Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Downtown Wichita Downtown Wichita Flag of Wichita, Kansas Flag Official seal of Wichita, Kansas Wichita (/ w t t / witch- -taw) is the biggest city in the state of Kansas and the 48th-largest town/city in the United States. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the governmental center of county of Sedgwick County and the principal town/city of the Wichita urbane area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town/city population was 382,368; as of 2014, it was estimated to have increased to 389,965. In 2015, the estimated populace of the Wichita urbane region was 644,610, and that of the larger Wichita-Winfield combined statistical region was 680,398. It later became a key destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to access barns s, earning it the nickname "Cowtown". In the 1920s and 1930s, businessmen and aeronautical engineers established a number of prosperous aircraft manufacturing companies in Wichita including Beechcraft, Cessna, and Stearman Aircraft.
Aircraft manufacturing and became known as "The Air Capital of the World". Beechcraft, Cessna, (both now part of Textron Aviation) and other firms including Learjet, Airbus and Spirit Aero - Systems continue to operate design and manufacturing facilities in Wichita today, and the town/city remains a primary center of the U.S.
Aircraft industry. In 1937, the town/city of Wichita established their official flag.
As an industrialized hub and the biggest city in the state, Wichita is an region center of culture, media, and trade.
Several universities are positioned in the town/city including Wichita State University, the third biggest in the state.
The city's daily newspaper, The Wichita Eagle, has the highest circulation of any journal in Kansas, and the Wichita broadcast tv market includes the two-thirds of the state. Wichita is also home to the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center and Kansas's biggest airport, Wichita Dwight D.
Main articles: History of Wichita, Kansas and Timeline of Wichita, Kansas Archaeological evidence indicates human surroundingion near the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers, the site of present-day Wichita, as early as 3000 B.C. In 1541, a Spanish expedition led by explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado found the region populated by the Quivira, or Wichita, citizens .
Conflict with the Osage in the 1750s drove the Wichita further south. Prior to American settlement of the region, the site was positioned in the territory of the Kiowa. Claimed first by France as part of Louisiana and later acquired by the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it became part of Kansas Territory in 1854 and then the state of Kansas in 1861. The Wichita returned in 1864 due to the American Civil War and established a settlement on the banks of the Little Arkansas. During this period, trader Jesse Chisholm established a trading post at the site, one of a several along a trail extending south to Texas which became known as the Chisholm Trail. After the war, the Wichita permanently relocated south to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). That summer, Mead and the rest ordered the Wichita Town Company, naming the settlement after the Wichita tribe. In 1870, Munger and German immigrant William "Dutch Bill" Greiffenstein filed plats laying out the city's first streets. Wichita formally incorporated as a town/city on July 21, 1870. Wichita's position on the Chisholm Trail made it a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to access barns s which led to markets in easterly U.S.
Cities. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway reached the town/city in 1872. As a result, Wichita became a railhead for the cattle drives, earning it the nickname "Cowtown". Across the Arkansas River, the town of Delano became a prominent entertainment destination for cattlemen thanks to its saloons, brothels, and lack of law enforcement. The region had a reputation for violence until small-town lawmen, Wyatt Earp among them, began to assertively police the cowboys. By the end of the decade, the cattle trade had moved west to Dodge City.
Fairmount College, which eventually interval into Wichita State University, opened in 1886; Garfield University, which eventually became Friends University, opened in 1887. By 1890, Wichita had turn into the third-largest town/city in the state after Kansas City and Topeka with a populace of nearly 24,000. After the boom, however, the town/city entered an economic recession, and many of the initial settlers went bankrupt. This triggered another economic boom in Wichita as producers established refineries, fueling stations, and command posts in the city. By 1917, there were five operating refineries in Wichita with another seven assembled in the 1920s. The careers and fortunes of future petroleum moguls Archibald Derby, who later established Derby Oil, and Fred C.
In 1917, Clyde Cessna assembled his Cessna Comet in Wichita, the first airplane assembled in the city.
