Manchester Airport is located in Manchester, New Hampshire. It has the IATA Airport Code MHT.
As the airport is located within close proximity to Boston, it takes some of the air traffic from its airport. Municipalities within Metropolitan Boston, in partnership with state governments in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, decided to make this airport and T. F. Green Airport alternatives to Logan International Airport to avoid building a new airport.
The airport lies in two communities, Manchester and Londonderry; it was known as ManchesterAirport until it added the name of nearby Boston, Massachusetts on April 18, 2006.
The Manchesterairport was founded in June of 1927, when the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen was convinced to put forward $15,000 towards the project.
ManchesterAirport is the third-largest cargo airport in New England.
ManchesterAirport in southern New Hampshire has grown to become one of the leading regional airline facilities in the country.
Manchester Police Chief James F. O'Neil had been a strong supporter of aviation in the area, and was one of the driving forces behind establishment of an airport in the city.
A native of Manchester, Grenier was an outstanding athlete at the University of New Hampshire.