What was J.F.K. airport originally called?
John F. Kennedy International Airport assassination. John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally called Idlewild Airport after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Airport, which had become overcrowded after its 1939 opening. Construction began in 1943, and about US$60 million were initially spent with governmental funding, but only of the Idlewild Golf Course site were earmarked for use. In 1943, the project was renamed Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport, after a Queens resident who had commanded a Federalized National Guard unit in the southern United States and died in late 1942. In March 1948, the New
J. F. Mitchell Airport J. F. Mitchell Airport J. F. Mitchell Airport , also known as Bequia Airport is the airport serving Bequia island, Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, including Grenadines Parish' capital Port Elizabeth. It is named after Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, former Premier and former Prime Minister of St.Vincent and the Grenadines for 18 years, (premier 1972-1974, prime minister 1984-2000). Nevertheless, the airport continued to be referred to as “Bequia Airport.” In 1990, a land reclamation project was undertaken in Paget Farm for the construction of the island’s J.F. Mitchell Airport. The airport is basically a turbo-prop center for chartered