Philadelphia International Airport

The Philadelphia International Airport (code: PHL) is an important airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the biggest airport in the state and in the Delaware Valley. Starting around 1924 or 1925, the Pennsylvania National Guard began using what is now known as PHL (also called Hog Island) for a practice airfield. The site was later named the Philadelphia Municipal Airport, though it had no proper terminal building until around 1940. The name changed to Philadelphia International near the end of World War II. The airport has grown a lot over the decades.

Major airports of the United States

Atlanta (Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport – ATL) • Baltimore (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport – BWI) • Boston (Logan International Airport – BOS) • Charlotte (Charlotte Douglas International Airport – CLT) • Chicago (O'Hare International Airport – ORD) • Dallas-Fort Worth (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – DFW) • Denver (Denver International Airport – DEN) • Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport – DTW) • Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport – FLL) • Honolulu (Daniel K. Inouye International Airport – HNL) • Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport – IAH) • Las Vegas (Harry Reid International Airport – LAS) • Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport – LAX) • Miami (Miami International Airport – MIA) • Minneapolis – Saint Paul (Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport – MSP) • Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport – EWR) • New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport – JFK) • New York (LaGuardia Airport – LGA) • Orlando (Orlando International Airport – MCO) • Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport – PHL) • Phoenix (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport – PHX) • Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City International Airport – SLC) • San Diego (San Diego International Airport – SAN) • San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport – SFO) • Seattle (Seattle–Tacoma International Airport – SEA) • Tampa (Tampa International Airport – TPA) • Washington, D.C. (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport – DCA) • Washington, D.C. (Washington Dulles International Airport – IAD) • Wichita (Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport – ICT)

A parked plane at Philadelphia International Airport.

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