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Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina. It has two runways and is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Charleston Field, a facility of Joint Base Charleston. It is South Carolina's largest and busiest airport; in 2014 the airport served 3,131,072 passengers in its busiest year on record. The airport is located in North Charleston and is approximately 12 miles (20 km) northwest of downtown Charleston. The airport is also home to the Boeing South Carolina facility that assembles the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.〔http://www.boeing.com/assets/pdf/commercial/charleston/pdf/bkg_BoeingSC.pdf〕 ==History== In 1928, the Charleston Airport Corporation was founded and purchased 700 acres of land previously belonging to a mining company. Although privately developed at first, the City of Charleston floated bonds in 1931 to acquire a portion of the site for passenger service. Within ten years, three runways were paved and outfitted with lighting for nighttime operations. In World War II, control of the airfield passed to the United States Army though civilian service was allowed to continue to use the airfield. After the war, the airfield reverted to civilian use for a short time. In 1949, a new passenger terminal was built. During the Korean War, the airfield was reactivated for military use and in 1952, the City of Charleston and the United States Air Force reached an agreement on control of the base and the runways—an arrangement that has been renegotiated over time and that continues to this day. In 1979, the civilian portions of the airport were transferred from the City of Charleston to the Charleston County Aviation Authority, which had operated two other airports in the area. The current terminal on the south end of the airport was built in the 1980s on land acquired by Georgia Pacific.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Airport History )〕 In October 2009, Boeing announced that it would build a major plant on 265 acres at the airport as a second final assembly site for its 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft. The facility began limited operations in July 2011 and rolled out its first completed aircraft in April 2012. Additional facilities to complement aircraft assembly have since been announced by the company.〔 Throughout its history, all three domestic legacy carriers (American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines) and their predecessor companies or affiliates have served Charleston International Airport. Aside from the legacy carriers, Charleston has seen periods of additional air service from other carriers, but prior to 2010, those services were short-lived. Air South served the airport in 1995 and 1996 before folding. In 2001, Air Canada briefly served the airport from Toronto but ended service immediately after the September 11th attacks. Independence Air served the airport in 2005 and 2006, when the airline folded. AirTran Airways served the airport from 2007 to 2009. Since 2010, the airport has seen significant growth in passenger figures. New service from Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Silver Airways along with increased services from the three legacy carriers have contributed to this growth. In 2015, Charleston saw a resumption of international service with Porter Airlines offering seasonal flights to Toronto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charleston airport lands second new airline in a month )〕 In April 2015, Alaska Airlines announced it would serve Charleston from Seattle/Tacoma beginning in November 2015, establishing the first non-stop west coast route from the airport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alaska Airlines adding nonstop service between Charleston and Seattle )〕 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「Charleston International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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