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

“Crash, crash, crash”: Air traffic controllers react as an American Airlines passenger jet carrying 64 people collides with a military Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.

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.

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.”

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

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

A man, who has worked at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport for more than two decades, shares his reactions to the news, that an American Airlines flight, with 60 passengers on board, four crew members,

The flight that took off from Wichita, only to meet disaster in Washington, has reminded some residents of past crashes that broke their city’s heart.

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu and Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport Director of Airports Jesse Romo provide update on Wichita flight that has crashed in Washington D.C.

American Airlines Flight 5342, a regional jet that had departed from Wichita and collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while on approach to Washington Reagan National Airport.

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