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1930

Commercial air service to Charleston started

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1940

Coonskin Ridge was selected for location of the Charleston airport

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1942

Wertz Field Airport closed

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1944

Construction on Kanawha Airport (now Yeager) began

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Nov 03, 1947

Gov. Clarence Meadows dedicated Charleston's Kanawha Airport (now Yeager Airport)

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1950

The terminal building at Kanawha Airport (now Yeager) was finished

1955

The 130th Troop Carrier Squadron (130th Airlift Squadron) was formed

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1968

Runway expansion for jet airliners began at Kanawha Airport

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1970

An addition was added to the Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

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Dec 08, 1971

Runway expansion at Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport was completed

1974

Baggage claim addition was built at Kanawha (Yeager) Airport

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1982

Major renovations took place at Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

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Oct 14, 1985

Kanawha Airport was renamed Yeager Airport after Chuck Yeager

Dec 15, 1997

Major renovations took place at Yeager Airport

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2001

Major renovations took place at Kanawha Airport

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2003

The Yeager Airport terminal was named for Jay Rockefeller

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2005

Major renovations took place at Yeager Airport

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2005

Yeager Airport served 325,000 passengers annually with 80 flights daily

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Mar 12, 2015

A runway extension at Yeager Airport collapsed, damaging homes and closing a road for almost two years.

Feb 04, 2017

Keystone Drive reopened nearly 2 years after Yeager Airport hillside collapse

May 05, 2017

A small cargo plane crashed at Yeager Airport, killing the pilot and copilot

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Jan 01, 2022

Yeager Airport became Yeager International Airport


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