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Dulles International Airport, dedicated by President John F. Kennedy, is a landmark both for the aviation community and for citizens of the United States and its Capital. It is a pioneering airport—the first civil airport in the United States designed from the ground up for jets—and it is an impressive gateway to Washington.

The airport will put into operation several new concepts—the most advanced is the mobile lounge—which are tailored both to jet airliners and to passenger comfort. The passenger has had the same priority as the airplane in the planning for this new airfield.

This planning began many years ago when traffic growth at Washington National Airport and the prospects of jet airline operations indicated that a second airport was needed to serve the growing Washington metropolitan area. Congress first appropriated funds for a second airport in 1950, but various reviews and a decision to change the site held up the start of construction until September, 1958.

The Federal Aviation Agency operates Washington National and was assigned the job of designing and building the new airport. Because of National's size and other limitations, it was evident that jet operations would not be practical there. So the new airport was planned to complement the old, with the shorter-haul propeller aircraft flying from National and the long-distance jets operating from the new jetport.

The site at Chantilly, Virginia, was finally chosen because it wouldn't create airspace problems in the Washington area and because it offered enough land to build a first-rate jet airport. The 9800 acres within its boundaries permitted the FAA to

plan buffer zones between the airport's runways and its neighbors. A band of 1½-million seedling trees also has been planted around the boundary line to dampen aircraft sounds, and recommendations for zoning in the airport neighborhood have been made to surrounding communities.

Dulles Airport is 27 miles from the White House. Travel from downtown Washington has been eased by construction of a 14.7-mile access expressway which can be used only to move to and from the airport. It takes 40 minutes to make the downtown-to-terminal trip now, but this will be reduced when better connecting highways are completed.

The late Eero Saarinen, one of the world's foremost architects, was retained by Ammann and Whitney, the prime contractor, to design Washington's new international air terminal. Saarinen not only designed a strikingly beautiful terminal building. He also contributed such innovations as the mobile lounge to this newest and most advanced of the world's airports. Among all his famous works, he considered the Dulles terminal building "the best thing I have done."

Dulles International Airport is a symbol of air travel as the world's most advanced system of transportation and communication. Air travel also was closely linked with the man for whom former President Dwight D. Eisenhower named the airfield. The late John Foster Dulles flew nearly 600,000 miles and made 60 flights abroad during his service as Secretary of State from 1953 to 1959.

This newest international airport, a symbol of America's stature and progress in the jet age, now stands ready to serve as a gateway to the Nation's Capital for our traveling citizens and our visitors from other nations.

FAA'S ROLE AT DULLES

The Federal Aviation Agency's primary function and re-
sponsibility involves control of the nation's air traffic. Nearly
half of FAA's 44,000 employees in the 50 United States and
abroad work in air traffic control.

But FAA has several other functions as well. Included are
certification of all civil aircraft and engines, licensing of all
civil pilots and mechanics, administration of the Federal Aid
to Airports Program and operation of the two Federally
owned civil airports serving Washington, D.C.

Washington National Airport has been under CAA/FAA
jurisdiction since it was first opened for commercial operations
in June, 1941, and the new jet terminal, Dulles International
Airport, is in the same category.

Both Washington National and Dulles are administered by
FAA's Bureau of National Capital Airports—an agency cre-
ated in June, 1959, and headed by G. Ward Hobbs, its director.

As with Washington National, all revenues from Dulles
will be turned over to the U.S. Treasury. More than 75%
of the cost of building the new airport, excluding the access
highway, is scheduled to be recovered during the first 30 years
of operation.

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President John F. Kennedy, the dedication speaker, has pro-
vided strong support for the nation's airports since taking
office in January, 1961—chiefly through a revitalized Federal
Aid to Airports Program. He also has initiated major studies
and improvement programs in such areas as national aviation
goals, air traffic control and international air policy.

AIRPORT OFFICIALS

N. E. Halaby
Administrator
Federal
Aviation
Agency

G. Ward Hobbs
*Director*
Bureau of
National Capital
Airports

W. E. Cullinan, Jr.
*Manager*
Dulles
International
Airport

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