Airline History Museum, Kansas City

Name: Airline History Museum
Address: 201 NW Lou Holland Dr, Kansas City, 64116-4223, United States
Telephone: +1 816-421-3401

#60 among attractions in Kansas City

Museum, Specialty museum, History museum

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Facts and practical information

The National Airline History Museum is located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. ()

Established: 1986 (38 years ago)Coordinates: 39°7'8"N, 94°35'60"W

Address

201 NW Lou Holland DrNorthlandKansas City 64116-4223 United States

Contact

+1 816-421-3401

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Day trips

Airline History Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Arabia Steamboat Museum, Kaw Point, Heart of America Bridge, Downtown Loop.

1.2 miSE
Museum, History museum
Arabia Steamboat Museum, Kansas City
31 min walk • The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a history museum in Kansas City, Missouri, housing artifacts salvaged from the Arabia, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856.
0.7 miW
Park, View point
Kaw Point, Kansas City
17 min walk • Kaw Point is the point where the Kansas River terminates at the Missouri River in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Kansas. It is also where the Missouri River ceases its southerly course and turns to flow generally east through the state of Missouri to the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
1.1 miE
Bridge, Trail
Heart of America Bridge, Kansas City
30 min walk • The Heart of America Bridge is a vehicular girder bridge over the Missouri River, in Kansas City, Missouri. It carries Route 9. It was the vehicular replacement for the upper level of the ASB Bridge, and runs next to it a few hundred yards downstream. It was opened in 1987.
1.5 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Downtown Loop, Kansas City
39 min walk • The Downtown Loop, also called the Alphabet Loop, is a complex layout of highways in downtown Kansas City, Missouri involving 23 exits, four Interstate Highways, four U.S. Highways and numerous city streets. Each exit in the highway loop is numbered 2 and suffixed with every letter of the alphabet except I, O, and Z.
0.7 miSE
Bridge, View point
Buck O'Neil Bridge, Kansas City
18 min walk • The Buck O'Neil Bridge is a triple arch bridge that spans the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. It first opened for traffic September 9, 1956 as the Broadway Bridge. It was built at a cost of $12 million. It was a toll bridge until 1991.
1.1 miW
39°6'48"N • 94°37'10"W
Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center, Kansas City
29 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
1.4 miSE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Folly Theater, Kansas City
35 min walk • The Standard Theatre, now known as the Folly Theater and also known as the Century Theater and Shubert's Missouri, is a former vaudeville hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1900, it was designed by Kansas City architect Louis S. Curtiss.
1.4 miSE
Library, Bookshop
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City
36 min walk • The Kansas City Public Library is a public system headquartered in the Central Library in Kansas City, Missouri. The system operates its Central Library and neighborhood branches located in Kansas City, Independence, and Sugar Creek.
1.1 miE
Bridge
ASB Bridge, Kansas City
28 min walk • The Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge, also known as the North Kansas City Bridge and the LRC Bridge, is a rail crossing over the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, that formerly handled automobile traffic.
1.4 miSE
Tower, Neo-renaissance architecture
New York Life Building, Kansas City
35 min walk • The New York Life Building is a 12-story, 54.86 m high-rise in the Library District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The brick and brownstone tower, which was completed in 1890, generally is regarded as Kansas City's first skyscraper and was the first building in the city equipped with elevators.
1.4 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Lyric Theatre, Kansas City
36 min walk • The Lyric Theatre was a theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The 4+1⁄2-story structure designed by Owen Saylor and Payson opened on December 18, 1926 as the Ararat Shrine Temple. It cost the Shriners $1 million and had a seating capacity of 3,000.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

When is Airline History Museum open?

Airline History Museum is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday 10 am - 4 pm
Thursday 10 am - 4 pm
Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday closed

Which popular attractions are close to Airline History Museum?

Nearby attractions include Kaw Point, Kansas City (17 min walk), Buck O'Neil Bridge, Kansas City (18 min walk), Port of Kansas City, Kansas City (19 min walk), Hannibal Bridge, Kansas City (19 min walk).

How to get to Airline History Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Airline History Museum:

Bus

3rd at Delaware • Lines: 55 (27 min walk)
Wyandotte at Independence • Lines: 55 (29 min walk)

Tram

River Market West • Lines: 601 (28 min walk)
City Market • Lines: 601 (31 min walk)