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THE NEWSHOLLYWOOD-BURBANK FACILITYSmallirportHollywood-Burbank Airport—formerly known as Lockheed Air Terminal has the distinction of having been the first million dollar airport in the United States. Originally known as the United Airport, it opened during a three-day civilian and military air show on Memorial Day, 1930.port, it opened during a three-campaign for a survey was |0f Lockheed Aircraft Corp.heed Air Terminal not only was the wily major commercial airline terminal in the Los Angeles area, but it handled thousands of military aircraft.During the war and through:iMAMMOTH Air California Boeing 737 passenger plane poised for take-off at Hollywood-Burbank Airport. Once Southern California’s No. 1 airport, I Lockheed Air Terminal, as it was known for years,handled the lion’s share of all aerial traffic in this part of Southern California. Name of airport waschanged to better indicate the geographic location to traveling public.inaugurated by the Burbank Chamber of Commerce.For years thereafter the old Lockheed Airport as it was known for many years was the heartland of aerial action in this part of Southern California.5 AirlinesThe airport has been in operation for over 38 years having had a series of four different names — United Airport, Union Air Terminal, Lockheed Air Terminal, and Holly-wood-Burbank Airport.There are now five airlines providing service to San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, San Diego, Los Angeles International Airport, Hawthorne and Las Vegas, Nev.There are 75 scheduled flights daily with over 500 landings and take-offs by private and business aircraft.day civilian and military air show on Memorial Day, 1930.-Thatwas the fruit of a campaign started in its home town — Burbank — in 1929 when aParking NeededThe airport provides landing areas as well as other facilities for Lockheed-Califomia Co. Many famous airplanes have been flight tested and produced at the facility, such as the Lockheed Constellation,Lockheed Electra, the Navy P2V, P3A, P38 and P80,The impact of Lockheed’s L-1011 program on the airport activity should not be too severe. However, thp increase in employment at the Lockheed-Califomia Co. is causing an increase in demands for convenient parking for employes.A spectacular increase in passenger traffic within the last two years has caused several changes to be made toaccommodate this increase of 31% in 1967 over 1966, and 45%The Terminal Bldg. housesfacilities normally found in any airport.Hollywood-Burbank Airportis a wholly-owned subsidiaryin 1968 over 1967. This has created the need for additional automobile parking spaces as most of the passenger traffic in and out of the airport is commuter type. Passengers leave their automobiles for a day or two while on a trip.Expansion Under WayIn July of 1967, a large aircraft hangar adjacent to the terminal area was relocatedto provide additional parkingspaces. In August, 1968, another large hangar which was on the other side of the terminal building was also relocated to provide a large auto padk. If the passenger traffic increases, as it appears it will, the airport management is considering multi-decking the public parking lots.A 200 foot expansion of the lobby area is now under way, sta rted in J anuary.Although jet traffic has Increased materially in the last two or three years, complaints pertaining to noise problems have been relatively small.During World War II, LockPACIFIC Southwest Airlines discharges load of passengers at Hollywood-Burbank Airport formerly popularly known as Lockheed Air Terminal, where large volumes of local, non-sked and intrastate aerial traffic centered during period in which this type of business was overlooked by major airlines.1946, the airport ranked as one of the nation’s half dozen largest and busiest terminals with as many as 220 scheduled airline flights a day and a total of 300 landings and takeoffs of all types each day.L. A. Airport OpenedAfter the war, the citizens gave support to Los Angeles’ plans for a bond issue to develop its own municipal airport in the Inglewood area on grounds that the already large and rapidly growing population in the area needed more than one major airport.It was in December 1946, that the Los Angeles Municipal Airport was opened and the major airlines transferred nine-tenths of their flights to the newlv-opened I os Angeles Municipal Airport. Only United Air Lines and Western Air Lines retained flights at Burbank. In 1917, only 175,000 passengers arrived or departed from Lockheed Air Terminal. This low level of activityled many to believe that the airport would be lost to general air transportation. However, the year 1947 proved to be only the low point.Van Nuys (Calif.)—Tuesday, February 4, 1969*
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Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet
Van Nuys, California, US
Tue, Feb 04, 1969
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