Hubs
The airport serves as a crew base for Republic Airlines. Southwest Airlines also operates a high number of flights (68 daily on weekdays) and is the airport's largest carrier. However, it does not classify MCI as a focus city (as Southwest does not refer to any city as a "hub"). Delta Air Lines carries the second-highest number of passengers at the airport, currently serving 12 destinations nonstop.
This airport served as a hub for the now defunct Braniff Airways, Eastern Air Lines and Vanguard Airlines. It was also a hub for TWA, US Airways, and Frontier Airlines. TWA (through its successor American Airlines) continued to use the overhaul base, until September 24, 2010, when they closed all operations at the overhaul facility and moved 900 employees to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and laid off the rest. Smith Electric Vehicles leased the facility in March 2010.
On February 10, 2011, Great Lakes Airlines discontinued service from Kansas City to Dodge City, Kansas, as well as Joplin and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The decision was based on decreasing passenger loads and sending passengers through their hub in Denver.
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