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St. Louis Lambert International Airport

July 05, 2023

"Lambert Field" redirects here. For the former baseball stadium at Purdue University, see Lambert Field (Purdue University).

St. Louis Lambert International Airport (IATA: STL, ICAO: KSTL, FAA LID: STL) is the primary commercial airport serving metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Commonly referred to as Lambert Field or simply Lambert, it is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Missouri. The airport covers 3,793 acres (1,535 ha)[2][3] of land. STL is located 14 miles (23 km) northwest of downtown St. Louis in unincorporated St. Louis County between Berkeley and Bridgeton. The airport provides nonstop service to airports throughout the United States and to the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and Europe. In 2019, it served nearly 16 million passengers with more than 259 daily departures to 78 nonstop domestic and international locations.[4]

St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSt. Louis City Airport Commission
ServesGreater St. Louis and Southern Illinois
LocationUnincorporated St. Louis County 10 miles (16 km) NW of St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Opened1923; 100 years ago (1923)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL605 ft / 184 m
Coordinates38°44′50″N 090°21′41″W / 38.74722°N 90.36139°W / 38.74722; -90.36139
Websitewww.flystl.com
Maps

FAA airport diagram
STL
STL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12R/30L 11,020 3,359 Concrete
12L/30R 9,013 2,747 Concrete
11/29 9,000 2,743 Concrete
6/24 7,603 2,317 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers13,665,517
Aircraft operations157,517
Source: St. Louis Lambert International Airport[1]

Named for Albert Bond Lambert, an Olympic medalist and prominent St. Louis aviator, the airport rose to international prominence in the 20th century thanks to its association with Charles Lindbergh, its groundbreaking air traffic control (ATC), its status as the primary hub of Trans World Airlines (TWA), and its iconic terminal.[5]

St. Louis Lambert International Airport is connected by the MetroLink mass transportation rail system to other parts of the St. Louis metropolitan area, including a future connection to the region's secondary commercial airport, MidAmerica St. Louis Airport about 37 miles (60 km) to the east.[6]

History

Beginnings

 
Aerial view of Naval Air Station St. Louis in the mid-1940s

The airport had its beginnings in 1909, when the Aero Club of St. Louis created a balloon launching base called the Permanent Aviation Field and Dirigible Harbor in Kinloch Park, a suburban development of the 1890s.[7] In October 1910, the airfield hosted the first International Air Meet, attracting "many famous persons," including the Wright brothers, who brought six airplanes and their Exhibition Team. President Theodore Roosevelt accepted the club's telegraphed invitation to attend, and after initially ruling out a flight,[8] took off on October 11 with pilot Arch Hoxsey, becoming the first U.S. president to fly.[9] The following year, the airfield—generally called Kinloch Field—was the takeoff point for what is generally regarded as the first parachute jump from an airplane.[10] The club's lease on the land expired in 1912, and the field was closed and its grandstand demolished. Efforts to revive the facility were unsuccessful.[9]

In June 1920, a nearby 170-acre field[9] was leased to the Missouri Aeronautical Society,[11] which named its facility the St. Louis Flying Field. Among the Society's leading members was Albert Bond Lambert, an Olympic silver medalist golfer in the 1904 Summer Games, president of Lambert Pharmaceutical Corporation (which made Listerine),[12] and the first person to receive a pilot's license in St. Louis. So vigorous was Lambert in his efforts to promote St. Louis aviation that in 1923 the field was renamed Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field.[9] "Major" Lambert (his "rank" was given by the Aero Club and not the military) purchased the field outright in February 1925, and added hangars and a passenger terminal.[11] In the late 1920s, the airport became the first with an air traffic control system–albeit one that communicated with pilots via waving flags. The first controller was Archie League.[13]

Charles Lindbergh's first piloting job was flying airmail for Robertson Aircraft Corporation from the airfield. He stopped at the airport during his cross-country San Diego to New York flight about a week before his record-breaking flight to Paris in 1927. In February 1928, the City of St. Louis leased the airport for $1. Later that year, Lambert sold the airport to the city after a $2 million bond issue was passed, making it one of the first municipally owned airports in the United States.[5][14]

In 1925, the airport became home to Naval Air Station St. Louis, a Naval Air Reserve facility that became an active-duty installation during World War II.[15]

In 1930, the airport was officially christened Lambert–St. Louis Municipal Airport by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The first terminal building opened in 1933,[14] and within the decade, the airport was served by Robertson Air Lines, Marquette Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, and Transcontinental & Western Air (later renamed TWA).[14][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

In August 1942, voters passed a $4.5 million bond issue to expand the airport by 867 acres (351 ha) and build a new terminal.[14]

During World War II, the airport became a manufacturing base for the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (later McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing) and Curtiss-Wright.[23][24]

After World War II: expansion, Ozark Air Lines hub

 
Terminal 1 as it originally appeared
 
Ozark DC-9 at Lambert

After the war, NAS St. Louis reverted to a reserve installation, supporting carrier-based fighters and land-based patrol aircraft. When it closed in 1958, most of its facilities were acquired by the Missouri Air National Guard and became Lambert Field Air National Guard Base. Some other facilities were retained by non-flying activities of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, while the rest was redeveloped to expand airline operations at the airport.[15]

Ozark Air Lines began operations at the airport in 1950.[14]

To handle increasing passenger traffic, Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to design a new terminal, which began construction in 1953. Completed in 1956 at a total cost of $7.2 million, the three-domed design preceded terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City and Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport.[5][14] A fourth dome was added in 1965 following the passage of a $200 million airport revenue bond.[25][26][14]

The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 44 weekday TWA departures; American, 24; Delta, 16; Ozark, 14; Eastern, 13; Braniff, 6 and Central, 2. The first scheduled jet was a TWA 707 to New York on July 21, 1959.[27][28]

In 1971, the airport became Lambert–St. Louis International Airport.[24]

In the 1970s, St. Louis city officials proposed to replace Lambert with a new airport in suburban Illinois. After Missouri residents rejected that, Lambert in 1977 received a $290-million expansion that lengthened the runways, increased the number of gates to 81, and boosted its capacity by half. (In 1997, MidAmerica St. Louis Airport would open in Mascoutah, Illinois, far from the site proposed in the 1970s.) Concourse A and Concourse C were rebuilt into bi-level structures with jet bridges as part of a $25 million project in the mid-1970s designed by Sverdrup. The other concourses were demolished. Construction began in the spring of 1976 and was completed in September 1977.[29] A $20 million, 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) extension of Concourse C for TWA and a $46 million, 210,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) Concourse D for Ozark Air Lines (also designed by Sverdrup) were completed in December 1982.[30][31]

Ozark established its only hub at Lambert in the late 1950s. The airline grew rapidly, going from 36 million revenue passenger miles in 1955, to 229 million revenue passenger miles in 1965. The jet age came to Ozark in 1966 with the Douglas DC-9-10 and its network expanded to Denver, Indianapolis, Louisville, Washington, D.C., New York City, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. With the addition of jets, Ozark began its fastest period of growth, jumping to 653 million revenue passenger miles in 1970 and 936 million revenue passenger miles in 1975;[32] Ozark soon faced heavy competition in TWA's new hub at Lambert.