In 1920, two small-town oilmen invited Chicago airplane builder Emil "Matty" Laird to manufacture his designs in Wichita, dominant to the formation of the Swallow Airplane Company.
Cessna, meanwhile, started his own business in Wichita in 1927. The town/city became such a center of the trade that the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce dubbed it the "Air Capital of the World" in 1929. In 1934, Stearman's Wichita facilities became part of Boeing which would turn into the city's biggest employer. Initial assembly of Wichita Municipal Airport rather than southeast of the town/city in 1935.
By 1954, all non-military air traffic had shifted to the new Wichita Mid-Continent Airport west of the city. In 1962, Lear Jet Corporation opened with its plant adjoining to the new airport. The initial Pizza Hut building, which was moved to the ground of Wichita State University (2004) Hyde established community care products manufacturer Mentholatum in Wichita in 1889. Sporting goods and camping gear retailer Coleman started in the town/city in the early 1900s. A number of fast food franchises started in Wichita in the 1950s and 1960s including Pizza Hut in 1958.
Wichita has been a focal point of nationwide political controversy multiple times in its history.
In 1900, famous temperance extremist Carrie Nation hit in Wichita upon learning the town/city was not enforcing Kansas's prohibition ordinance. The Dockum Drug Store sit-in took place in the town/city in 1958 with protesters pushing for desegregation. In 1991, thousands of anti-abortion protesters blockaded and held sit-ins at Wichita abortion clinics, especially the clinic of George Tiller. Tiller was later killed in Wichita by an extremist in 2009. Except for a slow reconstructionin the 1970s, Wichita has continued to expanded steadily into the 21st century. In the late 1990s and 2000s, the town/city government and small-town organizations began collaborating to re-develop downtown Wichita and older neighborhoods in the city. Intrust Bank Arena opened downtown in 2010. Boeing ended its operations in Wichita in 2014. However, the town/city remains a nationwide center of airplane manufacturing with other companies including Spirit Aero - Systems and Airbus maintaining facilities in Wichita. Wichita Mid-Continent Airport was officially retitled Wichita Dwight D.
Downtown Wichita viewed from the west bank of the Arkansas River (2010) Downtown Wichita is positioned at 37 41 20 N 97 20 10 W (37.688888, 97.336111) at an altitude of 1,299 feet (396 m). Wichita is positioned in south-central Kansas at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S.
Route 54. Located in the Midwestern United States, it is 157 mi (253 km) north of Oklahoma City, 181 mi (291 km) southwest of Kansas City, and 439 mi (707 km) east-southeast of Denver. The Arkansas follows a winding course, south-southeast through Wichita, roughly bisecting the city.
As the core of the Wichita urbane area, the town/city is surrounded by suburbs.
Bordering Wichita on the north are, from west to east, Valley Center, Park City, Kechi, and Bel Aire.
Downtown Wichita amid a winter snow flurry Wichita lies in the northern limits of North America's humid subtropical climate zone (Koppen Cfa), typically experiencing hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters. Located on the Great Plains, far from any large moderating influences such as mountain peaks or large bodies of water, Wichita often experiences harsh weather with thunderstorms occurring incessantly amid the spring and summer months.
Particularly destructive tornadoes have hit the Wichita region several times in the course of its history: in September 1965; amid the Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak of April 1991; and amid the Oklahoma tornado outbreak of May 1999. Winters are cold and dry; since Wichita is positioned roughly midway between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico, cold spells and warm spells are equally incessant.
The minimum temperature falls to or below 10 F ( 12 C) on an average 8.5 days a year. The hottest temperature recorded in Wichita was 114 F (46 C) in 1936; the coldest temperature recorded was 22 F ( 30 C) on February 12, 1899. Readings as low as 17 F ( 27 C) and as high as 111 F (44 C) occurred as recently as February 10, 2011 and July 29 30, 2012, in the order given. Climate data for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, Kansas (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1888 present) Downtown Wichita & Century II Convention Center along the Arkansas River Wichita has a several recognized areas and neighborhoods.
