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General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Airport codesBOSKBOSBOS in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts), is one of the 20 busiest airports (List of the busiest airports in the United States) in the U.S. (United States), with over 26 million passengers a year. The airport serves as a focus city for AirTran Airways, American Airlines, and JetBlue Airways. Retail management is provided by BAA (British Airports Authority), a British company for Terminals B and E, and Westfield Group of Australia for Terminals A and C.

It covers convert2384acre, has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people., The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Mexico. The distinctive central control tower, nearly a dozen stories high, is a local landmark with its pair of segmented elliptical pylons and a six-story platform trussed between them.

Boston Logan Airport is the 12th busiest airport (Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic) in the USA based on international traffic. In 2005, it handled 3,902,000 international passengers. Logan is the largest airport in New England. Currently New England?s largest transportation center, Logan ranks 20th in the nation in passenger volume and 19th in flight movements, employs approximately 12,000 workers and stimulates the New England regional economy by approximately $7 billion per year.

Nativename: General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport

Iata: BOS

Icao: KBOS

Faa: BOS

Type: Public

Owner: Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)

City-served: Boston, Massachusetts

Birth Location: East Boston, Massachusetts, East Boston, Mass.

Elevation-f: 20

Elevation-m: 6

Coordinates: coord422147N0710023Wtype:airport

Website: www.massport.com/logan/

Number on List: 4L/22R

R1-length-f: 7,861

R1-length-m: 2,396

R1-surface: Asphalt

Number on List: 4R/22L

R2-length-f: 10,005

R2-length-m: 3,050

R2-surface: Asphalt

Number on List: 9/27

R3-length-f: 7,000

R3-length-m: 2,134

R3-surface: Asphalt

Number on List: 14/32

R4-length-f: 5,000

R4-length-m: 1,524

R4-surface: Asphalt

Number on List: 15L/33R

R5-length-f: 2,557

R5-length-m: 779

R5-surface: Asphalt

Number on List: 15R/33L

R6-length-f: 10,083

R6-length-m: 3,073

R6-surface: Asphalt

Stat1-header: Aircraft operations

Stat1-data: 371,604

Stat2-header: Passengers

Stat2-data: 26,102,651

Footnotes: Source: FAA, Massport.

source: wikipedia.org

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