Hopkins International Airport
Hopkins International Airport is an airport located approximately ten miles southwest of Cleveland, Ohio.
Named after former City Manager William Hopkins, it was founded in 1925 – the first municipally owned airport in the United States. The airport has been the site of many airport firsts – the first airfield lighting system and the first air traffic control tower – both in 1930 – and the first U.S. airport to be connected to a rail mass transit system – in 1968.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport handled 10,555,387 passengers in 2003. The airport is hub to Continental Airlines and has the IATA Airport Code CLE.
It is a major hub for both Continental Airlines and its regional carrier Continental Express.
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Terminal and Layout
The airport has one main terminal which is divided into Concourses A, B, C, D. Concourse D is a separate terminal that is connected from the main terminal by an underground tunnel. Concourse D is mainly occupied by Continental Express
Concourse A
- American Eagle (Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Ft. Worth, Miami, New York Laguardia)
- America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
- Independence Air (Washington Dulles)
- MidWest Connect (Milwaukee)
- USA 3000 Airlines
Concourse B
- Air Canada Jazz (Toronto)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati)
- Southwest Airlines (Baltimore, Chicago Midway, Las Vegas, Nashville, Phoenix, St. Louis)
- United Airlines (Chicago O-Hare, Denver, Washington Dulles)
- USAirways / US Airways Express (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington National)
Concourse C
- Continental Airlines (Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York Laguardia, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle, Tampa, Washington National)
- Continental Express (Albany, Albuquerque, Allentown, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, Charlotte, Chicago Midway, Chicago O'Hare, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Dayton, Detroit, Grand Rapids MI, Harrisburg, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lexington, Long Island – Islip, Louisville, Madison, Manchester NH, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, New York JFK, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Providence, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Rochester, San Antonio, St. Louis, Syracuse, Toronto, Washington Dulles, White Plains)
- Northwest Airlines / Northwest Airlink (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis)
Concourse D
Transit connections
As noted above, Hopkins International Airport is connected to Cleveland's mass transit system. Passengers can board Red Line trains at the airport terminal.
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