Talk:Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport

Misc
Discussion about the title of this article and its recent change can be found at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (acronyms). Feel free to contribute. -- hike395 16:43, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Why was this page renamed? I think that Birmingham International Airport (US) would be more appropriate than Birmingham International Airport (Alabama). It's not like there is more than one Birmingham International Airport in the United States. ClarkBHM 22:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Renaming from Birmingham Municipal
Can anyone provide the details on the renaming of the airport from the Birmingham Municipal Airport to the Birmingham International Airport? I vaguely remember that they were planning on building a new airport, but when the proposed site was revealed to be in Gadsden, the city and state dropped the idea and simply renamed the existing airport. Clarkbhm 05:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)\
 * From the BHM official webpage at http://www.bhamintlairport.com/aboutbhm-history.html: "Direct service was added to destinations in Mexico and Canada and on October 20, 1993 the name was officially changed to Birmingham International Airport." Hope this answers your question about the name change. Sorry, I don't know anything about the proposed new airport idea. I had heard similar ideas long ago for a new airport between BHM and ATL or BHM and MGM as a reliever airport for ATL. Civilengtiger (talk) 13:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * This is an international airport? I'm confused. Why doesn't Alabama have any significant airports?  For a state with 4 million people, it seems to be a victim of its neighbors like Atlanta (ATL). Ricardo630 (talk) 06:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Because the airport had direct service to Canada and Mexico in the 1990s and that is why it is an international airport. The airport was renamed a year ago to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport after civil rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth who mad a great impact on B'ham. After the airport was renamed, Mayor Langford wanted to make this airport a true "international" airport with flights to other countries. It is also Alabama's largest and busiest airport. Cashier freak (talk) 06:18, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Rumway 6/24 Expansion
Does anyone know if runway 6/24 has been expanded to 12,000 feet? Bucs2004 22:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


 * To my knowledge, nothing has been done beyond clearing the land. The most recent approach plate for the airport still lists the runway as 10,000.  The same is true for the most up-to-date entry in the Airport/Facility Directory . -  auburn pilot   talk  22:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Granted I haven't landed at BHM in two months, but I've been told construction is actually occurring on the taxiways for the runway extension and that the runways are also in mid construction. Can't find any links to support it though. BHM released a construction notice which provides a color-coded map on page two. -  auburn pilot   talk  22:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I have checked FAA information, and it marks the length of runway 6/24 as 12002 feet. Hope this helps.--Press208 (talk) 23:14, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Contested move request
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 * Birmingham International Airport (US) → Birmingham International Airport (United States) — Main article is at "United States" not "US." —-Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 22:21, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Isn't the article at Birmingham International Airport (US) with a redirect from Birmingham International Airport (United States)? There is only one article. Are you asking to expand the abbreviation of the country nameVegaswikian 08:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Elsewhere, "(U.S.)" is used as a disambiguating suffix. I would like to see a wider consensus (full WP:RM) before making the move. --Stemonitis 13:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Inconsistency You're right about the inconsistency: X (U.S. band), for instance. I contend that all {US) and (U.S.) and (USA), etc. disambiguations should be changed to {United States) disambiguations per the name of the main article - it is located at United States, rather than U.S., USA, etc. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 23:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Should the same be done for all the (UK) disambiguations? Sounds like a major style guideline discussion, not just a requested move. --Dystopos 00:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Dystopos that this should be more of a manual of style discussion than one limited to this article. As it is, the standard practice appears to be using "US" rather than "United States". So long as that's the case, I'd be opposed to moving this article to a title that goes against that format. - auburn pilot   talk  00:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

