9 Facts About Kansas City International Airport

1. Kansas City International Airport set a record for passengers in 2018 with 49.7 million.

2. Kansas City International Airport is 15 miles (24km) northwest of downtown Kansas City in Missouri.

3. Kansas City officials got another look on Thursday at what a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport might look like, although the design is still in the early phase.

4. Kansas City International Airport said on Monday that it welcomed over 89 million passengers in 2018.

5. In 1973 Wichita, Kansas City International Airport, laid claim to the Mid-Continent name for its Municipal Airport after Kansas City abandoned it.

6. Kansas City International Airport has a consolidated rental car facility at the corners of London and Paris and Bern and London Streets on the airport property.

7. Kansas City International Airport is near major highways Interstate 29 and Interstate 435.

8. Kansas City International Airport consists of three terminals numbered through gate 90, although the airport has never contained 90 gates.

9. Kansas City International Airport has facilities to service and repair aircraft as large as the Boeing 747.