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}} Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a major airport south of downtown Washington, D.C., in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is the nearest commercial airport to the capital and serves the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. For decades it was called Washington National Airport; it was renamed in 1998 to honor President Ronald Reagan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/whats-in-an-eponym-could-there-be-a-financial-or-other-benefit-in-celebrity-airport-naming-215965 )〕 The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) operates the airport with close oversight by the federal government due to its proximity to the national capital. Reagan National is a hub for American Airlines, which is Reagan National's largest carrier. American Airlines also has near-hourly air shuttle flights to New York LaGuardia Airport and Logan International Airport in Boston. Delta Air Lines also operates near-hourly air shuttle flights to New York LaGuardia Airport, which are all operated by Delta Shuttle. Other than the current 40 slot exemptions, flights into and out of the airport are not allowed to exceed 1,250 statute miles (2,000 km) in any direction nonstop, in an effort to send air traffic to the larger but more distant Washington Dulles International Airport. In the 12 months ending March 2015, the airport served 21,195,775 passengers.〔"Air Traffic Statistics - June 2015" (PDF). Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA). Retrieved 13 September 2015.〕 Reagan National only has United States immigration and customs facilities for corporate jet traffic; the only international flights allowed to land at the airport are those from airports with U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance facilities. Other international passenger flights must use Washington Dulles International Airport or Baltimore/Washington International Airport. ==History== Near the present site of the Pentagon, Hoover Field was the first airport that had a major terminal, which opened its doors in 1926. The facility's single runway was crossed by a street; guards had to stop automobile traffic during takeoffs and landings. The following year Washington Airport, another privately operated field, began service next door. In 1930 the Depression caused the two terminals to merge to form Washington–Hoover Airport. Bordered on the east by U.S. Route 1, with its accompanying high-tension electrical wires, and obstructed by a high smokestack on one approach and a dump nearby, the field was inadequate. Although the need for a better airport was acknowledged in 37 studies conducted between 1926 and 1938,〔 there was a statutory prohibition against federal development of airports. When Congress lifted the prohibition in 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a recess appropriation of $15 million to build National Airport by reallocating funds from other purposes. Construction of Washington National Airport began in 1940–41 by a company led by John McShain. Congress challenged the legality of FDR's recess appropriation, but construction of the new airport continued. The airport is southwest of Washington, D.C. The western part of the airport was once within a large Virginia plantation, a remnant of which is now inside a historic site located near the airport's Metro-rail station (see Abingdon (plantation) for history). The eastern part of the airport was constructed in the District of Columbia on and near mudflats that were within the tidal Potomac River near Gravelly Point, about from the United States Capitol, using landfill dredged from the Potomac River. The airport opened June 16, 1941.〔 In 1945 Congress passed a law that established the airport was legally within Virginia but under the jurisdiction of the federal government.〔 On July 1 of that year, the airport's weather station became the official point for the weather observations and records by the National Weather Service, which is located in Washington, D.C.〔http://threadex.rcc-acis.org〕 The April 1957 ''Official Airline Guide'' shows 316 weekday departures: 95 Eastern (plus six a week to/from South America), 77 American, 61 Capital, 23 National, 17 TWA, 10 United, 10 Delta, 6 Allegheny, 6 Braniff, 5 Piedmont, 3 Northeast and 3 Northwest. Jet flights began in April 1966 (727-200s were not allowed until 1970).〔''Aviation Daily'' 26 Feb 1971 p314〕 Service to the airport's Metro station began in 1977. The Washington National Airport Terminal and South Hangar Line were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington National Airport Terminal and South Hangar Line ) and (''Accompanying photo'' )〕 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「Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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