What's up with Charles Wheeler downtown airport?

3 years ago by BarqsHasBite to c/kansascity

I'm bumming around on Google maps and saw this. Is it used much? Is it planned to shut down? Seems like it's a pain for everyone that has to put up with the noise.

Lexam 2 points 3 years ago

It's a very busy airport. It just doesn't do traditional passenger air. A lot of private flights come in and out of there. Very convenient if you are rich and want to be in Downtown as soon as you land. As for the noise I think the highways are louder, nevet noticed the plane noises.

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someguy3 2 points 3 years ago

Is it cargo as well? Or is the other airport the main cargo airport?

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Lexam 2 points 3 years ago

I think there may be some, but the main airport does most of the cargo.

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flug 2 points 3 years ago

There has been some recent talk about repurposing it. Not only does it use a huge chunk of ground right in the middle of the downtown area - some of the most valuable land in the state - but also it puts crimp on the height of buildings in the whole area surrounding airport itself.

So I don't know how serious it is, but I've been hearing some chatter.

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flug 1 point 3 years ago

Here's the article:

https://www.kansascity.com/...

It’s something Kansas City Manager Brian Platt has been saying privately for nearly two years, and now he’s acknowledging it on the record: He would push to close Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport if it continues to be hard for developers to construct high-rise apartment buildings in the airport’s flight paths over River Market and downtown.

That would be an unpopular move among the top Kansas City businesses that use the airport . . .

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RjBass3 1 point 3 years ago

I used to live in the Briarcliff City Apartments damn near a landing path. The noise from 169 and 9hwy was way worse than the air traffic.

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