The two most notable residentiary areas of Wichita are Riverside and College Hill.
Riverside is northwest of the downtown area, athwart the Arkansas River, and surrounds the 120-acre (0.49 km2) Riverside Park. College Hill is east of the downtown area, south of Wichita State University.
Main article: Demographics of Wichita, Kansas In terms of population, Wichita is the biggest city in Kansas and the 48th biggest city in the United States. It is racially more similar to the rest of the United States than any other primary city. Main article: Wichita, KS Metropolitan Travel Destination Wichita is the principal town/city of both the Wichita Metropolitan Travel Destination (MSA) and the Wichita-Winfield Combined Travel Destination (CSA). The Wichita MSA encompasses Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, and Sumner counties and, as of 2010, had a populace of 623,061, making it the 84th biggest MSA in the United States. The larger Wichita-Winfield CSA also includes Cowley County and, as of 2013, had an estimated populace of 673,598. Nearby Reno County is not a part of the Wichita MSA or Wichita-Winfield CSA, but, were it included, it would add an additional populace of 64,511 as of 2010. Boeing was once the biggest employer in Wichita (as per a 2005 analysis), and aviation remains the city's biggest industry.
Wichita's principal industrialized zone is manufacturing, which accounted for 21.6 percent of region employment in 2003.
Healthcare is Wichita's second-largest industry, employing approximately 28,000 citizens in the small-town area.
The Kansas Spine Hospital opened in 2004, as did a critical care fortress at Wesley Medical Center. In July 2010, Via Christi Health, which is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Kansas, opened a hospital that will serve the northwest region of Wichita.
Thanks to the early 20th-Century petroleum boom in neighboring Butler County, Kansas, Wichita became a primary petroleum town, with dozens of petroleum exploration companies and support enterprises.
Koch Industries and Cargill, the two biggest privately held companies in the United States, both operate command posts facilities in Wichita.
Koch Industries' major global corporate command posts is positioned in a large office-tower complex in northeast Wichita.
Other firms with command posts in Wichita include roller-coaster manufacturer Chance Morgan, gourmet food retailer Dean & Deluca, renewable energy business Alternative Energy Solutions, and Coleman Company, a manufacturer of camping and outside recreation supplies.
Air Midwest, the nation's first officially certificated "commuter" airline, was established and headquartered in Wichita and evolved into the nation's 8th biggest county-wide airline before to its dissolution in 2008. The cost of living in Wichita is below average; compared to a U.S.
From the early to late 20th century, airplane pioneers such as Clyde Cessna, "Matty" Laird, Lloyd Stearman, Walter Beech, Al Mooney and Bill Lear began airplane -manufacturing enterprises that would lead to Wichita becoming the nation's dominant town/city in numbers of airplane produced.
Laird Aviation Company (the nation's first prosperous commercial aircraft manufacturer), Travel Air (started by Beech, Stearman and Cessna), Stearman, Cessna, Beechcraft and Mooney were all established in Wichita between 1920 and early 1932. By 1931, Boeing (of Seattle, Washington) had combined Stearman, creating "Boeing-Wichita", which would eventually expanded to turn into Kansas' biggest employer. Airbus maintains a workforce in Wichita, and Bombardier (parent business of Learjet) has other divisions in Wichita as well.
Over 50 other aviation businesses operate in the Wichita MSA, as well dozens of suppliers and subcontractors to the small-town airplane manufacturers.
In total, Wichita and its companies have produced an estimated 250,000 airplane since Clyde Cessna's first Wichita-built airplane in 1916. In the early 2000s, a nationwide and global recession combined with the after effects of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks to depress the aviation sub-sector in and around Wichita.
Orders for new airplane plummeted, prompting Wichita's five biggest airplane manufacturers, Boeing Co., Cessna Aircraft Co., Bombardier Learjet Inc., Hawker Beechcraft and Raytheon Aircraft Co.