In 1979, the year after airline deregulation, STL's dominant carriers were TWA (36 routes) and Ozark (25), followed by American (17) and Eastern (12). Other carriers at STL included Air Illinois, Air Indiana, Braniff International Airways, Britt Airways, Brower Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Northwest Orient, Republic Airlines, Texas International Airlines, Trans-Mo Airlines, and USAir.[33]

Trans World Airlines hub

 
TWA L-1011 at Lambert

After airline deregulation in 1978, airlines began to change their operations to a hub and spoke model. Trans World Airlines (TWA) was headquartered in New York City but its main base of employment was at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) and had large operations at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) as well as St. Louis. TWA deemed Kansas City's terminals unsuitable to serve as a primary hub. TWA reluctantly ruled out Chicago, as its Chicago operation was already losing $25 million a year under competition from American Airlines and United Airlines. This meant that St. Louis was the carrier's only viable option. TWA downsized in Chicago and built up in St. Louis, swapping three Chicago gates for five of American's St. Louis gates. By December 1982, St. Louis accounted for 20% of TWA's domestic capacity. Lambert's terminal was initially too small for this operation, and TWA was forced to use temporary terminals, mobile lounges and airstairs to handle the additional flights.[34] After Concourse D was completed in 1985, TWA began transatlantic service from Lambert to London, Frankfurt, and Paris.[35]

TWA's hub grew again in 1986 when the airline bought Ozark Air Lines, which operated its hub from Lambert's B, C, and D concourses. In 1985, TWA had accounted for 56.6% of boardings at STL while Ozark accounted for 26.3%, so the merged carriers controlled over 80% of the traffic.[36] As of 1986, TWA served STL with nonstop service to 84 cities, an increase from 80 cities served by TWA and/or Ozark in 1985, before the merger.

Lambert again grew in importance for TWA after the airline declared bankruptcy in 1992 and the following year moved its headquarters to St. Louis from Mount Kisco, New York.[37] TWA increased the number of cities served and started routing more connecting passengers through its hub at Lambert. The total number of passengers departing Lambert jumped almost 20% in a year, from 19.9 million passengers in 1993 to 23.4 million in 1994. Growth continued, to 27.3 million by 1997 and the airport's all-time peak of 30.6 million in 2000.[38]

By September 1999, Lambert was TWA's main hub, with 103 destinations served by 515 daily flights: 352 on TWA mainline aircraft and 163 on Trans World Express flights operated by its commuter airline partners. Lambert became the eighth-busiest U.S. airport by flights. Congestion caused delays during peak hours and was exacerbated when bad weather reduced the number of usable runways from three to one, and traffic projections made in the 1980s and 1990s predicted enough growth to strain the airport and the national air traffic system.[39] As a result, city leaders decided to build a 9,000-foot (2,700 m) runway, dubbed Runway 11/29, parallel to the two larger existing runways. At $1.1 billion, it was the costliest public works program in St. Louis history.[40] It required moving seven major roads and destroying about 2,000 homes, six churches, and four schools in Bridgeton.[40][41][42] Work began in 1998 and continued even as traffic at the airport declined after the 9/11 attacks, the collapse of TWA and its subsequent purchase by American, and American's flight reductions several years later.[43][44]

American Airlines and hub closure

 
American MD-83 at Lambert
 
F-15s flying over the Air National Guard base

As TWA entered the new millennium, its financial condition deteriorated; it was purchased by American Airlines in April 2001.[45] The last day of operations for TWA was December 1, 2001, including a ceremonial last flight to TWA's original and historic hometown of Kansas City before returning to St. Louis one final time. The following day, TWA was officially absorbed into American Airlines.[46][47] The plan for Lambert was to become a reliever hub for the existing American hubs at Chicago–O'Hare and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW). American was looking at something strategic with its new St. Louis hub to potentially offload some of the pressure on O'Hare as well as provide a significant boost to the airline's east/west connectivity.[48][49]

The September 11 attacks depressed air service nationwide: total airline industry domestic revenue passenger miles dropped 20% in October 2001 and 17% in November 2001.[50] Overnight, American no longer had the same need for a hub that bypassed its hubs at Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth, which suddenly became less congested.[51] As a result of this and the ongoing economic recession, service at Lambert was reduced to 207 flights by November 2003.[52][53][54] Total passenger traffic dropped to 20.4 million that same year.[38] On the international front, flights to Paris went to seasonal in December 2001 and transatlantic service was soon discontinued altogether when American dropped flights to London in late 2003.[55][56]

In 2006, the United States Air Force (USAF) announced plans to turn the 131st Fighter Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard into the 131st Bomb Wing. The wing's 20 F-15C and F-15D aircraft were moved to the Montana Air National Guard's 120th Airlift Wing at Great Falls International Airport/Air National Guard Base, Montana and the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The pilots and maintainers moved to Whiteman AFB, Missouri to fly and maintain the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber as the first Air National Guard wing to fly the aircraft. Lambert Field Air National Guard Base formally shut down on June 13, 2009, when the final two F-15C Eagles did a low approach over the field and then flew away, ending an 86-year chapter of Lambert's history.[57][58]

2006 also saw the completion of the W-1W airport expansion after eight years of work. The culmination of this program was the opening of Runway 11/29, the airport's fourth, on April 13, 2006, when American Airlines Flight 2470 became the first commercial airliner to land on the new runway.[59][44]

In 2008, Lambert's position as an American Airlines hub faced further pressure due to increased fuel costs and softened demand because of a depressed economy. American cut its overall system capacity by over 5% during 2008.[60] At Lambert, American shifted more flights from mainline to regional.[61] Total passengers enplaned fell 6% to 14.4 million in 2008, then fell another 11% to 12.8 million passengers in 2009.[38] In 2009, American announced that as a part of the airline's restructuring, it would close its St. Louis hub by reducing its operations from about 200 daily flights to 36 daily flights by summer 2010.[62] American's closure of the St. Louis hub coincided with its new "Cornerstone" plan, wherein the airline would concentrate itself in several major markets: Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York, and Los Angeles.[63][64] A 12-gate section of Concourse D closed in 2009 as a result of the hub closure.[65] Further flight reductions led to the closure of Concourse B and the rest of Concourse D in 2010 (though some gates at the east end of Concourse D are now part of Concourse E).[66]

