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LAMBERT-ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The St. Louis area’s major airport, Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport, has 83 gates and serves 15 airlines. The airport offers
756 average daily arrivals and departures, and non-stop service
to over 75 destinations. American Airlines has a major presence
at Lambert, and with two major low-cost providers Southwest and
Frontier Airlines serving the St. Louis market, airfares are competitive.
In addition, Lambert in 2005 added six American Airlines Boeing
757 flights serving Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Orlando and Miami,
as well as two new daily non-stop flights to New York’s John F.
Kennedy Airport.
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Lambert also is undergoing a $1 billion expansion project, which
includes installation of a third major runway that will improve
capacity, particularly during inclement weather. The runway is on
schedule for completion by Spring 2006. Conveniently located in
the region, Lambert is 15 minutes from downtown and has on-site
access to the MetroLink light rail system.
MAJOR AIRLINES INCLUDE:
Air Canada
Allegiant Airlines
America West
American
Comair
Continental
Delta
Frontier
KLM with Northwest
Northwest
Skyway
United
USAirways Express
Southwest
USA 3000 Airlines
DAILY NON-STOP FLIGHTS TO LARGEST CITIES
| Atlanta |
14
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| Los
Angeles |
12
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| Baltimore |
11
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| Memphis |
6
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| Boston |
4
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| Minneapolis |
9
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| Chicago |
40
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| New
York |
16
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| Cincinnati |
6
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| Philadelphia |
14
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| Cleveland |
8
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| Phoenix |
15
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| Dallas |
13
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| Pittsburgh |
8
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| San
Diego |
4
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| Detroit |
8
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| San
Francisco |
12
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| Houston |
15
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| Seattle |
4
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| Indianapolis |
4
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| Washington,
D.C. |
27
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OAG Flight Guide Dec. 2005; FAA statistics 2004. |
MIDAMERICA AIRPORT
MidAmerica Airport serves as the St. Louis Region’s second full-service
commercial airport and as a reliever to Lambert International Airport.
Located in St. Clair County, Ill., it provides state-of-the-art
facilities for passengers, traffic, and cargo, including a foreign
trade zone, and an adjacent 800-acre industrial park. Much of the
area surrounding the airport is an Illinois Tax Increment Financing
(TIF) District designed to help appropriate new businesses locate
nearby. MidAmerica is also located in Foreign Trade Zone 31. The
MidAmerica Airport is 24 miles from downtown, and is also served
by MetroLink.
OTHER AIRPORTS
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Spirit
of St. Louis Airport, the area’s largest regional airport,
is in St. Louis County. It is currently undergoing several
improvements, including the addition of 150 acres of facilities,
which it will lease to private companies for maintenance,
hangars and flight schools. The airport is currently home
base for 476 aircraft, including 125 corporate jets.
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Another
large regional airport, St. Louis Downtown Airport, is just
across the river from the City of St. Louis in Sauget, Ill.
and provides quick access to the downtown area.
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St.
Louis Regional Airport is just 25 minutes from downtown St.
Louis in East Alton, Ill. and serves a diverse clientele—from
corporate aircraft and general aviators to the U.S. military
and regional aircraft makers. At 2,300 acres, the airport
is Illinois’ fourth largest.
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Several
other smaller regional airports are also just a quick commute
from the downtown area.
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Home to six Class I railroads and several smaller industrial rail
lines, St. Louis is the nation’s third-largest rail center, with
more than 5,000 people employed in the rail industry locally.
CLASS 1
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Canadian National Railway
CSX Transportation
Kansas City Southern (East St. Louis)
Norfolk Southern
Union Pacific
REGIONAL
Central Midland Railway
Kansas City Southern
SWITCHING AND TERMINAL
Alton and Southern Railway
Manufacturers Railway Company
Terminal Railroad
Situated at the confluence of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois
rivers, St. Louis is home to the nation’s second-largest inland
port by trip ton-miles—in excess of 24 billion trip ton-miles a
year. Our position as the northernmost year-round ice-free port
increases our competitive advantage. Our port is served by all major
barge lines and offers more than 100 docks and terminal facilities
and connects St. Louis to industrial centers in 15 states located
along the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and Tennessee rivers,
the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
PORT STATS
Size: Located on over 1,200 acres
on the Mississippi River, the port offers intermodal resources not
found in other U.S. markets with access to the River’s Edge Business
Park containing over 800 acres of space for distribution, warehousing
and manufacturing.
Volume: The Tri-City Port Regional
Port District serves approximately 2,500 barges annually and is
served by all major barge lines.
Channel Depth: Depth varies between
10 and 45 feet, with an average depth of 32 feet.
Minimum Channel Width: 300 feet
(91.4 meters)
Season: The port is the northernmost
year-round ice free port on the inland waterway.
The St. Louis Region has two foreign trade zone sites and four sub-zone
sites located conveniently close to truck, rail and air access.
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Foreign
Trade Zone No. 31 is a public/ private sector venture operated
by the Tri-City Regional Port District, providing 423,000
square feet of flexible warehouse/industrial space, with excellent
multi-modal transportation access. FTZ 31 will soon have a
total of six FTZ sites totaling nearly 8,000 acres.
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Foreign
Trade Zone No. 102 is situated at the Red Arrow Corporation
warehouse and distribution facility near Lambert-St. Louis
International Airport. It provides 8,100 square feet of bonded
warehouse space for foreign trade use.
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HIGHWAYS SERVING THE GREATER ST. LOUIS REGION
MOTOR FREIGHT SERVICE
Over 100 motor freight service businesses operate in the St. Louis
region.
Four
interstate highways traverse through the St. Louis region.
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Four
interstate linkages connect St. Louis motorists to their homes
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I-44
I-55
I-64
I-70
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I-255
I-170
I-270
I-370
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Over 350 local, intra-state and interstate common and specialized
carriers serve the region.
Metro, the area’s public transportation agency, provides service
to the city, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and several
outlying areas on both sides of the Mississippi River via bus and
MetroLink, the St. Louis area’s commuter rail system. MetroLink
was recently honored by American Public Transit as the best large
transit provider in North America. Currently providing daily service
to nearly 40,000 riders, MetroLink is in the midst of a $550 million
expansion that will deliver service to an additional 18,000 riders
a day, starting in 2006.
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