In response, these companies began developing small- and mid-sized aircraft s to appeal to company and corporate users. In 2007, Wichita assembled 977 airplane , ranging from single-engine light airplane to the world's quickest civilian jet; one-fifth of the civilian airplane produced in United States that year, plus various small military airplane . In early 2012, Boeing announced it would be method its Wichita plant by the end of 2013, which paved the road for Spirit Aerosystems to open its plant.
Wichita is a cultural center for Kansas, home to a several art exhibitions and performing arts groups.
The Wichita Art Museum is the biggest art exhibition in the state of Kansas and contains 7,000 works in permanent collections. The Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University is a undivided and intact art exhibition with over 6,300 works in its permanent collection. Wichita is the music core of central Kansas, and draws primary acts from around the world, performing at various concert halls, arenas and stadiums around the area.
Music Theatre Wichita, Wichita Grand Opera (both nationally famous), and the Wichita Symphony Orchestra perform regularly at the Century II Convention Hall downtown.
Concerts are also regularly performed by the nationally noted schools of music at Wichita's two biggest universities. The Wichita River Festival has been held in the Downtown and Old Town areas of the town/city since 1972.
The annual Wichita Black Arts Festival, held in the spring, jubilates the arts, crafts and creativity of Wichita's large black community.
The International Student Association at Wichita State University presents an annual global cultural exhibition and food festival, on the ground at WSU, providing an inexpensive sampling of global culture and cuisine to the general public.
The Wichita Public Library's Academy Awards Shorts program is reportedly the earliest annual, complete, no-charge enhance screening outside of Hollywood of the full array of short films impel for an Academy Award ("Oscar").
In late winter, shortly before the Academy Awards ceremonies, the films including all impel documentary, live action, and animated shorts are presented, for free, at the Library and in small-town theaters and other venues around Wichita.
The Tallgrass Film Festival has been held in downtown Wichita since 2003.
Aviation-related affairs are common in the Wichita area, including air shows, fly-ins, air competitions, aviation conferences, exhibitions, and trade shows.
The city's two chief air shows, which are generally held in alternating years, are the city-sponsored civilian Wichita Flight Festival (originally the "Kansas Flight Festival") and the military-sponsored Mc - Connell Air Force Base Open House and Airshow. Both are large county-wide air shows with famous acts and multimillion-dollar airplane displays (including many Wichita-built airplane ).
In addition, various local, regional, and nationwide aviation organizations host fly-ins, conferences, exhibitions and trade shows in the Wichita region on irregular schedules.
The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in downtown Wichita is situated in the initial Wichita town/city hall, assembled in 1892.
The exhibition contains artifacts that tell the story of Wichita and Sedgwick County starting from 1865 and closing to the present day. East of downtown are the Museum of World Treasures and barns -oriented Great Plains Transportation Museum.
Francis street is the home of the Coleman Lantern and offers no-charge admission. Wichita State University hosts the Lowell D.
The Kansas Aviation Museum, homed in the Terminal and Administration building of the former Municipal Airport, is positioned in southeast Wichita adjoining to Mc - Connell Air Force Base.
Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, also positioned along the Arkansas River, boasts 24 themed plant nurseries including the prominent Butterfly Garden and the award-winning Sally Stone Sensory Garden.
The Sedgwick County Zoo in the northwest part of Wichita is the most prominent outside tourist attraction in the state of Kansas, and is home to more than 2,500 animals representing 500 different species. The zoo is next to Sedgwick county park and Sedgwick County Extension Arboretum.
Intrust Bank Arena is the city's major event venue, featuring 22 suites, 2 party suites, 40 loge boxes and over 300 premium seats with a total potential capacity of over 15,000. This arena in the middle of Wichita opened in January 2010. It was the scene of a nationally followed First Amendment struggle and was visited by Allen Ginsberg in 1966 (the name had been changed to the Magic Theatre Vortex Art Gallery) where he first read his long poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra." The earliest mall, Wichita Mall, was for many years largely a dead mall, but has since been converted into office space. There are also two large outside shopping centers, Bradley Fair on the city's north-east side and New - Market Square on the city's north-west side, each with over 50 stores spread out on a several acres.