History section copyvio
Due to the distinctly un-wikipedia style prose in the history section, I checked around for copyvios, specifically at the BHM website and found the history section was started as a copy/paste from the BHM history page added in this edit by User:Leonard23 (now apparently inactive). I am removing the remaining copyvio text and hope some wikipedian(s) can do the research to source and write a good history. Regards, AU Tiger » talk 03:08, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 Service
User 75.143.110.44 added a note on 04:09, 11 February 2008 that Delta Air Lines uses Boeing 757 aircraft during the busier Spring and Summer travel periods. I agree that at a minimum in Summer 2007 that was true as I remember seeing this aircraft with a mid-day departure, however I wondered if that upgauging is expected on an ongoing basis. A check of Delta's schedule for 6 weekdays in June, July, August 2008 found only MD88, CRJ700, and CRJ900 scheduled service between BHM and ATL. Unless someone has a reliable source for ongoing 757 service, I propose (gently) reverting this change. Thoughts? Civilengtiger (talk) 20:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and undid the reference to Delta use of Boeing 757 aircraft at BHM. The basis is a review of the Delta Air Lines timetable effective February 1, 2008 and use of the tools on http://www.delta.com/schedules/travel/reservations/flight_sched/ which allow viewing of flight schedules through the summer months. I did not find any indication of a return of the 757 to BHM and given Delta's decision to use the 757 primarily on international routes, do not see the 757 returning soon. While Delta used the 757 at BHM in the past, I can't find support for a forward looking statement regarding Delta 757s at BHM. I do encourage user 75.143.110.44 to keep contributing to the BHM page and sign up for an account, we always need more knowledgable editors. Civilengtiger (talk) 17:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Airport Rename
I was wondering if the airport officially changed names? The airport's official website shows the name Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport but signage to the airport on B'ham interstates still show the airport as Birmingham International Airport. I was wondering if the name change was official cuase I renamed the article to the new name per their official website. Cashier freak (talk) 02:04, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the new name is official. The signs will be replaced sooner or later. --Dystopos (talk) 05:08, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clearing it up! Road signs and the sign on the terminal building still says Birmingham International Airport but their website shows the new name. I live in B'ham so I know. Cashier freak (talk) 05:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Delta and Southwest flights LAX
Delta and Southwest added flights from BHM to LAX in order to accomodate Bama football fans to the Rose Bowl game. These flights will only operate for 1 day only (January 7). Please do not add them as regularly scheduled destinations as these are charter flights. Thanks! Snoozlepet (talk) 21:39, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Airlines and Destinations
There are a couple of oddities here that don't appear in any other Wiki article on an airport's airlines and destinations that I've seen. First, the statement: is an odd way of saying that Southwest operates 14 flights daily at BHM. The statement about 180 flight pairs is inaccurate in that (a) the Southwest timetable cited does not state that BHM is a connecting point for over 180 flight pairs; and (b) all of those 180-flight-pair connections are not offered for travel or purchase by Southwest. Those 180 flight pairs span the entire day, and Southwest does not offer connections with excessively long layover times. Removed for improved accuracy.
 * "Additionally, Southwest Airlines operates BHM as a connecting airport for over 180 different flight pairs."

Also, the statement that: is a bit more encyclopedic about Southwest Airlines, not about BHM, and thus it adds nothing to the article. This statement, like the first one, was made based on one Southwest Airlines timetable, and, as such, this information could change from one schedule release to the next. Best to leave it out altogether for improved readability. abl (talk) 00:10, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * "Southwest uses Las Vegas and Phoenix to connect passengers to the west coast."

New Terminal pics
If anyone gets a chance, we need a couple of pictures of the new terminal that opened on March 13, 2013 including the baggage claim area, departures (exterior, interior, ticketing, security checkpoint), post-security (restaurants, shops), Concourses A and B gate area (Delta, Southwest, United, American, and US Airways). Thanks! 68.119.73.36 (talk) 06:44, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Flags at half-mast?
The flags in the picture in the Images section seem to be at half-mast. Is this just an optical illusion, or was there some special occasion for that? --Tim Landscheidt (talk) 14:37, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The only thing that comes to mind around that time was the death of former US President Gerald Ford. Flags are flown at half-staff for 30 days following the death of a current or former president. The photo's metadata says it was taken 14:07, 26 January 2007, which would have been the 30th day following Ford's death. -- auburn pilot  talk  03:43, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

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Out-Dated Images
Should images of the airport prior to its "reconstruction" still appear in this article? I think it is reasonable for maybe one, or two, photos of the old terminals/concourses to remain, but there is little to show for the reconstruction of the airports commercial passenger facility.Sedriskell (talk) 21:49, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Art at shuttlesworth airport
why not photograph and link artists featured at the airport, especially Charley Lucas! 2604:CA00:10C:166E:0:0:460:B819 (talk) 20:45, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Accidents at KBHM
AL Air National Guard RF-4C crashed onto a commercial Beech 18 (N19T) while trying to land at Birmingham AP (1995) 75.57.23.134 (talk) 10:45, 7 August 2023 (UTC)