Recent years

 
Terminal 1 windows boarded up after the 2011 tornado
 
Terminal 1 departures hall in 2017 after renovation

In the aftermath of the American hub closure, Southwest Airlines boosted daily departures from 74 to 83, adding six new destinations for a total of 31. Southwest quickly replaced American as the carrier with the most daily flights, and continues to dominate the airport to this day.[67][68] Southwest Airlines had been growing steadily at Lambert since the mid-1990s. In 1998, the East Terminal (known today as Terminal 2) and Concourse E opened to accommodate Southwest's growth, where they operate today.[69]

On April 22, 2011, a tornado (rated EF4 nearby but not at the airport itself) struck the airport's Terminal 1, destroying jetways and breaking more than half of the windows.[70][71][72][73] The wind damaged a Southwest Airlines aircraft by pushing a baggage conveyor belt into it. Four American Airlines aircraft were damaged, including one that was buffeted by 80 mph (130 km/h; 70 kn) crosswinds while taxiing after landing.[74] Another aircraft, with passengers still on board, was moved away from its jetway by the storm.[75] The FAA closed the airport at 8:54 pm CDT, and reopened it the following day at temporarily lower capacity.[76] The damage to Concourse C even forced the airport to temporarily reopen some of Concourses B and D for additional gate space.[77] Concourse C underwent renovations and repairs and reopened on April 2, 2012.[77]

In late 2016, officials with the City of St. Louis announced that brand researchers had found that travelers might be confused by the name "Lambert–St. Louis International Airport".[78] They said they might rename it St. Louis International Airport at Lambert Field to freshen up the airport's image and emphasize "St. Louis" in the name. Descendants of Albert Bond Lambert opposed the change, arguing that it de-emphasized the importance of Maj. Lambert to the airport's history and the history of aviation. The proposal was amended, and the St. Louis Airport Commission voted unanimously to change the name to St. Louis Lambert International Airport.[79][80]

In 2018, WOW air began four weekly A321 flights between St. Louis and Reykjavík, marking a return of transatlantic service to the airport for the first time since 2003.[81] Despite strong sales, WOW announced in October 2018 that it would end the route due to the airline's financial struggles.[82][83] Other domestic carriers such as Sun Country Airlines and Spirit Airlines have begun flying from Lambert in recent years.[84][85]

In December 2021, Lufthansa announced nonstop service between St. Louis and Frankfurt beginning in June 2022. The flight will be the first full service transatlantic flight from St. Louis since American Airlines ended their London route in 2003, and is being backed by several area corporations, including Sigma-Aldrich and Monsanto, both of which have been acquired by German firms in recent years.[86]

Future

In early 2022, airport officials released a plan that would consolidate both existing terminals into one, at the existing Terminal 1 site.[87] The proposal would gradually demolish Concourses A, B, C and build a single new concourse with 62 gates in its place, while retaining the iconic domed terminal building.[88] Following the completion, Terminal 2 would be demolished or repurposed.[87]

Facilities

 
Interior of Concourse E

Terminals

The airport has two terminals, five concourses, and 86 gates.

  • Terminal 1 contains 36 gates across two concourses, lettered A and C.[89] It also has an American Airlines Admirals Club and one of the nation's largest USO facilities.[90]
  • Terminal 2 contains 18 gates across one concourse, lettered E.[89] It also has a public lounge operated by Wingtips.[91] All international flights without border preclearance are processed in Terminal 2.

Runways

 
STL control tower

The airport has four runways: three parallel and one crosswind. The crosswind runway, 6/24, is the shortest of the four at 7,607 feet (2,319 m). The newest runway is 11/29, completed in 2006 as part of a large expansion program.[2][92]

Runway Length Width
12R/30L 11,020 feet (3,360 m) 200 feet (61 m)
12L/30R 9,013 feet (2,747 m) 150 feet (46 m)
11/29 9,000 feet (2,700 m) 150 feet (46 m)
6/24 7,603 feet (2,317 m) 150 feet (46 m)

The airport's current ~156-foot (48-meter) control tower opened in 1997 at a cost of about $15 million.[93][94]

Ground transportation

 
MetroLink station at Terminal 1

The airport is served by MetroLink, the light rail transportation system serving Greater St. Louis. The Red Line has stations at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.[95] The Metro lines serve the city of St. Louis, along with cities in St. Louis County, and Illinois suburbs in St. Clair County.

The airport is served by I-70; eastbound leads to downtown St. Louis and Illinois with a north–south connection at I-170 immediately east of the airport, while westbound leads to St. Louis exurbs in St. Charles County with a north–south connection at I-270 immediately west of the airport.

Art and historical pieces

 
The Monocoupe 110 Special in Terminal 2

Black Americans in Flight is a mural that depicts African American aviators and their contributions to aviation since 1917. It is located in Terminal 1 / Main Terminal on the lower level near the entrance to gates C and D and baggage claim. The mural consists of five panels and measures 8 feet (2.4 m) tall and 51 feet (16 m) long. The first panel includes Albert Edward Forsythe and C. Alfred Anderson, the first black pilots to complete a cross-country flight; the Tuskegee Institute and the Tuskegee Airmen; Eugene Bullard; Bessie Coleman; and Willa Brown, the first African American woman commercial pilot. The second panel shows Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Clarence "Lucky" Lester, and Joseph Ellesberry. The third panel shows Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James, Capt. Ronald Radliff, and Capt. Marcella Hayes. The fourth and fifth panels show Ronald McNair, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, Guion Bluford, who in 1983 became the first African American in space, and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space. Spencer Taylor and Solomon Thurman created the mural in 1990.[96][97] The mural had a re-dedication ceremony in 2012.[98]

One aircraft from the Missouri History Museum currently hangs from Lambert's ceilings. This aircraft, a red Monocoupe 110 Special manufactured in St. Louis in 1931, hangs in the ticketing hall of Terminal 2.[99] The airport has also played host to two other aircraft. A Monocoupe D-127 hung near the eastern security checkpoint in Terminal 1. Charles Lindbergh bought it in 1934 from the Lambert Aircraft Corporation and flew it as his personal aircraft. It was removed in 2018 and returned to the Missouri Historical Society, from which the aircraft had been on loan since 1979, for preservation purposes.[100] Until 1998, a Ryan B-1 Brougham, a replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, hung next to the D-127.[101]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsReferences
Air Canada Express Toronto–Pearson [102]
Alaska Airlines Seattle/Tacoma [103]
American Airlines Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Seasonal: Cancún, Washington–National 		[104]
American Eagle Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington–National [104]
Cape Air Kirksville, Marion, Owensboro (all ends July 31, 2023) [105]
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City [106]
Delta Connection Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–LaGuardia [106]
Frontier Airlines Cancún, Denver, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa
Seasonal: Atlanta, Montego Bay, Punta Cana 		[107]
Lufthansa Frankfurt [108]
Southern Airways Express Burlington (IA), Jonesboro, Quincy [109]
Southwest Airlines Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago–Midway, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn, Dallas–Love, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Houston–Hobby, Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York–LaGuardia, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, Sarasota, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington–National, Wichita
Seasonal: Charleston (SC), Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Hartford, Myrtle Beach, Montego Bay, Orange County, Panama City (FL), Pensacola, Portland (OR), Punta Cana, Sacramento, San Jose (CA), San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma		 [110]
Spirit Airlines Las Vegas, Orlando [111]
Sun Country Airlines Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul [112]
United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark [113]
United Express Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, Washington–Dulles [113]

