One of the oldest airports in the United States, it serves the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The airport is an important transit hub for US Airways. From here there are air connections with cities in the USA, Latin America, Canada and Europe.
The airport in Philadelphia has four runways, all paved with asphalt. Their lengths are 1524, 1981, 2896 and 3200 meters. Annually, about 31 million passengers are served here and more than 460 thousand take-offs and landings are made.
History
The airport in Philadelphia begins its history in the 20s of the last century. It was then used as a training base for the State Guard. Since the 1940s, the airport was proposed to be used as a civilian one, but at that time it did not have a passenger terminal. Immediately after its construction, several airlines began to cooperate with the airport, including American Airlines. By 1950, the airport had 4 runways, but all of them were of insufficient length, just over 1,500 meters. By the 70s, the runways were lengthened several times.
In the post-war years, the first flights to Europe began from here. Several passenger terminals have also been built.
Today the airport in Philadelphia is one of the busiest in the world. Its rapid growth has been driven by the arrival of US Airlines and Southwest Airlines at the airport.
However, the development of the airport is not going without problems. For example, aircraft fuel is delivered to each individual separately, which creates some flight delays. Also, very often there are not enough parking spaces, of which there are a total of 17,000. But, despite all these problems, the airport continues to try to provide the highest quality service.
Services
The airport in Philadelphia has a wide range of services. More than 100 food outlets can be found here. Also on the territory of the terminals are large areas of shops and entertainment services. Of course, there is wireless internet access.
Standard services such as ATMs, post office, left-luggage office, etc. are available.
Transport
The airport has good connections with the city. You can get to Philadelphia by bus or train, the railway station is located near the airport.
There are also taxis, the cost of services is fixed - $ 25.
Alternatively, you can offer a rented car. Tenant companies operate on the territory of the terminals.
