Editing Spokane, Washington (section)

====Airports====
[[File:Spokane Intl Airport - Concourse C at Night.jpg|thumb|right|Concourse C, Spokane International Airport]]

[[Spokane International Airport]] (IATA: GEG, ICAO: KGEG) serves as the primary commercial airport for Spokane, Eastern Washington, and Northern Idaho. It is the second-largest airport in the state of Washington, and is recognized by the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] as a [[Small hub primary airport|small hub]], with service from nine passenger and five cargo airlines.<ref name="SIA">{{cite web |title=Spokane International |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/7091F0ED-2C67-4507-9D4A-6E902F889C23/0/2012SpokaneInternational.pdf |access-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903092607/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/7091F0ED-2C67-4507-9D4A-6E902F889C23/0/2012SpokaneInternational.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The {{convert|4800|acre|km2|2|abbr=on|adj = on}} airport is located {{convert|5|mi|km}} west of downtown Spokane and is approximately a 10-minute drive away. The international airport's three-letter designation is "GEG", a result and legacy of the Geiger Field days prior to 1960, when the airport was named after Army aviator Major [[Harold Geiger]] in 1941.<ref name="Airports">{{cite web |last=Arksey |first=Laura |title=Felts Field (Spokane) |work=Essay 8464 |publisher=HistoryLink |date=January 15, 2008 |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8464| access-date = December 7, 2014}}</ref>

[[Felts Field]] is a general aviation airport serving the Spokane area and is located in east Spokane along the south bank of the Spokane River. Aviation at Felts Field dates back to 1913 and the strip served as Spokane's primary airport until commercial air traffic was redirected to Geiger Field after World War II.<ref name="Airports" /> In 1927, the strip was one of the first in the western U.S. to receive official recognition as an airport by the U.S. Department of Commerce and is now named in honor of James Buell Felts, a Washington Air National Guard pilot.<ref name="Airports" />