Cargo

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from STL (April 2022 – March 2023)[115]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Denver, Colorado 454,000 Frontier, Southwest, United
2 Atlanta, Georgia 412,000 Delta, Southwest
3 Orlando, Florida 327,000 Delta, Frontier, Southwest
4 New York–LaGuardia, New York 300,000 American, Delta, Southwest
5 Las Vegas, Nevada 290,000 Frontier, Southwest, Sun Country
6 Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Arizona 252,000 American, Southwest
7 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas 249,000 American
8 Charlotte, North Carolina 234,000 American, Southwest
9 Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois 217,000 American, United
10 Dallas–Love, Texas 214,000 Southwest
Busiest international routes from STL (July 2021 – June 2022)[116]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1   Cancún, Mexico 217,344 American, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit
2   Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 35,789 Frontier
3   Montego Bay, Jamaica 10,844 Frontier, Southwest
4   Toronto–Pearson, Canada 7,673 Air Canada
5   Frankfurt, Germany 6,025 Lufthansa

Airline market share

Busiest airlines serving STL
(December 2021 – November 2022)[115]
Rank Airline Passengers Share
1 Southwest Airlines 7,988,000 61.40%
2 American Airlines 1,561,000 12.00%
3 Delta Air Lines 1,001,000 7.70%
4 SkyWest Airlines 410,000 3.15%
5 Frontier Airlines 380,000 2.92%
6 Others 1,669,000 12.83%

Airport traffic

Annual passenger traffic at STL airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

Accidents

  • August 5, 1936: Chicago and Southern Flight 4, a Lockheed 10 Electra headed for Chicago, crashed after takeoff, killing all eight passengers and crew. The pilot became disoriented in fog.
  • January 23, 1941: a Douglas DC-3 of Transcontinental & Western Air crashed 0.4 miles west of St. Louis Municipal Airport during a landing attempt in adverse weather, killing two occupants out of the 14 on board.[117]
  • August 1, 1943: during a demonstration flight of an "all St. Louis-built glider", a Waco CG-4A, USAAF serial 42-78839, built by sub-contractor Robertson Aircraft Company, lost its starboard wing due to a defective wing strut support and plummeted vertically to the ground at Lambert Field, killing all on board, including St. Louis Mayor William D. Becker; Maj. William B. Robertson and Harold Krueger, both of Robertson Aircraft; Thomas Dysart, president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; Max Doyne, director of public utilities; Charles Cunningham, department comptroller; and Henry Mueller, St. Louis Court presiding judge.[118] The failed component had been manufactured by Robertson subcontractor Gardner Metal Products Company, of St. Louis, which, coincidentally, had been a casket maker.[119]
  • September 6, 1944: the starboard engine of the sole completed McDonnell XP-67 prototype, USAAF serial 42-11677, caught fire during a test flight. Test pilot E.E. Elliot executed an emergency landing at Lambert Field and escaped, but the fire rapidly spread, destroying the aircraft. This was a crippling setback to the XP-67 program, which had been plagued by delays and technical problems, and the second prototype was only 15% complete, so flight testing could not promptly resume. The United States Army Air Forces deemed the XP-67 unnecessary and canceled the program.[120]
  • May 24, 1953: a Meteor Air Transport Douglas DC-3 crashed on approach to the airport, killing six of the seven people on board.[121]
  • February 28, 1966: astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett – the original crew of the Gemini 9 mission – were killed in the crash of their T-38 trainer while attempting to land at Lambert Field in bad weather. The aircraft crashed into the same McDonnell Aircraft Corporation building (adjacent to the airport) where their spacecraft was being assembled.[122]
  • March 20, 1968: a McDonnell F-4 Phantom II jet fighter crashed on takeoff during a test flight. The aircraft pitched up and stalled almost immediately after lifting from the runway; both crewmen were able to eject and were not seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed in the ensuing explosion and fire. The crash was allegedly caused by a wrench socket, mistakenly left in the cockpit by maintenance crews, becoming lodged inside the control stick well on takeoff, jamming the stick in the full aft position.[123]
  • March 27, 1968: Ozark Air Lines Flight 965, a Douglas DC-9-15, collided with a Cessna 150F on a local training flight approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the airport while both aircraft were on approach to runway 17. The Cessna was destroyed and both of its occupants were killed. The DC-9 sustained light damage and was able to land safely; none of its 44 passengers or five crewmembers were injured. The accident was attributed to inadequate visual flight rules (VFR) procedures in place at the airport, the failure of the DC-9 crew to spot the other aircraft in time, the Cessna crew's deviation from their traffic pattern instructions, and poor communications between the Cessna pilots and air traffic control.[124]
  • July 23, 1973: while on the approach to land at St. Louis International Airport, Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 crashed near the University of Missouri – St. Louis, killing 38 of the 44 persons on board. Wind shear was cited as the cause. A tornado had been reported at Ladue, Missouri, about the time of the accident but the National Weather Service did not confirm that there was a tornado.[125]
  • July 6, 1977: a Fleming International Airways Lockheed L-188 Electra, a cargo flight, crashed during the takeoff roll; all three occupants were killed.[126]
  • January 9, 1984: Douglas DC-3 registration C-GSCA of Skycraft Air Transport crashed on take-off, killing one of its two crew members. The aircraft was on an international cargo flight to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada. Both engines lost power shortly after take-off. The aircraft had been fueled with jet fuel instead of avgas.[127]
  • April 8, 1990: A Missouri Air National Guard F-4 Phantom II veered off the runway during takeoff, crashed, and burst into flames. The pilot suffered minor injuries after his ejection seat failed to deploy and he was forced to exit the burning wreckage while the weapons officer fractured his left leg when he ejected from the aircraft.[128]
  • November 22, 1994: TWA Flight 427 collided with a Cessna 441 Conquest, registration N441KM, at the intersection of runway 30R and taxiway Romeo. The TWA McDonnell Douglas MD-82 was taking off for Denver and had accelerated through 80 knots (150 km/h; 92 mph) when the collision occurred. The MD-82 sustained substantial damage during the collision. The Cessna 441, operated by Superior Aviation, was destroyed. The pilot and the passenger were killed. The investigation found the Cessna 441 had entered the wrong runway for its takeoff.[129]

