# What cities have airports within the city? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985 "2011-04-19T18:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/1 "2011-04-19T18:52:53Z")
I didn’t realize this until recently, but it seems that very few cities have airports within the city limits. BWI is not actually in Baltimore, SFO is pretty far south of San Francisco, and JFK is in… New Jersey? Boston/Logan is actually inside of Boston. I can’t quite tell, but it looks like Monroe County (ROC) is inside of Rochester, NY. What major airports are in their own cities? I’m asking about US airports only, but feel free to include others. Is Heathrow in London? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/2 "2011-04-19T18:57:06Z")
Both JFK and LGA are in Queens. I think Midway Airport is in Chicago proper. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/3 "2011-04-19T18:58:35Z")
I’m pretty sure that O’Hare and Midway are both inside Chicago’s city limits. Maybe Jacksonville, FL? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/4 "2011-04-19T19:01:21Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Is Heathrow in London? Yes, it’s in Hillingdon, which is one of the outer boroughs of Greater London. [London City Airport](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_City_Airport) is much closer to the centre. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/5 "2011-04-19T19:02:17Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Is Heathrow in London? It’s within Greater London, which I think counts as a city – its executive head is the Mayor of London. (Though that position is not the same as the Lord Mayor of London.) New York City, the largest city in the U.S., includes two major airports, JFK and LGA (La Guardia) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/6 "2011-04-19T19:05:32Z")
Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/7 "2011-04-19T19:08:08Z")
One more: LAX (Los Angeles International) is in the city of Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![jayarrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@jayarrell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayarrell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/8 "2011-04-19T19:08:14Z")
Mineta (SJC) is within the borders of San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/9 "2011-04-19T19:09:58Z")
Milwaukee has Mitchell International and Timmerman ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/10 "2011-04-19T19:11:11Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > Maybe Jacksonville, FL? I’m pretty sure that’s in Jacksonville. But what about before the city took over the entire county? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/11 "2011-04-19T19:12:21Z")
Philadelphia International is mostly in Philadelphia. It expanded into Delaware county (PA) over the years. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/12 "2011-04-19T19:14:31Z")
Fort Worth (Meacham), Dallas (Love Field), Houston (Hobby and Intercontinental), San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Austin for sure, and I think that Hartsfield is part of Atlanta. Not sure about Kansas City- it’s pretty far outside of town. On the flip side, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is in neither Dallas nor Fort Worth. It’s technically in “DFW Airport, Texas”. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/13 "2011-04-19T19:16:19Z")
Berlin used to have two, now we only have one, and that will also be shut down within a couple of years. Oh well, we had some good times… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/14 "2011-04-19T19:17:35Z")
San Jose. Really close to downtown. Like actually in downtown (if San Jose qualifies as having a downtown). Soon to be known as “San Jose Norm Mineta Silicon Valley We’re not San Francisco International” Airport. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/15 "2011-04-19T19:19:08Z")
Dayton Ohio (They annexed up to it). Columbus Ohio. Indianapolis Indiana… There are lots of airports within the city boundaries. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/16 "2011-04-19T19:21:13Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > I’m pretty sure that O’Hare and Midway are both inside Chicago’s city limits. Yes, both are in Chicago proper, although O’Hare is kind of “pasted on” with a thin annexation corridor. [This is Chicago proper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US-IL-Chicago-CA.png), and if you look at the top left, in the area marked “76,” that’s O’Hare. Midway, on the other hand, has residential City of Chicago housing literally across the street on all four sides. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/17 "2011-04-19T19:21:24Z")
San Diego International Airport is in the city limits. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/18 "2011-04-19T19:24:08Z")
The airport is technically a part of Rochester, NY. Whether it’s within Rochester is a tricky question. It’s not contiguous to the rest of the city, since a road separates it. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/19 "2011-04-19T19:25:46Z")
[PDX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_International_Airport) is within the City of Portland. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985/20 "2011-04-19T19:26:13Z")
I’ve heard that Alaskan cities tend to be built around airports the way that cities in the lower 48 are built around highways, rivers, or railroads. There are also probably plenty of minor airports in city limits, too. Cleveland’s major airport, Cleveland Hopkins, is just barely within city limits (I think the city assimilated the land when the airport was built), but there’s also the general-aviation-only Burke Lakefront Airport, which is practically downtown. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-airports-within-the-city/578985.md?page=2)