As Manassas Regional Airport works toward starting commercial passenger service by spring of 2027, the City Council is set to consider new names for the airport, which was originally known as Manassas Municipal Airport, when it opened in 1932.
“As the airport’s operational profile and market reach continue to evolve, the Commission finds that the current name — while historically appropriate — no longer fully conveys the airport’s proximity to Washington, D.C., nor its emerging role within a complex, multi-airport regional system,” according to a letter sent to the Mayor and City Council Monday, from the Manassas Regional Airport Commission.
With the airport expanding from General Aviation into Commercial Service operations, the Commission cites two other local suburban airports which integrated “Washington” into their names: Washington Dulles International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport…