Hopkins International Airport is an airport located approximately ten miles southwest of Cleveland, Ohio.
Named after former City Manager William Hopkins, it was founded in 1925 - the first municipally owned airport in the United States. The airport has been the site of many airport firsts - the first airfield lighting system and the first air traffic control tower - both in 1930 - and the first U.S. airport to be connected to a rail mass transit system - in 1968.
The airport has one main terminal which is divided into Concourses A, B, C, D. Concourse D is a separate terminal that is connected from the main terminal by an underground tunnel. Concourse D is mainly occupied by Continental Express
As noted above, Hopkins International Airport is connected to Cleveland's mass transit system. Passengers can board Red Line trains at the airport terminal.
External links
Hopkins International Homepage (http://www.clevelandairport.com/)
The city of Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County in the U.S. state of Ohio.
On the southern shore of Lake Erie, Cleveland is located in the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border.
Cleveland became one of the major manufacturing and population centers of the United States, home of numerous major steel firms.
This page is being offered by Case Western Reserve University as a service to its users-- those who wish to visit Cleveland, and those who wish to go elsewhere.
ClevelandHopkins International Airport serves the greater Cleveland area with over 600 domestic and foreign departures and arrivals daily.
ClevelandAirport also serves as one of Continental's hubs.