Major City | Airport | Named After |
Atlanta | Hartsfield International | Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield |
Boston | Logan International | Spanish-American War hero from South Boston, General Edward Logan |
Chicago | Midway, O'Hare International | Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, a World War II flying ace who was awarded the Medal of Honor |
Cleveland | Hopkins International | City Manager William Hopkins |
Houston | George Bush Intercontinental | George H. W. Bush, the 41st President |
Las Vegas | McCarran Int'l | U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, a longtime Nevada politician |
Lexington | Blue Grass | Blue Grass State |
Milwaukee | Mitchell Int'l | General Billy Mitchell, often regarded as the father of the United States Air Force |
New York | La Guardia Int'l, JFK Int'l | New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, President John Kennedy |
Oklahoma City | Will Rogers World Airport | Comedian and legendary cowboy, Will Rogers |
San Diego, CA | Lindbergh Field | Charles Lindbergh began the first solo transatlantic flight in San Diego. |
Washington, DC | Dulles, Ronald Reagan National | John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
London | Heathrow, Gatwick | Derived from the Anglo-Saxon words gāt, 'goat', and wīc, 'dairy farm', i.e. 'goat farm' the name of a manor on the site.
Named after the hamlet Heath Row which was demolished to make way for the airport |
Paris | Charles De Gaulle International | General, Prime Minister and President of France in the 40's-60's |
Rome, Italy | Leonardo Da Vinci | 15th Century Italian painter |