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Burlington International Airport is a joint-use civil-military airport in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.〔 It is owned by the City of Burlington.〔 The airport is located in South Burlington,〔 three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Burlington.〔 As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 640,790 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, a decrease of 8.5% from the 700,592 enplanements in 2009.〔 〕 This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).〔 〕 ==History== On Saturday, August 14, 1920, the first aircraft landed at what became the Burlington Municipal Airport. It had been a cornfield. Airport developers took a lease on the land for one year for $100. On May 22, 1934, at the airport, Amelia Earhart was presented with the keys to the city of Burlington.〔Tabor, James M., ''Burlington International Airport: A History 1920–2010'', ''Transcontinental Metrolitho, Inc.'', 2010〕 With the onset of the Second World War, the United States Government created a Defense Zone extending inland from the coastline, where private aircraft were restricted from operating. Burlington Municipal Airport was located approximately outside of the Defense Zone, allowing it to conduct pilot training both locally and from other airports located within the restricted zone, one such example being Boston's Logan Airport. Due to increased demand, the Burlington Municipal Airport was noted as being the busiest airport in the world on both August 14, 1942 and February 11, 1943, with 662 and 793 landings respectively.〔 On February 24, 1969, the Board of Aldermen voted to change the airports title from "municipal" to "international" as a means of re-branding the airport and steering it away from the perceptions of it being a small, community-based facility.〔 In 1970, Mohawk Airlines introduced the first jet service to the airport.〔 On May 11, 1971 Burlington voters approved a $1.25 Million bond for a new 40,000-sq/ft terminal. This terminal opened October 7, 1973. From 2000 to 2008, the airport experienced an increase in growth and service. Since 2000, $24 million in renovations and expansion has been invested at Burlington. In 2008, the airport authority completed a $15 million expansion project which added five gates – four with boarding bridges – and customer service areas, in addition to a 948-space parking garage and an elevated connected walkway. The airport set a local record in July 2008 when 79,154 passengers flew from Burlington, the first time the figure has crossed 70,000. BTV enplaned over 759,000 people in 2008, a 7.3% increase from 2007.〔 〕 Burlington International Airport serves the Burlington-South Burlington metropolitan area, which contained over 206,000 residents as of 2006 U.S. Census estimates. Due to the relatively small size of the market, airlines mostly fly regional airliners on their Burlington routes. Among these are Bombardier CRJ-200, CRJ-700, and CRJ-900 and Embraer ERJ-145 and ERJ-170 regional jets operated by most of the major carriers as well as turboprop powered Bombardier Q400 aircraft flown year-round by United Express and seasonally by Porter Airlines. JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines notably fly some of the only daily flights using mainline aircraft. Currently the largest scheduled passenger planes to fly out of Burlington are Boeing 737-700s and Airbus 319s flown seasonally by United Airlines, McDonnell-Douglas MD-80s, Airbus A319s, and Airbus A320s flown seasonally by Delta Air Lines and year-round by Allegiant Airlines, and Embraer E-190s flown year-round by JetBlue. Orlando, Florida is the farthest destination served by any airline out of BTV. In 2008, Big Sky Airlines stopped flying the Boston route. Management has been searching for a replacement for this important route, Cape Air has shown considerable interest in establishing this route using their Cessna 402s, currently the closest Boston-served destination by Cape Air to Burlington is Rutland, VT. More recently the Alaska-based airline Penair has also shown some interest in Boston-Burlington Flights but is currently utilizing the nearby Plattsburgh International Airport in New York for this route.〔 〕 The airport has used natural resources such as marble and granite, and maple for interior decoration, intended to give the airport a "Vermont Feel". In 2009, the airport had fifteen gates serving seven airlines. On February 3, 2010, it was announced that AirTran Airways would not be returning to Burlington. Service started in early 2009 on Boeing 717 aircraft operating 55-minute flights from Baltimore, but after only 6 months AirTran demoted BTV to seasonal service, operating only during the summer months. AirTran planned on resuming service in the spring of 2010, but due to various reasons not specified they did not. AirTran service lasted for 8 months in 2009.〔 〕 In 2010, a city-owned cable provider was unable to pay the city of Burlington $17 million it owed. As a result, Moody's downrated the debt for the city. Moody's also downrated the credit rating for the airport, as well.〔 〕 Although voters approved a $21.5 million bond for airport expansion, this downgrade made borrowing the money too expensive. The airport therefore borrowed $7.5 million from the city for a $14.5 million garage expansion. In June 2011, the city asked for the money back. The airport was in the process of expanding the parking garage by adding two more levels on the north end. This would have given it a total of 2700 parking spaces. This project was later completed in early 2012. The airport finished renovating the upper concourses bathrooms in late 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burlington International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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