Editing Airway Heights, Washington (section)

==History==
Airway Heights was founded in 1942 and officially incorporated on June 28, 1955.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feature Detail Report for: Airway Heights |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1511953,Airway%20Heights |website=U.S. Geological Survey |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>

Growth in the city was spurred by the opening of the [[Airway Heights Corrections Center]] by the Washington State Department of Corrections in 1992 and the opening of the [[Northern Quest Resort & Casino]] by the [[Pend d'Oreilles (tribe)|Kalispel Indian Tribe]] in 2000. In the decades since, Airway Heights has seen the addition of new retailers, several new apartment buildings and housing developments, the expansion of the Northern Quest Casino, and the opening of the Spokane Tribe Casino.