U. S. passenger airports in the South and how they became international gateways

U. S. passenger airports in the South and how they became international gateways

Airports are important key features to the economic health and growth of metropolitan areas around the world. Dilemma X takes a look back, via past newspaper articles, at how some airports in the South became approved international airport gateways.

Who approved the international gateway status?

The Civil Aeronautics Authority Act of 1938 formed the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The agency was renamed in 1940. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was an agency of the Federal government of the United States that regulated aviation services, including scheduled passenger airline service, and provided air accident investigation.

The Airline Deregulation Act is a 1978 was a federal law intended to remove government control over fares, routes and market entry, of new airlines,  from commercial aviation. The Civil Aeronautics Board’s powers of regulation were phased out, eventually allowing passengers to be exposed to market forces in the airline industry. The Act, however, did not remove or diminish the regulatory powers of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over all aspects of air safety.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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1940 Tampa 

1946 New Orleans

1949 Miami

1950 Baltimore-Washington

1952 Tampa

1955  Dallas-Fort Worth and New Orleans

1958 Fort Lauderdale

1961 St. Petersburg and Tampa

1962 Baltimore, Washington and Dulles International

1962 Washington Dulles

1962 Washington Dulles

1962 Washington Dulles

1963 St. Petersburg

1964 Tampa

1965 Dallas

1968 Tampa

1968 Tampa

1970 Tampa

1971 Atlanta

1971 Atlanta

1971 Atlanta

1971 Tampa

1971 Tampa

1971 Tampa

1973 Baltimore-Washington

1976 Miami, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, New Orleans and Atlanta

1976 Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, New Orleans and Houston

1976 St. Petersburg-Clearwater

1976 Tampa

1977 Atlanta

1977 Tampa

1978 Tampa

1979 Atlanta

1980 Tampa

1980 Tampa and St. Petersburg

1981  Orlando

1986 Charlotte

1987 Charlotte

1988 Raleigh-Durham

1988 Raleigh-Durham

1993 Raleigh-Durham

1993 Nashville

2000 Memphis