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.
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.
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.
Here’s the article:
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article278281138.html
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 . . .