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Wichita Airport Mini Guide

Wichita Airport is the most frequented airport of Kansas and sees around 1.6 million passengers travel through every year. Witchita Airport should not be confused with Kansas City International Airport which is actually located in Missouri. The airport has one terminal with twelve gates in operation and two concourses. The East concourse manages gate 1 to 6 and the West concourse handles gates 7 to 12. The airport handles only domestic US flights. There are several airlines that have commercial flights in operation including ExpressJet, Atlantic Southeast, United Airlines and SkyWest Airlines. The flights have 11 destinations including Atlanta, LA, Phoenix, Dallas and St. Louis.

The airport actually has two terminals but only one is used as a passenger terminal. The older terminal was built in the 1930's and is now used as a museum. The current terminal in use was built in the 1950's. There are plans to construct a third terminal. The passenger terminal has many facilities available to the public including conference rooms, a flight deck and business center. There is also a variety of retail outlets and restaurants.

The airport is accessible by several routes and is well sign posted for drivers. Parking is restricted in the immediate vicinity of the terminal building to allow for access by emergency vehicles. There is however plenty of short and long term parking facilities as well as a cell phone waiting area. The cell phone waiting area has 16 spaces and is situated for easy pick up at the arrivals doors, passengers call when they arrive and the person picking them up can then drive to the terminal and collect them.