Aviation View | Volume 1, Issue 2

134 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 AT A GLANCE EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHAT: A leading national provider of airline passenger services, air cargo, and general aviation services WHERE: El Paso County, Texas WEBSITE: www.elpasointernationalairport.com T he City of El Paso Texas has always been tied into transportation. From the Camino Real (Royal Road) that connected Mexico City and Santa Fe, to the Butterfield Trail, a major stagecoach passage from St. Louis to San Francisco, to being the gateway airport for space tourism, Blue Origin and Spaceport America, El Paso has been at the heart of it all. This history is no less interesting when we turn to aviation. Back in September of 1927, it was American aviator legend Charles Lindbergh himself who encouraged the City to build an airfield. A year later, with the help of the El Paso Aero Club, El Paso’s municipal airport was born. For the past 93 years, the airport has been a leader at the forefront of development. In 1968, El Paso became home to the nation’s first 130-foot air traffic control tower, and in 2000, the air traffic control tower became the first in Primed for prosperity