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Logan International Airport - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the IATA code for Logan International Airport?
A) BOS
B) BOSN
C) KBOS
D) LOG
  • 2. In which municipalities is Logan International Airport located?
A) Mostly in East Boston and partially in Winthrop, Massachusetts
B) Entirely in Boston, Massachusetts
C) South Boston and Revere
D) Mostly in Winthrop and partially in Cambridge
  • 3. How many acres does Logan International Airport cover?
A) 2,384 acres
B) 3,200 acres
C) 965 acres
D) 1,800 acres
  • 4. How many runways does Logan International Airport have?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Four
D) Seven
  • 5. How many passenger terminals does Logan International Airport have?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Five
D) Three
  • 6. Approximately how many people are employed by Logan International Airport?
A) 16,000
B) 43,500
C) 10,000
D) 25,000
  • 7. How does the FAA categorize Logan International Airport in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems?
A) A small hub general aviation facility
B) A medium hub regional airport
C) A large hub primary commercial service facility
D) A secondary reliever airport
  • 8. In what year did Logan International Airport open?
A) 1936
B) 1952
C) 1943
D) 1923
  • 9. After whom is Logan International Airport named?
A) Governor Jeffries
B) Major General Winthrop
C) General Edward Lawrence Logan
D) Joseph Coletti
  • 10. What is Logan International Airport in terms of size within Massachusetts and New England?
A) The largest airport in passenger volume and cargo handling
B) The second largest airport by cargo handling only
C) The smallest major regional facility
D) The third largest airport by passenger volume
  • 11. Logan is the busiest airport in the Northeastern United States outside of which metropolitan area?
A) Philadelphia metropolitan area
B) Baltimore metropolitan area
C) New York metropolitan area
D) Washington metropolitan area
  • 12. How many passengers did Logan Airport see in 2024?
A) 16 million
B) 50 million
C) 43.5 million
D) 35.2 million
  • 13. Logan is the northeastern hub for which airline?
A) Cape Air
B) American Airlines
C) JetBlue
D) Delta Air Lines
  • 14. What is Logan's role for Delta Air Lines?
A) Secondary transatlantic hub
B) Focus city
C) Primary domestic hub
D) Cargo-only base
  • 15. JetBlue treats Logan International Airport as what type of city?
A) A secondary transatlantic hub
B) A focus city
C) A primary hub
D) A maintenance base
  • 16. Originally, when it opened in 1923, what was the airport mainly used for?
A) Commercial passenger flights by Colonial Air Transport
B) Private flying clubs and flight training
C) Transatlantic mail delivery
D) The Massachusetts Air National Guard and the United States Army Air Corps
  • 17. What was Logan Airport originally referred to as at its opening?
A) Massachusetts State Airfield
B) Winthrop Terminal
C) Boston Air Port at Jeffries Point
D) Logan Field
  • 18. Which airline operated the first scheduled commercial passenger flights at the new airfield starting in 1927?
A) Eastern Air Lines
B) American Overseas Airlines
C) Pan Am
D) Colonial Air Transport
  • 19. What milestone did the airport's weather station reach on January 1, 1936?
A) It became the official point for Boston's weather observations and records by the National Weather Service.
B) It was closed and relocated to downtown Boston.
C) It recorded the highest temperature in New England history.
D) It became the first automated aviation weather station.
  • 20. During the 1940s and 1950s, how many acres of landfill were added to Boston Harbor for the airport?
A) 1,800 acres
B) 2,384 acres
C) 965 acres
D) 500 acres
  • 21. Which islands were sources of landfill used to expand Logan Airport in the 1940s and 1950s?
A) Deer, Thompson, and Gallops Islands
B) East, Winthrop, and Jeffries Islands
C) Long, Castle, and Spectacle Islands
D) Governors, Noddle's, and Apple Islands
  • 22. When was the central terminal added to Logan Airport during its expansion?
A) 1927
B) 1949
C) 1974
D) 1952
  • 23. Which terminals replaced the 1949 central terminal in 1974 and 1967, respectively?
A) Terminals X and Y
B) Terminals E and F
C) Terminals A and D
D) Terminals B and C
  • 24. In what year did the Commonwealth of Massachusetts rename the airport after Maj. Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan?
A) 1956
B) 1943
C) 1954
D) 1923
  • 25. What military conflict did Edward Lawrence Logan serve in as an officer?
A) American Civil War
B) World War II
C) World War I
D) Spanish–American War
  • 26. Who sculpted the statue of Edward Lawrence Logan that was dedicated on May 20, 1956?