See also

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Lambert Field redirects here For the former baseball stadium at Purdue University see Lambert Field Purdue University St Louis Lambert International Airport IATA STL ICAO KSTL FAA LID STL is the primary commercial airport serving metropolitan St Louis Missouri United States Commonly referred to as Lambert Field or simply Lambert it is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Missouri The airport covers 3 793 acres 1 535 ha 2 3 of land STL is located 14 miles 23 km northwest of downtown St Louis in unincorporated St Louis County between Berkeley and Bridgeton The airport provides nonstop service to airports throughout the United States and to the Caribbean Mexico Canada and Europe In 2019 it served nearly 16 million passengers with more than 259 daily departures to 78 nonstop domestic and international locations 4 St Louis Lambert International AirportIATA STLICAO KSTLFAA LID STLWMO 72434SummaryAirport typePublicOwner OperatorSt Louis City Airport CommissionServesGreater St Louis and Southern IllinoisLocationUnincorporated St Louis County 10 miles 16 km NW of St Louis Missouri United StatesOpened1923 100 years ago 1923 Hub forCape AirSouthern Airways ExpressElevation AMSL605 ft 184 mCoordinates38 44 50 N 090 21 41 W 38 74722 N 90 36139 W 38 74722 90 36139Websitewww wbr flystl wbr comMapsFAA airport diagramSTLShow map of MissouriSTLShow map of the United StatesRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m12R 30L 11 020 3 359 Concrete12L 30R 9 013 2 747 Concrete11 29 9 000 2 743 Concrete6 24 7 603 2 317 ConcreteStatistics 2022 Total passengers13 665 517Aircraft operations157 517Source St Louis Lambert International Airport 1 Named for Albert Bond Lambert an Olympic medalist and prominent St Louis aviator the airport rose to international prominence in the 20th century thanks to its association with Charles Lindbergh its groundbreaking air traffic control ATC its status as the primary hub of Trans World Airlines TWA and its iconic terminal 5 St Louis Lambert International Airport is connected by the MetroLink mass transportation rail system to other parts of the St Louis metropolitan area including a future connection to the region s secondary commercial airport MidAmerica St Louis Airport about 37 miles 60 km to the east 6 Contents 1 History 1 1 Beginnings 1 2 After World War II expansion Ozark Air Lines hub 1 3 Trans World Airlines hub 1 4 American Airlines and hub closure 1 5 Recent years 1 6 Future 2 Facilities 2 1 Terminals 2 2 Runways 2 3 Ground transportation 2 4 Art and historical pieces 3 Airlines and destinations 3 1 Passenger 3 2 Cargo 4 Statistics 4 1 Top destinations 4 2 Airline market share 4 3 Airport traffic 5 Accidents and incidents 5 1 Accidents 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditBeginnings Edit Aerial view of Naval Air Station St Louis in the mid 1940s The airport had its beginnings in 1909 when the Aero Club of St Louis created a balloon launching base called the Permanent Aviation Field and Dirigible Harbor in Kinloch Park a suburban development of the 1890s 7 In October 1910 the airfield hosted the first International Air Meet attracting many famous persons including the Wright brothers who brought six airplanes and their Exhibition Team President Theodore Roosevelt accepted the club s telegraphed invitation to attend and after initially ruling out a flight 8 took off on October 11 with pilot Arch Hoxsey becoming the first U S president to fly 9 The following year the airfield generally called Kinloch Field was the takeoff point for what is generally regarded as the first parachute jump from an airplane 10 The club s lease on the land expired in 1912 and the field was closed and its grandstand demolished Efforts to revive the facility were unsuccessful 9 In June 1920 a nearby 170 acre field 9 was leased to the Missouri Aeronautical Society 11 which named its facility the St Louis Flying Field Among the Society s leading members was Albert Bond Lambert an Olympic silver medalist golfer in the 1904 Summer Games president of Lambert Pharmaceutical Corporation which made Listerine 12 and the first person to receive a pilot s license in St Louis So vigorous was Lambert in his efforts to promote St Louis aviation that in 1923 the field was renamed Lambert St Louis Flying Field 9 Major Lambert his rank was given by the Aero Club and not the military purchased the field outright in February 1925 and added hangars and a passenger terminal 11 In the late 1920s the airport became the first with an air traffic control system albeit one that communicated with pilots via waving flags The first controller was Archie League 13 Charles Lindbergh s first piloting job was flying airmail for Robertson Aircraft Corporation from the airfield He stopped at the airport during his cross country San Diego to New York flight about a week before his record breaking flight to Paris in 1927 In February 1928 the City of St Louis leased the airport for 1 Later that year Lambert sold the airport to the city after a 2 million bond issue was passed making it one of the first municipally owned airports in the United States 5 14 In 1925 the airport became home to Naval Air Station St Louis a Naval Air Reserve facility that became an active duty installation during World War II 15 In 1930 the airport was officially christened Lambert St Louis Municipal Airport by Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd The first terminal building opened in 1933 14 and within the decade the airport was served by Robertson Air Lines Marquette Airlines Eastern Air Lines and Transcontinental amp Western Air later renamed TWA 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 In August 1942 voters passed a 4 5 million bond issue to expand the airport by 867 acres 351 ha and build a new terminal 14 During World War II the airport became a manufacturing base for the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation later McDonnell Douglas now Boeing and Curtiss Wright 23 24 After World War II expansion Ozark Air Lines hub Edit Terminal 1 as it originally appeared Ozark DC 9 at Lambert After the war NAS St Louis reverted to a reserve installation supporting carrier based fighters and land based patrol aircraft When it closed in 1958 most of its facilities were acquired by the Missouri Air National Guard and became Lambert Field Air National Guard Base Some other facilities were retained by non flying activities of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve while the rest was redeveloped to expand airline operations at the airport 15 Ozark Air Lines began operations at the airport in 1950 14 To handle increasing passenger traffic Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to design a new terminal which began construction in 1953 Completed in 1956 at a total cost of 7 2 million the three domed design preceded terminals at John F Kennedy International Airport JFK in New York City and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 5 14 A fourth dome was added in 1965 following the passage of a 200 million airport revenue bond 25 26 14 The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 44 weekday TWA departures American 24 Delta 16 Ozark 14 Eastern 13 Braniff 6 and Central 2 The first scheduled jet was a TWA 707 to New York on July 21 1959 27 28 In 1971 the airport became Lambert St Louis International Airport 24 In the 1970s St Louis city officials proposed to replace Lambert with a new airport in suburban Illinois After Missouri residents rejected