Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.

Officials held a news conference at the Kansas airport - where the American Airlines jet took off from - talking about the crash in D.C.

An American Airlines jet that left Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport on Wednesday evening crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

While traffic was still passing through the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport on Thursday, the air was heavy as incoming and outgoing passengers mourned the death of 67 travelers lost

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport set up a memorial for the 64 victims lost on an American Airlines flight that crashed before landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

WICHITA, Kan. (KCTV) - A temporary memorial is set up inside Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport after a flight from Wichita to Washington D.C. collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter killing all 64 souls aboard the plane and 3 aboard the chopper Wednesday night.

The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.

More than 60 people are believed to be dead after a passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.

Let’s just commit to caring for one another, praying for each other, especially families of victims, and simply keep remembering the Lord’s promises to guide us in times like these.”

Eisenhower National Airport finished 2024 strong with a monthly record of 154,367 passengers, beating the previous high of 149,934 in December 2019. It then started 2025 with Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announcing additional flights to Minneapolis and Atlanta.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport achieved a milestone in 2024, with a record-breaking 1,809,142 passengers departing and arriving at the airport.

The flights from The Sunflower State to the nation’s capital had been halted after American Airlines Flight 5342 had a midair collision with a helicopter on its approach to Reagan National Airport