Boston's Logan International Airport is the nation's nineteenth busiest airport and the world's thirty-fifth busiest airport based on passenger volume,
serving 22 778 495 passengers in 2003. New England's largest transportation center, the airport boundary encompasses approximately 2,400 acres in East Boston,
Massachusetts. Logan ranks nineteenth in the nation and forty-third in the world in cargo, handling over 364,000 metric tones of high value cargo and mail annually,
ranks twenty-third in the nation with 373,251 total movements, employs over 16,000 ,000 workers and stimulates the New England regional economy by approximately $6 billion
per year.
The airfield is comprised of five runways, fourteen miles of taxiway, and 237 acres of concrete and asphalt apron. Logan Airport has five passenger
terminals, A, B, C, D and E (International Gateway), each with its own ticketing, baggage claim, and ground transportation facilities. There are 102 gate positions
at Logan which are available for both scheduled and non-scheduled service. A city within a city, Logan International Airport has its own State Police Troop (F),
Fire-Rescue Unit and non-denominational chapel, Our Lady of the Airways. As it builds and modernizes to accommodate future air travel, while continuing to provide
world-class customer service, Logan continues to provide for the transportation needs of New England and the world. (Massport)
Airlines operating at Boston:
Aer Lingus, Air Canada/Air Canada Jazz, Air France, Air Jamaica, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, America West, American/American Eagle,
ATA, British Airways, Cape Air, Continental, Delta Air Lines/Shuttle/Connection, Icelandair, JetBlue, Lufthansa, Midwest, Northwest, SATA, Song, Swiss,
TACA, United/Express, US Airways/Shuttle, Virgin Atlantic.
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