that Lambert in 1977 received a 290 million expansion that lengthened the runways increased the number of gates to 81 and boosted its capacity by half In 1997 MidAmerica St Louis Airport would open in Mascoutah Illinois far from the site proposed in the 1970s Concourse A and Concourse C were rebuilt into bi level structures with jet bridges as part of a 25 million project in the mid 1970s designed by Sverdrup The other concourses were demolished Construction began in the spring of 1976 and was completed in September 1977 29 A 20 million 120 000 square foot 11 000 m2 extension of Concourse C for TWA and a 46 million 210 000 square foot 20 000 m2 Concourse D for Ozark Air Lines also designed by Sverdrup were completed in December 1982 30 31 Ozark established its only hub at Lambert in the late 1950s The airline grew rapidly going from 36 million revenue passenger miles in 1955 to 229 million revenue passenger miles in 1965 The jet age came to Ozark in 1966 with the Douglas DC 9 10 and its network expanded to Denver Indianapolis Louisville Washington D C New York City Miami Tampa and Orlando With the addition of jets Ozark began its fastest period of growth jumping to 653 million revenue passenger miles in 1970 and 936 million revenue passenger miles in 1975 32 Ozark soon faced heavy competition in TWA s new hub at Lambert In 1979 the year after airline deregulation STL s dominant carriers were TWA 36 routes and Ozark 25 followed by American 17 and Eastern 12 Other carriers at STL included Air Illinois Air Indiana Braniff International Airways Britt Airways Brower Airlines Delta Air Lines Frontier Airlines Northwest Orient Republic Airlines Texas International Airlines Trans Mo Airlines and USAir 33 Trans World Airlines hub Edit TWA L 1011 at Lambert After airline deregulation in 1978 airlines began to change their operations to a hub and spoke model Trans World Airlines TWA was headquartered in New York City but its main base of employment was at Kansas City International Airport KCI and had large operations at Chicago O Hare International Airport ORD as well as St Louis TWA deemed Kansas City s terminals unsuitable to serve as a primary hub TWA reluctantly ruled out Chicago as its Chicago operation was already losing 25 million a year under competition from American Airlines and United Airlines This meant that St Louis was the carrier s only viable option TWA downsized in Chicago and built up in St Louis swapping three Chicago gates for five of American s St Louis gates By December 1982 St Louis accounted for 20 of TWA s domestic capacity Lambert s terminal was initially too small for this operation and TWA was forced to use temporary terminals mobile lounges and airstairs to handle the additional flights 34 After Concourse D was completed in 1985 TWA began transatlantic service from Lambert to London Frankfurt and Paris 35 TWA s hub grew again in 1986 when the airline bought Ozark Air Lines which operated its hub from Lambert s B C and D concourses In 1985 TWA had accounted for 56 6 of boardings at STL while Ozark accounted for 26 3 so the merged carriers controlled over 80 of the traffic 36 As of 1986 TWA served STL with nonstop service to 84 cities an increase from 80 cities served by TWA and or Ozark in 1985 before the merger Lambert again grew in importance for TWA after the airline declared bankruptcy in 1992 and the following year moved its headquarters to St Louis from Mount Kisco New York 37 TWA increased the number of cities served and started routing more connecting passengers through its hub at Lambert The total number of passengers departing Lambert jumped almost 20 in a year from 19 9 million passengers in 1993 to 23 4 million in 1994 Growth continued to 27 3 million by 1997 and the airport s all time peak of 30 6 million in 2000 38 By September 1999 Lambert was TWA s main hub with 103 destinations served by 515 daily flights 352 on TWA mainline aircraft and 163 on Trans World Express flights operated by its commuter airline partners Lambert became the eighth busiest U S airport by flights Congestion caused delays during peak hours and was exacerbated when bad weather reduced the number of usable runways from three to one and traffic projections made in the 1980s and 1990s predicted enough growth to strain the airport and the national air traffic system 39 As a result city leaders decided to build a 9 000 foot 2 700 m runway dubbed Runway 11 29 parallel to the two larger existing runways At 1 1 billion it was the costliest public works program in St Louis history 40 It required moving seven major roads and destroying about 2 000 homes six churches and four schools in Bridgeton 40 41 42 Work began in 1998 and continued even as traffic at the airport declined after the 9 11 attacks the collapse of TWA and its subsequent purchase by American and American s flight reductions several years later 43 44 American Airlines and hub closure Edit American MD 83 at Lambert F 15s flying over the Air National Guard base As TWA entered the new millennium its financial condition deteriorated it was purchased by American Airlines in April 2001 45 The last day of operations for TWA was December 1 2001 including a ceremonial last flight to TWA s original and historic hometown of Kansas City before returning to St Louis one final time The following day TWA was officially absorbed into American Airlines 46 47 The plan for Lambert was to become a reliever hub for the existing American hubs at Chicago O Hare and Dallas Fort Worth DFW American was looking at something strategic with its new St Louis hub to potentially offload some of the pressure on O Hare as well as provide a significant boost to the airline s east west connectivity 48 49 The September 11 attacks depressed air service nationwide total airline industry domestic revenue passenger miles dropped 20 in October 2001 and 17 in November 2001 50 Overnight American no longer had the same need for a hub that bypassed its hubs at Chicago and Dallas Fort Worth which suddenly became less congested 51 As a result of this and the ongoing economic recession service at Lambert was reduced to 207 flights by November 2003 52 53 54 Total passenger traffic dropped to 20 4 million that same year 38 On the international front flights to Paris went to seasonal in December 2001 and transatlantic service was soon discontinued altogether when American dropped flights to London in late 2003 55 56 In 2006 the United States Air Force USAF announced plans to turn the 131st Fighter Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard into the 131st Bomb Wing The wing s 20 F 15C and F 15D aircraft were moved to the Montana Air National Guard s 120th Airlift Wing at Great Falls International Airport Air National Guard Base Montana and the Hawaii Air National Guard s 154th Wing at Hickam AFB Hawaii The pilots and maintainers moved to Whiteman AFB Missouri to fly and maintain the B 2 Spirit stealth bomber as the first Air National Guard wing to fly the aircraft Lambert Field Air National Guard Base formally shut down on June 13 2009 when the final two F 15C Eagles did a low approach over the field and then flew away ending an 86 year chapter of Lambert s history 57 58 2006 also saw the completion of the W 1W airport expansion after eight years of work The culmination of this program was the opening of Runway 11 29 the airport s fourth on April 13 2006 when American Airlines Flight 2470 became the first commercial airliner to land on the new runway 59 44 In 2008 Lambert s position as an American Airlines hub faced further pressure due to increased