It is named after Major Albert Bond Lambert, an aviation pioneer who bought a plane from the Wright brothers and later purchased the airfield which over the years grew into the airport as it is today.
The airport is the starting point for the famous flight that Charles Lindbergh made to Paris in 1927.
Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport was once the hub of Trans World Airlines. That airline was acquired by American Airlines in 2000, and for a while, Lambert became a reliever hub for American's O' Hare International Airport hub. Capacity cutbacks, the latest in effect as of November 2003, have reduced the number of nonstop flights out of St. Louis down to less than 70, resulting in the closure of two concourses in Terminal 1.
Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport has two terminals.
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Lambert Airport is in the first phase of a major expansion, the largest capital improvement project in St. Louis history. It is expected to be completed in the first part of 2006. The first phase includes:
Terminals
Terminal 1
Concourse A
Concourse B
Concourse C
Concourse D
Terminal 2
Concourse E
Expansion Plans
The $1.1 billion first phase is funded by fees collected from users of the aviation system.