by Kerstan Szczepanski
Airport Code: BOS
Location: 1 Harborside Dr, Boston, MA
Date Opened: September 8, 1923 as Jeffrey Field
Size: 3.725 square miles. BOS has six runways—two of which are 10,000 feet—with four passenger terminals, and 102 gates.
Transportation: The airport accommodates cars, taxis, rideshare apps, shared ride vans, ferries, and limousines. Mass transit includes the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Blue and Silver lines, regional bus services, as well as the Logan Express, an in-house airport bus service to the suburbs.
On-site facilities: Logan offers online parking reservations for $25 per day. The airport features nurseries, Kidports, pet relief areas, and BOS to GO—online ordering from on-site restaurants like Pei Wei, Alta Strada, Wahlburgers, and more.
Fun Fact 1: Logan Airport is named after General Edward Lawrence Logan, a 20th-century war hero, who was native to Boston.
Fun Fact 2: Boston Logan Airport is the busiest airport in the Northeastern United States outside the New York metropolitan area. The airport saw an historic 42 million passengers in 2019.
Website: https://www.boston-airport.com/
This story originally appeared in the Q1 2024 issue of Exhibit City News, p. 31. For original layout, visit https://issuu.com/exhibitcitynews/docs/ecn_q1_2024.
