Springfield International Airport

Springfield International Airport
Use	Transportation
District	East Springfield
Town	Springfield
First Appearance	"The Crepes of Wrath"

Springfield International Airport is the primary airport serving Springfield. The airport is curfew free. There is also a private bar for pilots only called The Little Black Box. It is the primary hub for Air Springfield and Crazy Clown Airlines. The airport is undergoing renovations to accommodate the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380. Also has a oneworld lounge on the gate 45. Recently, the Boeing 787 visits the airport twice a day, operated by ANA. From the episode "Homerland", it is unraveled, that Springfield International Airport has got 50 gates.

Passenger Airlines

Airlines	Destinations
AeroMexico	Cancun, Mexico City
ITA Airways	Rome-Fiumicino, Millan-Milante
TAM Airlines	Rio de Janeiro-Galeao, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Canada	Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg
Air Israel operated by El Al	Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Air Springfield	Amsterdam, Aspen, Belize City, Buenos Aires, Cancun, Capital City, Chicago-O'Hare, Columbus-Glenn, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Guadalajara, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Kingston, Las Vegas, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, LA/Ontario, Madrid, Manila, Mexico City, Miami Milan, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santiago de Chile, Seattle/Tacoma, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Washington-Dulles, Zurich
Alaska Airlines	Anchorage, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma
Alaska Airlines operated by Horizon Air	Portland (OR), Redmond
Alaska Airlines operated by SkyWest	San Jose (CA), Santa Ana-John Wayne
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo-Haneda
American Airlines	Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, Phoenix, Washington-National
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon, Porto
British Airways	London-Heathrow
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Seattle-Tacoma
Hawaiian Airlines	Honolulu
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Narita
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Iberia	Madrid, Barcelona
No-Frills Airlines	Bellingham (WA), Capital City, Chicago-Midway, Eugene (OR), Medford (OR), Ogdenville, Portland (OR), Redmond (OR), Salem (OR), Spokane, Yakima
Orbit Airlines	Oakland, Portland (OR), Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma
Qantas	Sydney
Southwest Airlines	Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, Houston-Hobby, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland
Spirit Airlines	Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando
Springfield Airways  operated by SkyWest	Capital City, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, San Francisco, Sacramento, Vancouver
United Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles

Cargo Airlines

Cargo Airlines	Destinations
Atlas Air	Boston, New York-JFK, Quahog
Cargolux	Luxembourg
DHL	Amsterdam, Brussels, Cincinnati, London-Heathrow, New York-JFK
EVA Air	Anchorage, Taipei-Taoyuan
FedEx Express	Fort Worth/Alliance, Newark, Memphis, Ontario (CA)
Nippon Cargo Airlines	Tokyo-Narita
UPS Airlines	Louisville, Miami

Incidents

• An airliner from New York almost hit another airliner that was taxiing, the pilot did not care and commented on the near miss with "Hey, I'm landing here!"
• Homer Simpson went to The Little Black Box, the last bar in Springfield after being kicked out of Moe's Tavern. Then he was sent to take charge of a flight to Chicago-O'Hare (although he didn't know how to fly a plane). When he got into the Air Springfield Airbus A340, he accidentally raised the landing gear while parked on the apron. No one sustained any serious injuries.
• A private jet owned by Elton John made an emergency landing after a chandelier inside had electrical problems
• An Air Springfield Airbus A340 over-ran the runway and plunged into the river. The crew and passengers survived as well.
• An airliner crashed into and destroyed the wall of the TV room in the Simpsons House, the pilot apologized and reversed the plane out of the house.
• An airliner crashed on the roof of the airport before falling to the ground. The building appeared unharmed, though the fate of the plane and its passengers is unknown.
• After Springfield's football team lost a championship, an angry mob was so frustrated with the team that the mob managed to flip the team's plane over with the team inside. This somehow caused the vehicle's wing to explode.
• While the Simpsons were going to a wedding, there was a delay, due to airport incompetence, so the aircraft had turned off the engines, the crew stopped the passengers from leaving the plane and allowed the ethnic passengers to eat their weird, fowl smelling and unusual home cooked food. (One man eat a goat's head and drunk blood from the goat's eye.) This left them trapped in the heat for seven hours straight. When the crew revealed that there was still no word for takeoff clearance, Homer was forbidden from using the lavatory, He angrily started to make a mockery about how airlines don't treat people like people anymore, the air marshall attempted to stop him but Homer got onto the wing. This made the aircraft turn to the left side and made everyone in the plane clap and cheer after he was stopped by security. But little did they know, Bart had recorded everything on his digital camera. This would make Homer famous.
• The Plywood Pelican was heading for Springfield International Airport but the wing snapped off during flight, the plane crashed into Springfield Town Square, no one was injured but Chief Wiggum was woken from his nap, he attempted to fine the pilot but didn't because of the his services to the down (smuggling drugs from Canada).
• Springfield mayor Joe Quimby attempted to hijack a Boeing 747.
• The Simpsons chose to go on a mega-saver vacation. They boarded at the very last minute an Air Japan Boeing 747-200B, stealing the vacation from the Flanderses. During climbing, Bart Simpson was playing his Gameboy when a female flight attendant told him it wasn't safe to play it yet. Bart replies "You're the waitress" and presses the "Shutdown" button, which causes the 747-200B to nosedive. Then the flight attendant pleaded him to turn it back on, bringing it back to its normal position.
• Just before a Delta Airlines Boeing 757 finishes the Minneapolis-Springfield-Atlanta route, Bart (seated in 33C) takes off the seatbelt in defiance of the captain's instructions, forcing it to turn back to its starting point. In the aftermath, Bart is placed onto the no fly list.
• When the Simpsons were flying to Italy, Homer tried to find a TV screen in his armrest, just like there are in first class. He found cables and he pulls them, causing the leftmost engine of the right wing of a Boeing 747SP to fall from the plane and land in Cletus Spucklers' farm.
• Although not happening in Springfield, the 747 the Simpson family were using to fly home from Tokyo was yanked out of the sky by Godzilla, however the captain manages to free the plane, saving the passengers on board.

Appearances

• Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
• Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath"
• Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
• Episode – "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
• Episode – "Homer and Apu"
• Episode – "Bart vs. Australia"
• Episode – "A Star is Burns"
• Episode – "Fear of Flying"
• Episode – "Lisa's Wedding"
• Episode – "Mother Simpson"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (mentioned)
• Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
• Episode – "The Joy of Sect"
• Episode – "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
• Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
• Episode – "Elementary School Musical"
• Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"
• Episode – "Homerland"
• Episode – "The 7 Beer Itch"
• Episode – "From Beer to Paternity"
• Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out