Why don't they make Logan an airport like Osaka and have it be out in the ocean on a man made island?
Mass -- Logan is an island -- or actually several
Of the about 4 square miles of Logan 3/4 is fill of either harbor or mud flats.
On June 13, 1923 Boston's first aircraft touched down on a 1,500 foot cinder runway built by the U.S. Army on 189 acres of tidal flats. Boston Airport or Jeffery Field officially opened on September 8, 1923.
In 1929, the City of Boston signed a 20-year lease with the state and put the Parks Department in charge of Boston Airport -- expansion began: an administration building; longer runways; paved access roads; landscaping; Two hundred more acres of land was reclaimed from Boston Harbor.
In 1939, American Airlines begins daily scheduled service between Boston and New York and the Massachusetts State Legislature created the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission (MAC) "to foster air commerce, encourage the establishment of airports and recommend related legislation."
One week before Pearl Harbor in 1941, Massachusetts resumed control and assigned the Boston Airport to the Massachusetts Department of Public Works. Extensively used during WWII, 1800 more acres are reclaimed from the harbor for: additional runways; apron areas; and three new hangars.
On June 12, 1943 the Massachusetts State Legislature: issued $4.2 million in bonds for the funding of a new road; and renamed Boston Airport rename the airport General Edward Lawrence Logan Airport after a Spanish-American War Hero.
In 1944, Northeast Airlines (today's Delta) began flying to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada; American Airlines flew daily to New York.
In 1949 the first modern terminal was completed -- Horseshoe-shaped Boutwell Terminal Building (Today's Terminals B and C are on its footprint) -- 471,000 passengers fly.
In 1952, a loop access roadway is completed and non-stop transcontinental service to LA begins
In 1955, the 'Old Control Tower" is completed, Logan now has 45 gates and 4 runways
In 1959, Logan begins daily jet service: Pan Am to London and American to LA
Airport now has four runways and an expanded terminal with 45 gates.
Jet operations begin with Pan American Airways daily 707 service to Europe. Two months later, American Airlines begins daily flights from Boston to Los Angeles.
In 1956, the Massachusetts State Legislature creates the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) to: operate Logan; the Mystic River Bridge (Tobin Bridge), Hanscom Field in Bedford; and the Port of Boston. Massport is given the ability to issue revenue bonds and charge user fees -- intended to be without cost to the taxpayer and without pledge of Massachusetts State Credit -- becomes operational on February 17, 1959.
In 1961, Massport begins a $23 million Logan construction program: a $5.9 million International Terminal (the Current Terminal C is on the footprint); additional landfill added to extend runway 15R/33L; the Central Garage, the Terminal Roadway and the New Taxiway
In 1973, Massport begins $105 million in infrastructure projects: a new 22-story, 285 foot control tower (at the time world's tallest it is the in the world); The Volpe International Terminal (now renovated and expanded into Terminal E); South Terminal (now renovated and expanded into Terminal B)
In 1974, the final major filling project is completed with 234 acres reclaimed from Bird Island Flats and the harbor for: cargo warehouses; and eventually for the Logan Office Center; Hyatt Hotel; Amelia Earhart General Aviation Terminal; and ultimately for Runway 14-32
By 1980, there are more than 15 million people using Logan
By 1994 with nearly 25 million passengers the $4.4 billion Logan Modernization Project begins; "to increase efficiency without expanding the airport's borders or compromising on environmental benefits for its neighbors." The program includes: $146 million to integrate Logan’s new baggage screening system within the existing system to avoid impacts on passengers and terminal space (Logan is Airport first major airport to have a 100% inline baggage screening plan approved by the TSA); modifications and enhancemens to every terminal and roadway including:
• An award-winning International Gateway Arrivals Hall
• New Airport MBTA Station
• Connections to the Central Parking Garage from all terminals via enclosed walkways with moving sidewalks
• 2005 -- State-of-the-art and environmentally friendly Terminal A (LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council) -- ironically replaced the Eastern Airlines Terminal designed by Yamasaki
• New two-tiered roadway system that clearly separates arrivals (lower level) from departures (upper level) to simplify the airport driving experience.
and Logan Airside program, which involves various alternatives for reducing current and projected levels of aircraft delay and enhancing operational safety at Logan: runway 14-32 and Central Taxiway
As the wiki article says:
The airport has expanded over the years, including the 1940s addition of 1,800 acres (730 ha) of landfill in Boston Harbor and the incorporation of the former Governors, Noddle's and Apple Islands. In 1943 the state renamed the airport as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport after a Spanish-American War officer from South Boston.
Note for those of you curious -- the West Concourse of Terminal E now has been assigned a project number although it is as yet unfunded: L0338 TERMINAL E WEST CONCOURSE -- $108 M
Fy13 fy14 Fy 15 Fy16 Total (1000s)
$17,293 $20,129 $20,129 $50,449 $108,000
Ref date information from wiki and history of Logan on Massport website
