It wasn’t a football Saturday, but the crowd roared like it was greeting a football championship team back home. Allegiant Flight 1403 touched down Wednesday in Gulf Shores to water cannons and cheering spectators — a fitting tribute for the first-ever commercial flight to land at Gulf Shores International Airport.

Federal officials are investigating why two planes got dangerously close on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport earlier this month despite the airport being equipped with an advanced surface radar system that's designed to help prevent such close calls.

Brendan J. O’Reilly grew up in Whittier and first visited Fullerton Airport when he was 6 years old, with his dad. Soon after, they returned for Airport Day and O’Reilly’s passion for airplanes grew. Today, he oversees Airport Day in his capacity as manager of Fullerton Airport, operated under the city’s Public Works Department.

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have long been a drive-to destination, meaning that well over 90% of visitors to the coastal beaches arrive via an automobile. Though there is no targeted statistics, Fosnaugh said he believes the airport will offer relief on Alabama State Route 59 and other roadways north of the Intracoastal Waterway.

A record number of Americans are gearing up to head to the airport or hit the highway this Memorial Day weekend.

A ground delay has been issued at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport due to ongoing shortages in air traffic control, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory. Wednesday's delay is in effect from noon until 9 p.

Allegiant Air begins service this week from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., with serious discounts on some flights.

A proposal to expand Tenerife airports, heavily used by Brits, is facing a backlash as locals claim the island is collapsing. Bosses announced plans to invest £673million in the Canary Islands’ airports to improve their infrastructure and services.