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Ellington Airport〔〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 About Ellington Airport ) 〕 is a public and military use airport in Harris County, Texas, United States.〔 It is owned by the City of Houston and located 15 nautical miles (17 mi, 28 km) southeast of downtown Houston.〔 Formerly known as Ellington Field,〔 〕〔 it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation ''reliever airport''.〔 〕 The airport does not have scheduled commercial passenger service. On September 4, 2013, the City of Houston unveiled a plan which if approved, would build a terminal building on the site with the facility being rebranded as the Houston Spaceport. == History == Established by the Army Air Service on May 21, 1917, Ellington Field was one of the initial World War I Army Air Service installations when aviation was in its infancy.〔World War I Group, Historical Division, Special Staff, United States Army, Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (1917–1919)〕 Originally created as a training facility, Ellington Airport is currently used by military, commercial, NASA aircraft and general aviation sectors. Ellington Airport is one of the few airfields built for World War I training purposes still in operation today. In January 2009, a name change from Ellington Field to Ellington Airport was approved by the Houston City Council.〔 〕 In August 2011, the city announced that the facility would be renamed Ellington International Airport.〔McEver, Melissa. "(Major expansion set at Ellington Airport )." ''Houston Business Journal''. August 12, 2011. Retrieved on August 15, 2011.〕 However, as of May 2013, it is still listed as Ellington Airport by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Houston Airport System.〔〔 In April 2014, Sierra Nevada Corporation signed an agreement with Houston Airport System officials to explore development of Ellington as a commercial Spaceport. The ultimate goal of the agreement is to use Ellington as a landing site for the company's Dream Chaser space plane. A feasibility study found it would cost US$48 million to $122 million to equip Ellington for landing and launching small space vehicles on a regular basis. With federal approval in June 2015, Ellington Airport was granted a Launch Site License from the Federal Aviation Administration that established the airport as the 10th commercial spaceport in the United States. 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「Ellington Airport (Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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