A) Paul Revere
B) General Logan
C) Joseph Coletti
D) An anonymous state artist
  • 27. What distinction did Logan Airport achieve in 1952 regarding rapid transit?
A) It became the first in the US with an indirect rapid transit connection.
B) It opened the first airport monorail system.
C) It connected directly to the Red Line.
D) It was the first airport with a direct subway station inside the terminal.
  • 28. Which rapid transit line served the Airport station that opened in 1952?
A) Orange Line
B) Red Line
C) Blue Line
D) Green Line
  • 29. Which airline began operating a weekly Boston-Shannon-London service shortly after World War II?
A) Pan Am
B) American Overseas Airlines
C) Air France
D) BOAC
  • 30. Pan Am operated nonstop service from Boston to Shannon Airport and which other airport before continuing to Lisbon?
A) Santa Maria Airport in the Azores
B) London Heathrow Airport
C) Orly Airport in Paris
D) Prestwick Airport in Scotland
  • 31. By the early 1950s, which airline started nonstop Stratocruiser service to Glasgow and Prestwick in Scotland?
A) TWA
B) BOAC
C) Air France
D) Alitalia
  • 32. Which airline linked Boston to Orly Airport in Paris using a multi-stop Constellation service?
A) BOAC
B) Aer Lingus
C) Air France
D) Pan Am
  • 33. What type of aircraft did BOAC introduce on direct flights from London Heathrow to Boston as the first commercial jetliner in the world?
A) Lockheed Constellation
B) Douglas DC-8
C) Boeing 707
D) De Havilland Comet
  • 34. According to the Official Airline Guide in April 1957, which domestic airline had the most weekday departures listed for Logan?
A) American
B) Northeast Airlines
C) United Airlines
D) Eastern
  • 35. When did Aer Lingus launch nonstop Constellation service to Shannon?
A) 1954
B) 1958
C) 1952
D) 1943
  • 36. When was the airport officially renamed General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport by an act of the state legislature?
A) January 1, 1936
B) September 8, 1923
C) May 20, 1956
D) April 29, 1954
  • 37. When did the jumbo jet era begin at Logan?
A) Summer of 1970
B) Spring of 1974
C) Fall of 1980
D) Winter of 1960
  • 38. Which airline started daily Boeing 747 service to London Heathrow from Logan in 1970?
A) Massport
B) Lufthansa
C) Pan Am
D) British Airways
  • 39. Until what year was the Boeing 747-400 scheduled on flights to Boston by British Airways?
A) 2015
B) 1994
C) 2006
D) 2020
  • 40. Which airline operated Boeing 747s, including the 747-8, on daily nonstop flights to Frankfurt?
A) Massport
B) Pan Am
C) British Airways
D) Lufthansa
  • 41. What ranking did Terminal E hold as an international arrivals facility in the US when it opened?
A) Fourth-largest
B) Largest
C) Second-largest
D) Third-largest
  • 42. In what year did Terminal E open?
A) 1994
B) 1970
C) 1974
D) 2006
  • 43. What has been one of the fastest growing market sectors at the airport?
A) Regional short-hop flights
B) Charter bus services
C) International long-haul travel
D) Domestic cargo shipping
  • 44. Which organization undertook the Logan Modernization Project?
A) British Airways
B) Lufthansa
C) Massport
D) Pan Am
  • 45. What was used in the modernization project to separate arrival and departure traffic?
A) Underground tunnels
B) A separate ring road
C) Overhead pedestrian bridges
D) Two-tiered roadways
  • 46. When did Massport's relationship with nearby communities become strained?
A) Early 2000s
B) Mid-1960s
C) Late 1990s
D) Early 1970s
  • 47. Whose 46-acre park was taken over by Massport near the northwest side of the airfield?
A) British Airways
B) Frederick Law Olmsted
C) Logan
D) Pan Am
  • 48. The land takeover of Wood Island Park was done to extend which runway?
A) Runway 4L/22R
B) Runway 9/27
C) Runway 14/32
D) Runway 15R/33L
  • 49. What did Runway 15R/33L later become via artificial land?
A) Logan's only international runway
B) Logan's first terminal
C) Logan's primary cargo hub
D) Logan's longest runway
  • 50. What was the name of the street outside Wood Island Park where residents were bought out of their homes?
A) Terminal Boulevard
B) Logan Way
C) Neptune Road
D) Olmsted Avenue
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