fuel costs and softened demand because of a depressed economy American cut its overall system capacity by over 5 during 2008 60 At Lambert American shifted more flights from mainline to regional 61 Total passengers enplaned fell 6 to 14 4 million in 2008 then fell another 11 to 12 8 million passengers in 2009 38 In 2009 American announced that as a part of the airline s restructuring it would close its St Louis hub by reducing its operations from about 200 daily flights to 36 daily flights by summer 2010 62 American s closure of the St Louis hub coincided with its new Cornerstone plan wherein the airline would concentrate itself in several major markets Chicago Dallas Fort Worth Miami New York and Los Angeles 63 64 A 12 gate section of Concourse D closed in 2009 as a result of the hub closure 65 Further flight reductions led to the closure of Concourse B and the rest of Concourse D in 2010 though some gates at the east end of Concourse D are now part of Concourse E 66 Recent years Edit Terminal 1 windows boarded up after the 2011 tornado Terminal 1 departures hall in 2017 after renovation In the aftermath of the American hub closure Southwest Airlines boosted daily departures from 74 to 83 adding six new destinations for a total of 31 Southwest quickly replaced American as the carrier with the most daily flights and continues to dominate the airport to this day 67 68 Southwest Airlines had been growing steadily at Lambert since the mid 1990s In 1998 the East Terminal known today as Terminal 2 and Concourse E opened to accommodate Southwest s growth where they operate today 69 On April 22 2011 a tornado rated EF4 nearby but not at the airport itself struck the airport s Terminal 1 destroying jetways and breaking more than half of the windows 70 71 72 73 The wind damaged a Southwest Airlines aircraft by pushing a baggage conveyor belt into it Four American Airlines aircraft were damaged including one that was buffeted by 80 mph 130 km h 70 kn crosswinds while taxiing after landing 74 Another aircraft with passengers still on board was moved away from its jetway by the storm 75 The FAA closed the airport at 8 54 pm CDT and reopened it the following day at temporarily lower capacity 76 The damage to Concourse C even forced the airport to temporarily reopen some of Concourses B and D for additional gate space 77 Concourse C underwent renovations and repairs and reopened on April 2 2012 77 In late 2016 officials with the City of St Louis announced that brand researchers had found that travelers might be confused by the name Lambert St Louis International Airport 78 They said they might rename it St Louis International Airport at Lambert Field to freshen up the airport s image and emphasize St Louis in the name Descendants of Albert Bond Lambert opposed the change arguing that it de emphasized the importance of Maj Lambert to the airport s history and the history of aviation The proposal was amended and the St Louis Airport Commission voted unanimously to change the name to St Louis Lambert International Airport 79 80 In 2018 WOW air began four weekly A321 flights between St Louis and Reykjavik marking a return of transatlantic service to the airport for the first time since 2003 81 Despite strong sales WOW announced in October 2018 that it would end the route due to the airline s financial struggles 82 83 Other domestic carriers such as Sun Country Airlines and Spirit Airlines have begun flying from Lambert in recent years 84 85 In December 2021 Lufthansa announced nonstop service between St Louis and Frankfurt beginning in June 2022 The flight will be the first full service transatlantic flight from St Louis since American Airlines ended their London route in 2003 and is being backed by several area corporations including Sigma Aldrich and Monsanto both of which have been acquired by German firms in recent years 86 Future Edit In early 2022 airport officials released a plan that would consolidate both existing terminals into one at the existing Terminal 1 site 87 The proposal would gradually demolish Concourses A B C and build a single new concourse with 62 gates in its place while retaining the iconic domed terminal building 88 Following the completion Terminal 2 would be demolished or repurposed 87 Facilities Edit Interior of Concourse E Terminals Edit The airport has two terminals five concourses and 86 gates Terminal 1 contains 36 gates across two concourses lettered A and C 89 It also has an American Airlines Admirals Club and one of the nation s largest USO facilities 90 Terminal 2 contains 18 gates across one concourse lettered E 89 It also has a public lounge operated by Wingtips 91 All international flights without border preclearance are processed in Terminal 2 Runways Edit STL control tower The airport has four runways three parallel and one crosswind The crosswind runway 6 24 is the shortest of the four at 7 607 feet 2 319 m The newest runway is 11 29 completed in 2006 as part of a large expansion program 2 92 Runway Length Width12R 30L 11 020 feet 3 360 m 200 feet 61 m 12L 30R 9 013 feet 2 747 m 150 feet 46 m 11 29 9 000 feet 2 700 m 150 feet 46 m 6 24 7 603 feet 2 317 m 150 feet 46 m The airport s current 156 foot 48 meter control tower opened in 1997 at a cost of about 15 million 93 94 Ground transportation Edit MetroLink station at Terminal 1 The airport is served by MetroLink the light rail transportation system serving Greater St Louis The Red Line has stations at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 95 The Metro lines serve the city of St Louis along with cities in St Louis County and Illinois suburbs in St Clair County The airport is served by I 70 eastbound leads to downtown St Louis and Illinois with a north south connection at I 170 immediately east of the airport while westbound leads to St Louis exurbs in St Charles County with a north south connection at I 270 immediately west of the airport Art and historical pieces Edit The Monocoupe 110 Special in Terminal 2 Black Americans in Flight is a mural that depicts African American aviators and their contributions to aviation since 1917 It is located in Terminal 1 Main Terminal on the lower level near the entrance to gates C and D and baggage claim The mural consists of five panels and measures 8 feet 2 4 m tall and 51 feet 16 m long The first panel includes Albert Edward Forsythe and C Alfred Anderson the first black pilots to complete a cross country flight the Tuskegee Institute and the Tuskegee Airmen Eugene Bullard Bessie Coleman and Willa Brown the first African American woman commercial pilot The second panel shows Benjamin O Davis Jr Clarence Lucky Lester and Joseph Ellesberry The third panel shows Gen Daniel Chappie James Capt Ronald Radliff and Capt Marcella Hayes The fourth and fifth panels show Ronald McNair who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 Guion Bluford who in 1983 became the first African American in space and Mae Jemison the first African American woman in space Spencer Taylor and Solomon Thurman created the mural in 1990 96 97 The mural had a re dedication ceremony in 2012 98 One aircraft from the Missouri History Museum currently hangs from Lambert s ceilings This aircraft a red Monocoupe 110 Special manufactured in St Louis in 1931 hangs in the ticketing hall of Terminal 2 99 The airport has also played host to two other aircraft A Monocoupe D 127 hung near the eastern security checkpoint in Terminal 1 Charles Lindbergh bought it in 1934 from the Lambert Aircraft Corporation and flew it as his personal aircraft It was removed in 2018 and