Logan International Airport (BOS/KBOS) (Boston, Massachusetts)

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General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport
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General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS) in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the 20 busiest airports in the U.S., with over 27 million passengers a year. It serves as a focus city for American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways, and JetBlue Airways. Continental Connection also operates a small regional hub at Logan.

It covers 2,400 acres (10 km²), has five major runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, Latin America, and Europe. 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.

Originally called Boston Airport, Logan opened on September 8, 1923 and was used primarily by the Massachusetts Air Guard and the Army Air Corps. The first scheduled commercial passenger flights were initiated by Colonial Air Transport between Boston and New York City in 1927.



Terminals 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 here, except for those coming from locations with U.S. customs preclearance, which includes Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, and Halifax in Canada as well as Aruba, Bermuda, Nassau, and St. Thomas. On February 28, 2006, the Terminal D gates were renumbered and labeled as part of Terminal C. In 2007, the International Terminal E will be renamed Terminal D.


Terminal A (Delta Terminal)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Bermuda, Cancún, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nassau, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Columbus)
Delta Connection operated by Comair (Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Burlington, Charleston (SC), Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Dayton [begins September 11], Fredericton, Greensboro, Halifax, Jacksonville (FL), Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New York-JFK, Newport News [begins November 15], Norfolk, Quebec City, Raleigh/Durham, Sarasota, Savannah, Trenton [date TBA [1], Washington-Reagan)
Delta Shuttle operated by Delta Air Lines (New York-LaGuardia)

Terminal B

North side
American Airlines (Aruba [seasonal], Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester (UK) [seasonal], Miami, New Orleans [seasonal], Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal], Providenciales [seasonal], San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Shannon [ends October 2006], St. Louis, St. Thomas (seasonal), West Palm Beach)
American Eagle (Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Columbus, Halifax, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Newark, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, Toronto, Washington-Reagan)

South side
Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)
US Airways (Aruba, Bermuda, Cancún, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Montego Bay, Nassau, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Punta Cana, San Juan)
US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
US Airways Shuttle operated by US Airways (New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan)
US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Buffalo, Pittsburgh)
US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Buffalo, Charleston (SC), Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Savannah)
US Airways Express operated by Colgan Air (Albany, Augusta (ME), Bar Harbor, Hyannis, Islip, Nantucket, Presque Isle, Rockland, Syracuse, White Plains)
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Harrisburg, Syracuse)
Spirit Airlines (Detroit, Myrtle Beach)

Terminal C
On the night of February 28, 2006, the Terminal D gates were renumbered and labeled as part of Terminal C. Terminal E will be renamed Terminal D in 2007.[2]

Air Canada (Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto)
Air Canada Jazz (Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto)
AirTran Airways (Akron/Canton, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Fort Myers [starts November 15, 2006], Fort Lauderdale [starts November 15, 2006], Newport News, Orlando [starts December 21, 2006], Philadelphia, Rochester)
Cape Air (Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Provincetown)
Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Albany, Allentown/Bethlehem, Burlington, Islip, Portland (ME), Rutland, Saranac Lake, Syracuse, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, White Plains)
Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland, Newark)
JetBlue Airways (Austin, Buffalo, Columbus [starts October 18, 2006], Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Nassau, New York-JFK, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham [starts October 18, 2006], Richmond, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Washington-Dulles)
Midwest Airlines (Kansas City, Milwaukee)
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles)
United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Washington-Dulles)

Terminal E (International Terminal)
In 2007, this terminal will be renamed to Terminal D. Terminal E handles all international arrivals as well as the following airlines:

Aer Lingus (Dublin, Shannon)
Aeroméxico (Mexico City)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino [seasonal])
British Airways (London-Heathrow)
Cayman Airways (Grand Cayman)
Finnair (Helsinki [seasonal], Stockholm-Arlanda [seasonal])
Flyglobespan (Glasgow [Starts May 25, 2007; Seasonal])
Icelandair (Reykjavik)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich [seasonal])
MAXjet (London-Stansted) [Service expected to start Summer 2006]
Northwest Airlines (Amsterdam, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Indianapolis, Memphis)
SATA International (Lisbon [seasonal], Ponta Delgada)
Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
TACA (San Salvador)
TACV (Santa Maria (Sal))
Virgin Atlantic (London-Heathrow)

www.massport.com/logan-airport/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_International_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   42°21'48"N   71°0'31"W

Comments

  • Logan Airport is the closest airport to a city's business district of any airport in the world (1.5 miles). Beginning in 1994, Massport spent hundreds of millions (reportedly a good chunk of $4.4 billion) on a new roadway and parking garage, but left the MBTA station far away from the terminals, accessible only via a crap, overcrowded shuttle bus that comes once every half-hour if you're lucky. Then, they designed the sidewalk in front of the station so that there's not even enough room to wheel your suitcase past a set of huge poles designed to hold up a roof that leaks most of the time. Alternatively, if the hassle of taking the Blue Line turns you off, you could take the "rapid-transit" Silver Line, which is limited to 5 mph along a good part of its route. Only in Boston! And of course the route from the airport to South Station, which should be an express shot, is strewn with a bunch of useless stops where nobody ever gets on or off, resulting in a total travel time of about 20 minutes (for a distance of about 2.5 miles). The end result is that the only logical way to get to Logan Airport is by automobile. In which case, Massport will pamper you with the option of premium parking locations to make your carbon emissions that much more painless! The mismanagement of Logan Airport and its associated transit infrastructure is one of the reasons why Boston remains such a stagnant backwater.
  • So, so true. I used to fly from Boston to NY and the trip from downtown to logan used to take longer than the flight!