Logan International Airport Logan Airport became the first in the United States with an indirect rapid transit connection, with the opening of the Airport station on the Blue Line. The March 1947 diagram shows runway 4 (future 4L) in use, with runways 9 and 33 under construction; a different runway 33 ran northwestward from the present intersection of 4R and 9, and runway 25 ran southwest from the present intersection of 4L and 33. The December 1950 diagram shows a layout similar to the current one: runway 4L, 10,000-ft 4R, 7,000-ft 9 and 7,650-ft 33. Boston became a transatlantic gateway after World War
Logan International Airport and customs, also via U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Federal Inspection Station located in Terminal E is capable of processing over 2,000 passengers per hour. Terminal E underwent a $100 million renovation which started in 2014, and includes a post-security connector between Terminals E and C (opened summer 2016), improved immigration and passport control kiosks, and gates capable of serving the Airbus A380 (i.e., gates E10–E12). The Terminal E expansion was completed in late January 2017. Logan Airport is a medium-sized airport in terms of cargo, handling 684,875 tons of freight in 2012, making it the 10th busiest airport