In 1936, the Wichita postal service contained two oil-on-canvas murals, Kansas Farming, painted by Richard Haines and Pioneer in Kansas by Ward Lockwood.
Wichita has a number of beautiful parks and recreational areas such as Riverside park, College Hill park, and Mc - Adams park.
Wichita has advanced a positive reputation in U.S.
In July 2006, CNN/Money and Money ranked Wichita ninth on their list of the 10 best U.S.
Big metros/cities in which to live. In 2008, MSN Real Estate ranked Wichita 1st on its list of most affordable cities. Wichita was also titled the most "Uniquely American" town/city by Newsmax periodical in a May 2009 piece written by Peter Greenberg. Wichita is mentioned in the music "Wichita Skyline" by Shawn Colvin, "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes, and "Captain Bobby Stout" by small-town musician Jerry Hahn.
Allen Ginsberg wrote about a visit to Wichita in his poem Wichita Vortex Sutra, for which Philip Glass later wrote a solo piano piece.
The award-winning stage play Hospitality Suite written by Roger Rueff takes place in Wichita as does its 1999 film adaptation, The Big Kahuna. Wichita (1955) and portions of Wyatt Earp (1994), both of which dramatize the life and longterm position of Wyatt Earp, are set in Wichita. The short-lived 1959 1960 tv Wichita Town was set amid the city's early years. Other films wholly or partially set in the town/city include Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), The Ice Harvest (2005), and Knight and Day (2010). The town/city is also the setting of the long-running comic strip Dennis the Menace. Main article: Sports in Wichita, Kansas Professional squads include the Wichita Thunder ice hockey team, Wichita Force indoor football team, and Wichita Wingnuts baseball team.
Defunct professionals squads which used to play in Wichita include the Wichita Aeros and Wichita Wranglers baseball teams, the Wichita Wings indoor soccer team, and the Wichita Wild indoor football team.
Semi-pro squads include Kansas Cougars and Kansas Diamondbacks football teams. Non-professional squads include the Wichita Barbarians rugby union team and the Wichita World 11 cricket team. The town/city hosts the Air Capital Classic, a experienced golf tournament of the Web.com Tour first played in 1990.
Collegiate squads based in the town/city include the Wichita State University Shockers, Newman University Jets, and the Friends University Falcons.
Intrust Bank Arena, positioned downtown, is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose arena that is home to the Wichita Thunder and Wichita Force.
Lawrence Dumont Stadium, positioned just west of downtown, is a medium-sized baseball stadium that has been home to Wichita's various minor-league baseball squads over the years.
Wichita Ice Arena, also just west of downtown, is a enhance ice-skating rink used for ice-skating competitions.
Wichita is also home to two sports exhibitions, the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Wichita State University Shockers NCAA Division I 15 See also: List of mayors of Wichita, Kansas Under state statute, Wichita is a town/city of the first class. Since 1917, it has had a council-manager form of government. The town/city council consists of seven members popularly propel every four years with staggered terms in office.
The council sets policy for the city, enacts laws and ordinances, levies taxes, approves the town/city budget, and appoints members to citizen commission and advisory boards. The council meets each Tuesday. The town/city manager is the city's chief executive, responsible for administering town/city operations and personnel, submitting the annual town/city budget, advising the town/city council, preparing the council's agenda, and supervision of non-departmental activities. The Wichita Police Department, established in 1871, is the city's law enforcement agency. With over 800 employees, including more than 600 commissioned officers, it is the biggest law enforcement agency in Kansas. The Wichita Fire Department, organized in 1886, operates 22 stations throughout the city.
As the county seat, Wichita is the administrative center of Sedgwick County.
