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For other uses of BOS, see BOS (disambiguation).

Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the 20 busiest airports in the U.S., with 22 million passengers a year using its 43 airlines.

It covers 2,400 acres (10 km²), has five major runways, and employs an estimated 15,000 people. The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, Latin America, and Europe.

History

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

The airport has expanded enormously over the years, including the addition of 1,800 acres (7 km²) built on landfill in Boston Harbor. In 1956, the state renamed the airport as Lt. General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport after a Spanish-American War hero from Boston.

American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, both on BOS-LAX routes, crashed into the World Trade Center towers in the September 11, 2001 Attack. Also, on December 22, 2001, Richard Reid was arrested at Logan for trying to destroy American Airlines Flight 63. The plane, which was flying on a Paris-Miami route, made an emergency landing at Logan after Reid's attempts to light his shoe bomb were discovered and foiled.

With Logan Airport burgeoning with passengers, the Massachusetts Port Authority designated Manchester, NH Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire and T. F. Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island as the second and third airports of Boston to avoid building a new airport. Massport also operates the scheduled flights at Hanscom Field (BED) in Bedford, Massachusetts and Worcester Airport (ORH), which have since ended. Expansion of commercial air service to Hanscom Field has been derailed by community opposition, although for many travelers it is ideally located. Worcester Airport has poor highway access and is located far from major population centers other than Worcester itself; it has not managed to attract a significant commercial airline presence. Despite having a few airlines, commercial service ended following lost business from the September 11, 2001 attacks.

On May 5, 2002, Logan's Terminal A, constructed in 1969, closed and was demolished. A replacement building and satellite terminal, funded mostly by Delta Air Lines, opened on March 16, 2005.

Construction has begun on a sixth runway, 14-32. This runway was first proposed in 1973, but had been delayed by court action. The runway is expected to open in late 2006.

Terminals

Logan International Airport has five terminals, all connected by a shuttle bus. Moving walkways connect the terminals to a central parking garage. 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 Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver in Canada as well as Aruba, Bermuda, Cancun, Nassau, and San Juan.

Terminal A

• Chautauqua Airlines dba Delta Connection (Columbus)
• Comair dba Delta Connection (Bangor, Burlington, Cincinnati, Fredericton, Greensboro, Halifax, Jacksonville, Myrtle Beach, New York Kennedy, Portland (ME), Raleigh-Durham, Washington National)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Bermuda, Cincinnati, Orlando, Salt Lake City)
• Delta Shuttle (New York La Guardia)
• Song (Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach)

Terminal B (north side)

• America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix)
• American Airlines (Aruba, Cancun, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Ft. Worth, Ft. Lauderdale, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester (UK), Miami, New Orleans, Orlando, Paris, Providenciales, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Shannon, St. Louis, St. Thomas, West Palm Beach)
• American Eagle Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Columbus, Halifax, Montreal, New York Kennedy, New York La Guardia, Newark, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, St. Louis, Toronto, Washington Reagan)

Terminal B (south side)

• Alaska Airlines (Seattle)
• American Trans Air (Chicago Midway)
• Chautauqua Airlines dba US Airways Express (Buffalo, Greensboro, Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach, Philadelphia, Savannah, Rochester)
• Colgan Air dba US Airways Express (Augusta, Bar Harbor, Long Island Islip, Presque Isle, Rockland, Syracuse, White Plains)
• Independence Air (Washington Dulles)
• Piedmont Airlines dba US Airways Express (Harrisburg, Syracuse)
• Trans States Airlines dba US Airways Express (Pittsburgh, Richmond)
• US Airways (Aruba, Cancun, Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Montego Bay, Nassau, New York La Guardia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Juan)
• US Airways Shuttle (New York La Guardia, Washington National)

Terminal C

• Air Canada / Air Canada Jazz (Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver)
• Air Wisconsin dba United Express (Washington Dulles)
• Mesa Airlines dba United Express (Washington Dulles)
• Cape Air (Hyannis, Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Provincetown)
• Cape Air dba Continental Connection (White Plains)
• CommutAir dba Continental Connection (Albany, Allentown, Burlington, Islip, Plattsburgh, Portland (ME), Rutland, Saranac Lake, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Syracuse, White Plains)
• Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Houston Intercontinental, Newark)
• ExpressJet dba Continental Express (Cleveland, Newark)
• Midwest Airlines (Kansas City, Milwaukee)
• United Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington Dulles)

Terminal D

• AirTran (Akron-Canton, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Newport News, Philadelphia)

International Terminal E

• Aer Lingus (Dublin, Shannon)
• Aeroméxico (Mexico City)
• Air Canada Jazz (Halifax and Quebec City arrivals)
• Air France (Paris Charles de Gaulle)
• Air Jamaica (Montego Bay)
• Alitalia (Milan Malpensa, Rome)
• American Airlines (London, Paris, Providenciales, and Santo Domingo arrivals)
• British Airways (London Heathrow)
• Cayman Airways (Grand Cayman)
• Delta Connection (Fredericton and Halifax arrivals)
• Icelandair (Keflavik)
• JetBlue Airways (Denver, Ft.Lauderdale, Ft.Myers, Long Beach, Oakland, Orlando, San Jose, Tampa)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
• Northwest Airlines (Amsterdam, Detroit, Minneapolis St. Paul)
• Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink (Indianapolis, Memphis, Milwaukee)
• SATA International (Lisbon, Ponta Delgada)
• Swiss International Airlines (Zurich)
• TACA (San Salvador)
• Virgin Atlantic (London Heathrow)

Ground transportation

There is an Airport stop on the MBTA's Blue Line. The stop is not in the airport terminal itself; a free shuttle ferries passengers from the train station to the terminal. The MBTA's Silver Line is expected to start serving Logan Airport in 2005. Massport's Logan Express bus service also serves the areas of Braintree, Framingham, Peabody, and Woburn.

The MBTA operates a water shuttle connecting Logan with downtown Boston, Quincy, and Hull. A free shuttle ferries passengers from the dock to the terminal.

By road, the airport is at the eastern terminus of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90), which provides easy access from the west. From the south, travellers on Interstate 93 can connect to the Masspike east, through the Ted Williams Tunnel to reach the airport. From the north, I-93 traffic to the airport uses the Callahan Tunnel, Route 1A North. From the North Shore, access is via Route 1A South.

External links

• Massport: Logan Airport