Closest Airport to Leavenworth, KS. The closest airport is Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Distance from Kansas City International Airport to Leavenworth is 18,0 kilometers (11,2 miles).ansas City International Airport is located approximately 17,2 kilometers (10,7 miles) northwest of Gladstone and about 18,0 kilometers (11,2 miles) east of Leavenworth.
Author Neil Gaiman and screenwriter Roger Avary wrote a screen adaptation of Beowulf in May 1997 (they had met while working on a film adaptation of Gaiman's The Sandman in 1996, before Warner Bros. canceled it).
Summary and Analysis Lines 2200-2400. Years pass. Hygelac is killed in battle. His son, Heardred, inherits the throne, with Beowulf's support, but is also slain. Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules well for 50 years. To everyone's alarm, however, a terrifying dragon begins to stalk the countryside at night, destroying homes â including Beowulf's great hall â with his fiery breath.