New London International Airport

**New London International Airport** is a fictional international airport that serves New London. As of 2020, it serves over 21 million passengers. It is also a hub for Goodyear, and is a focus city for Southwest, American, & United.

## Fictional History

The airport was built in February 13, 1929 as **New London/Goodyear Municipal Airport** by the New London City Council as a general aviation airport and an airship base for Goodyear blimps.

Commercial service began in 1940 with United using Douglas DC-3s and Boeing 247s to San Diego, Phoenix, and New York. The March 1959 Official Airline Guide shows over 50 departures a day: 15 United, 13 Northwest, 12 American, 9 Western, 9 Air Canada, 6 PSA, 4 Continental, 3 Lufthansa, 2 KLM, and 1 Alaska. United had nonstop flights to Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, San Francisco, New York–JFK and Boston.

The first scheduled fights to New London Municipal Airport using jets were in October 1960: United Airlines Boeing 720s to San Diego, Los Angeles, Pheonix and New York–JFK, American Airlines Boeing 707s to Chicago O’Hare, Boston and Charlotte, and Air Canada Boeing 720s to Toronto–Pearson. KLM began using Boeing 707s to Amsterdam a year later.

The original terminal was remodeled as a the current Terminal 1 in January 2, 1961 and reopened a month later. Terminal 2 to 5 were later opened in March 5, 1961 to increase the airport’s traffic. The airport was renamed to New London International Airport a week later.

In February 13, 1979, the first Boeing 747, operated by American Airlines, arrived at New London International Airport to celebrate it’s 50th anniversary. Southwest Airlines started service the same day to celebrate the airport’s 50th anniversary as well.

In June 3, 2009, it served over 19 million passengers and become one of the busiest single runway airports in the world.

## Flights And Destinations

**Passenger**

AEROMEXICO: Guadalajara

AIR CANADA: Calgary, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver

AIR CANADA ROUGE: Toronto-Pearson

ALASKA AIRLINES: Anchorage, Boston, Chicago-O’Hare, Dallas-Love, Guadalajara, Las Vegas, Newark, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San José Del Cabo, Seattle/Tacoma

ALLEGIANT AIR: Bellingham | **Seasonal:** Boise, Cincinnati, El Paso, Idaho Falls, Las Vegas, Stockton

AMERICAN AIRLINES: Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago-O’Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Hartford, Houston-International, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, London-Heathrow, Louisville, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco, San José Del Cabo, Sao Paulo–Guarulhos

AMERICAN EAGLE: Charlotte, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara

BRITISH AIRWAYS: London-Heathrow, Manchester

CATHWAY PACIFIC: Hong Kong

DELTA AIRLINES: Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–JFK, Salt Lake City

DELTA CONNECTION: Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego

FRONTIER AIRLINES: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Phoenix-Sky Harbor

GARUDA INDONESIA: Soekarno–Hatta

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES: Honolulu

JAPAN AIRLINES: Tokyo–Narita, Tokyo-Haneda

JETBLUE: Boston, Newark, New York–LaGuardia

LUFTHANSA: Frankfurt

QUANTAS: Melbourne

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES: Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore, Boise, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, Denver, El Paso, Honolulu, Houston-Hobby, Kahului, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, New Orleans, New York–LaGuardia, Los Angeles, Oakland, Obama, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Reno, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tucson | **Seasonal:** Atlanta, Tampa, San José Del Cabo

SPIRIT AIRLINES: Chicago-O’Hare, Las Vegas | **Seasonal:** Detroit

SUN COUNTY AIRLINES: Minneapolis-St. Paul | **Seasonal:** San José Del Cabo

UNITED AIRLINES: Boston, Chicago-O’Hare, Cleveland, Denver, Honolulu, Houston-International, Kahului, Las Vegas, London Heathrow, Melbourne, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco, Tokyo-Haneda, Washington–Dulles

UNITED EXPRESS: Los Angeles, San Francisco

VOLARIS: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Tijuana

WESTJET: Calgary

**Cargo**

DHL EXPRESS: Boston, Cincinnati, Phoenix-Sky Harbor,

FEDEX EXPRESS: Indianapolis, Memphis, Oakland, Ontario

GOODYEAR: Atlanta, Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore, Boise, Boston, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, Denver, El Paso, Honolulu, Houston-Hobby, Kahului, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York–LaGuardia, Los Angeles, Oakland, Obama, Ontario, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Reno, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, St. Louis, Tucson

UPS: Louisville, Ontario