Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport is celebrating 100 years this Saturday.
Flying is much safer and more convenient than it was a century ago, back when the airport was known as the Capital City Airport or the Lansing Airport (which is now a separate and smaller airfield to the west) or, for only a few weeks, the Fred W. Green Airport.
Lansing’s airport – born out of postal cargo and military efforts – is still much the same 100 years later: passengers coming along for the ride then as they do now.
Sixty million pounds of cargo a year helps to run today’s Lansing Region International Airport, led by Amazon packages and UPS deliveries, especially next-day deliveries…