John Glenn Columbus International Airport, International airport in Columbus, United States
John Glenn Columbus International Airport is an international airport in Columbus, Ohio, operating three concourses and two runways. The grounds stretch across Franklin County and serve as an air traffic hub for central Ohio.
The grounds opened on July 8, 1929, as the city's first municipal airfield and grew into a military base during the Second World War. The renaming after the astronaut followed a public vote by residents in 2016.
The facility carries the name of the Ohio-born astronaut, whose life story appears in exhibits and a gallery inside the terminal. Visitors notice capsule models and photographs from the American space program between waiting areas.
Signage guides through the terminal to security checkpoints and the three departure areas, which are accessible via escalators. Travelers using public transit find bus stops outside the terminal exits with connections to the city center.
Inside the terminal hang images of the friendship flight between Glenn and the Soviet cosmonaut that symbolically connected the two spacefaring nations during the Cold War. Travelers also discover a mural depicting different aircraft types from the early aviation history of Ohio.
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