El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP, FAA LID: ELP) is a public airport four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, USA.
Public transportation to and from the airport is Sun Metro bus 33 and 50.
In 2010 there were 3,065,393 commercial passengers.
EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HISTORY
The city of El Paso built the first El Paso Municipal Airport near the east side of the Franklin Mountains in 1928. The airport was closed by 1945 and in more recent times has been home to the Jobe Concrete Products “Planeport” cement factory.
The El Paso Municipal Airport construction was inspired by a visit from Charles Lindbergh.
What became El Paso International Airport was built as Standard Airport by Standard Airlines in 1929 for transcontinental air mail service. Standard Airlines became a division of American Airlines in the 1930s. In 1936 American Airlines “swapped” airports with the city of El Paso and El Paso International Airport was born.
In 1934 Varney Speed Lines (now Continental Airlines) operated at the old El Paso Municipal Airport (now closed). In 1937 the airline moved to Denver, Colorado when Robert Six took over the airline.
EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP, FAA LID: ELP) is a public airport four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, USA.
EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: ELP/ELP
Lat: 31°48′26″N
Long: 106°22′39″W
Elevation: 3959 ft.
Runway length available: 3900m (12800ft)