returned to the Missouri Historical Society from which the aircraft had been on loan since 1979 for preservation purposes 100 Until 1998 a Ryan B 1 Brougham a replica of the Spirit of St Louis hung next to the D 127 101 Airlines and destinations EditPassenger Edit AirlinesDestinationsReferencesAir Canada ExpressToronto Pearson 102 Alaska AirlinesSeattle Tacoma 103 American AirlinesCharlotte Chicago O Hare Dallas Fort Worth Los Angeles Miami New York LaGuardia Philadelphia Phoenix Sky Harbor Seasonal Cancun Washington National 104 American EagleAustin Boston Charlotte Chicago O Hare Dallas Fort Worth New York LaGuardia Philadelphia Washington National 104 Cape AirKirksville Marion Owensboro all ends July 31 2023 105 Delta Air LinesAtlanta Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Salt Lake City 106 Delta ConnectionMinneapolis St Paul New York LaGuardia 106 Frontier AirlinesCancun Denver Las Vegas Orlando Tampa Seasonal Atlanta Montego Bay Punta Cana 107 LufthansaFrankfurt 108 Southern Airways ExpressBurlington IA Jonesboro Quincy 109 Southwest AirlinesAtlanta Austin Baltimore Boston Cancun Charlotte Chicago Midway Cleveland Columbus Glenn Dallas Love Denver Des Moines Detroit Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers Houston Hobby Jacksonville FL Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Long Beach Los Angeles Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul Nashville New Orleans New York LaGuardia Oakland Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Sky Harbor Pittsburgh Raleigh Durham Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego Sarasota Tampa Tulsa Washington National Wichita Seasonal Charleston SC Destin Fort Walton Beach Hartford Myrtle Beach Montego Bay Orange County Panama City FL Pensacola Portland OR Punta Cana Sacramento San Jose CA San Juan Seattle Tacoma 110 Spirit AirlinesLas Vegas Orlando 111 Sun Country AirlinesSeasonal Minneapolis St Paul 112 United AirlinesChicago O Hare Denver Houston Intercontinental Newark 113 United ExpressChicago O Hare Denver Houston Intercontinental Newark Washington Dulles 113 Cargo Edit AirlinesDestinationsRefsAmazon AirBaltimore Ontario San Bernardino 114 DHL AviationCincinnati OmahaFedEx ExpressIndianapolis Memphis Minneapolis St PaulUPS AirlinesBoise Chicago Rockford Louisville Portland OR Statistics EditTop destinations Edit Busiest domestic routes from STL April 2022 March 2023 115 Rank City Passengers Carriers1 Denver Colorado 454 000 Frontier Southwest United2 Atlanta Georgia 412 000 Delta Southwest3 Orlando Florida 327 000 Delta Frontier Southwest4 New York LaGuardia New York 300 000 American Delta Southwest5 Las Vegas Nevada 290 000 Frontier Southwest Sun Country6 Phoenix Sky Harbor Arizona 252 000 American Southwest7 Dallas Fort Worth Texas 249 000 American8 Charlotte North Carolina 234 000 American Southwest9 Chicago O Hare Illinois 217 000 American United10 Dallas Love Texas 214 000 SouthwestBusiest international routes from STL July 2021 June 2022 116 Rank City Passengers Carriers1 Cancun Mexico 217 344 American Frontier Southwest Spirit2 Punta Cana Dominican Republic 35 789 Frontier3 Montego Bay Jamaica 10 844 Frontier Southwest4 Toronto Pearson Canada 7 673 Air Canada5 Frankfurt Germany 6 025 LufthansaAirline market share Edit Busiest airlines serving STL December 2021 November 2022 115 Rank Airline Passengers Share1 Southwest Airlines 7 988 000 61 40 2 American Airlines 1 561 000 12 00 3 Delta Air Lines 1 001 000 7 70 4 SkyWest Airlines 410 000 3 15 5 Frontier Airlines 380 000 2 92 6 Others 1 669 000 12 83 Airport traffic Edit Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Annual passenger traffic at STL airport See Wikidata query Accidents and incidents EditAccidents Edit August 5 1936 Chicago and Southern Flight 4 a Lockheed 10 Electra headed for Chicago crashed after takeoff killing all eight passengers and crew The pilot became disoriented in fog January 23 1941 a Douglas DC 3 of Transcontinental amp Western Air crashed 0 4 miles west of St Louis Municipal Airport during a landing attempt in adverse weather killing two occupants out of the 14 on board 117 August 1 1943 during a demonstration flight of an all St Louis built glider a Waco CG 4A USAAF serial 42 78839 built by sub contractor Robertson Aircraft Company lost its starboard wing due to a defective wing strut support and plummeted vertically to the ground at Lambert Field killing all on board including St Louis Mayor William D Becker Maj William B Robertson and Harold Krueger both of Robertson Aircraft Thomas Dysart president of the St Louis Chamber of Commerce Max Doyne director of public utilities Charles Cunningham department comptroller and Henry Mueller St Louis Court presiding judge 118 The failed component had been manufactured by Robertson subcontractor Gardner Metal Products Company of St Louis which coincidentally had been a casket maker 119 September 6 1944 the starboard engine of the sole completed McDonnell XP 67 prototype USAAF serial 42 11677 caught fire during a test flight Test pilot E E Elliot executed an emergency landing at Lambert Field and escaped but the fire rapidly spread destroying the aircraft This was a crippling setback to the XP 67 program which had been plagued by delays and technical problems and the second prototype was only 15 complete so flight testing could not promptly resume The United States Army Air Forces deemed the XP 67 unnecessary and canceled the program 120 May 24 1953 a Meteor Air Transport Douglas DC 3 crashed on approach to the airport killing six of the seven people on board 121 February 28 1966 astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett the original crew of the Gemini 9 mission were killed in the crash of their T 38 trainer while attempting to land at Lambert Field in bad weather The aircraft crashed into the same McDonnell Aircraft Corporation building adjacent to the airport where their spacecraft was being assembled 122 March 20 1968 a McDonnell F 4 Phantom II jet fighter crashed on takeoff during a test flight The aircraft pitched up and stalled almost immediately after lifting from the runway both crewmen were able to eject and were not seriously injured The aircraft was destroyed in the ensuing explosion and fire The crash was allegedly caused by a wrench socket mistakenly left in the cockpit by maintenance crews becoming lodged inside the control stick well on takeoff jamming the stick in the full aft position 123 March 27 1968 Ozark Air Lines Flight 965 a Douglas DC 9 15 collided with a Cessna 150F on a local training flight approximately 1 5 miles 2 4 km north of the airport while both aircraft were on approach to runway 17 The Cessna was destroyed and both of its occupants were killed The DC 9 sustained light damage and was able to land safely none of its 44 passengers or five crewmembers were injured The accident was attributed to inadequate visual flight rules VFR procedures in place at the airport the failure of the DC 9 crew to spot the other aircraft in time the Cessna crew s deviation from their traffic pattern instructions and poor communications between the Cessna pilots and air traffic control 124 July 23 1973 while on the approach to land at St Louis International Airport Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 crashed near the University of Missouri St Louis killing 38 of the 44 persons on board Wind shear was cited as the cause A tornado had been reported at Ladue Missouri about the time of the accident but the National Weather 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