRLINES!
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