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Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field (Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is a public airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, three miles (5 km) southeast of Downtown Cincinnati. It is owned by the city of Cincinnati, Ohio.〔 The airport mostly serves private aircraft and the fleets of local corporations. Also, the airport serves a limited amount of commercial flights and is the second largest airport serving Cincinnati after Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It is known as Lunken Airport or Lunken Field, after Eshelby Lunken.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lunken Airport )〕 It is bounded by US Route 50 (historic Columbia Parkway and Eastern Avenue) to the west, US Route 52 (Kellogg Avenue) and the Ohio River to the south, the Little Miami River (which originally flowed through the airfield but was diverted) to the east, and Ohio Route 125 (Beechmont Avenue) to the north. The airport is headquarters and hub for Cincinnati-based airline Ultimate Air Shuttle, serving 4 destinations throughout the eastern United States with 10 peak daily departures. Also, airport is a hub for small charter airline Flamingo Air and its aviation school. ==History== Cincinnati Municipal Airport, also known as Lunken Airport, was Cincinnati's airline airport until 1947. It is in the Little Miami River valley near Columbia, the site of the first Cincinnati-area settlement in 1788. When the airfield opened in 1925 it was the largest municipal airfield in the world.〔(City of Cincinnati – History )〕 On December 17, 1925 the Embry-Riddle Company was formed at Lunken Airport by T. Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle. A few years later the company moved to Florida, and later became the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In 1928 the T. E. Halpin Development Co, later the Metal Aircraft Corporation produced 22 of the high-wing Flamingo at the airport. Also in 1928, Aeronca Aircraft Corporation was formed to build cheap light aircraft; the factory building, hangar 4, is still in use. Over 500 C-2 and C-3 aircraft were built here. In 1938, passenger service commenced at the airport, started with American Airlines and Marquette Airlines, served by the newly constructed $172,000 terminal building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/dote/linkservid/8994E749-7584-46F5-A3E6F5B21413F04D/showMeta/0/ )〕 Lunken Airport was supplanted by the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after catastrophic flooding from the Ohio River and introduction of larger aircraft, which needed longer runways.〔(The Airport Page, Boone County, Kentucky )〕 The flooding prompted the airport's nickname of "Sunken Lunken". During the Ohio River flood of 1937, the airfield and two-story main terminal building at the southwest corner of the airport were totally submerged, except for the third-floor air traffic control "tower". A plaque (which appears from ground level to be a single black brick) on the terminal building, facing the airfield, indicates the high-water mark. In 1964, the FAA designated the airport as a general reliever airport. Also, as business jet travel expanded, the runways were lengthened, which required relocation of sections of the Little Miami River. Additionally, a new parallel runway was constructed to increase takeoff/landing capacity.〔 Today the old control tower is home to the Lunken Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and is the oldest standing control tower in the United States. The property also contains public recreation areas, including an 18-hole golf course, playgrounds, and walking/biking paths on the levee surrounding the airfield. In 2009, Ultimate Air Shuttle began operations at Lunken with a flight to Chicago-Midway, and has since expanded to 4 destinations including Chicago, New York, Charlotte, and Cleveland. Currently, many Cincinnati-area companies base their aircraft at the airport due to its proximity to downtown Cincinnati, however, most passenger operations take place at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.〔 Various proposals have taken place to add air service to the airport, including attempts by Allegiant Air, which started operations at CVG instead, and Flamingo Air, which ended up not starting the flights.〔 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「Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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