Port Columbus International Airport - Columbus, OH
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N 39° 59.906 W 082° 53.073
17S E 339126 N 4429284
Port Columbus is central Ohio's largest airport providing commercial passenger service to many destinations throughout the world. Coords were taken on the 5th level of the short term parking.
Waymark Code: WM1KTW
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2007
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Originally built in 1929, Port Columbus International Airport sits a few miles east of downtown Columbus. Easily accessed from several highways, this airport features two main runways 10R/28L and 10L/28R. 10R/28L measures 10251 x 150, and 10L/28R is a little shorter at 8000 x 150. 3 Concourses with 44 gates serve over a half million people every month, on 10 different airlines. This site was selected by Charles Lindbergh, as the eastern air terminus of the Transcontinental Air Transport air-rail New York to Los Angeles intercontinental route .
In recent years, partly due to lagging air travel, Port Columbus has gone through some renovations to make it more appealing to local residents as a shopping and art center. Inexpensive short-term parking, coupled with several restaurants and shops make it not only a place to catch a plane, but also somewhat of a small shopping mall.
They also feature artwork from children in local schools as well as other pieces of abstract art. All children traveling through Port Columbus can pick up prepaid, self-addressed blank postcards and crayons so they can draw their travel experiences and send them back to Port Columbus to be displayed in the terminal, or online. One well known art piece is "Brushstrokes in Flight," created by Roy Lichtenstein in 1984, which is located in Concourse B directly in front of the security checkpoint. It was originally installed outside the airport, and in 1988, then Mayor Dana Rinehart tried to give the statue away to Columbus' sister city of Genoa, Italy. Eventually it was moved inside to its current location. In speaking with the TSA representative sitting next to the sculpture, she was curious as to why I wanted pictures, since it just looked like a "broken banana" to her. She said that was the best explanation she could come up with even after years of sitting next to it every day.
On the upper floor of Concourse B is a small museum of sorts which shows various pictures of the airport from its construction to current, highlighting various remodeling and additions.
Much of the airport grounds can be seen by parking on the 5th level of the short-term parking. You can also walk up to the 6th level of the long term parking as well.