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Carmel High School. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod operates two Lutheran schools in the city, Bethany Lutheran School (Grades PK-5) and Holy Cross Lutheran School (PK-8). There are also two Seventh-day Adventist schools in Wichita, Three Angels School (K-8) and Wichita Adventist Christian Academy (K-10). Other Christian schools in the town/city are Bethel Life School (K-8), Calvary Christian School (PK-12), Central Christian Academy (K-8), Sunrise Christian Academy (PK-12), Trinity Academy (9-12), Wichita Friends School (PK-6), and Word of Life Traditional School (K-12).
In addition, there is an Islamic school, Anoor School (PK-8), directed by the Islamic Society of Wichita.
Non-religious private schools in the town/city include Wichita Collegiate School and The Independent School as well as three Montessori schools. Three universities have their chief campuses in Wichita.
The biggest is Wichita State University (WSU), a enhance research college classified by Carnegie as "R2: Doctoral Universities Higher Research Activity." WSU has more than 14,000 students and is the third-largest college in Kansas. WSU's chief campus is in northeast Wichita with four satellite campuses positioned around the metro area. Friends University, a private, non-denominational Christian university, has its chief campus in west Wichita as does Newman University, a private Catholic university. In addition, Wichita Area Technical College, a two-year enhance college, has its chief campus and two satellite locations in the city. Several universities and universities based outside Wichita operate satellite locations in and around the city.
The University of Kansas School of Medicine has one of its three campuses in Wichita. Baker University, Butler Community College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Southwestern College, Tabor College, Vatterott College, and Webster University have Wichita facilities as do for-profit establishments including Heritage College, ITT Technical Institute, and University of Phoenix. The Wichita Public Library is the city's library system, presently consisting of a Central Library downtown and nine branch locations in neighborhoods around the city. The library operates a several no-charge programs for the public, including special affairs, technology training classes, and programs specifically for grownups, children, and families. As of 2009, its holdings encompassed more than 1.3 million books and 2.2 million items total. Main article: Media in Wichita, Kansas The Wichita Eagle, which began printed announcement in 1872, is the city's primary daily newspaper. With a daily circulation of over 67,000 copies, it has the highest circulation of any journal presented in Kansas. The Wichita Business Journal is a weekly journal that covers small-town business affairs and developments. Several other newspapers and magazines, including small-town lifestyle, neighborhood, and demographically-focused publications are also presented in the city. These include, among others: The Community Voice, aimed at the city's African American community; the monthly East Wichita News; F5, a weekly alternative newspaper; the Liberty Press, LGBT news; Splurge!, a small-town fashion and lifestyle magazine; the Sunflower, the WSU student newspaper. The Wichita media market also includes small-town newspapers in a several surrounding suburban communities.
The Wichita radio market includes Sedgwick County and neighboring Butler and Harvey counties. Six AM and 18 FM airways broadcasts are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. Wichita is the principal town/city of the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas tv market which consists of the two-thirds of the state. All of the market's network affiliates broadcast from Wichita with the ABC, CBS, CW, FOX and NBC affiliates serving the wider market through state networks of satellite and translator stations. The town/city also hosts a PBS member station, a Univision affiliate, and a several low-power stations. Cable tv service for Wichita and the encircling area is provided by AT&T U-Verse and Cox Communications. Wichita suffered harsh floods of the Arkansas river in 1877, 1904, 1916, 1923, 1944, 1951 and 1955.
The Big Ditch diverts part of the Arkansas River's flow around west-central Wichita, running roughly alongside to the Interstate 235 bypass. A second flood control canal lies between the lanes of Interstate 135, running south through the central part of the city.
Interstate 135 begins at this exit from the Kansas Turnpike (Interstate 35) in south-central Wichita.
Several federal and state highways pass through Wichita.
Interstate 35, as the Kansas Turnpike, enters the town/city from the south and turns northeast, running along the city's southeastern edge and exiting through the easterly part of the city.
Interstate 135 runs generally north-south through the city, its southern end lying at its interchange with I-35 in south-central Wichita.
Interstate 235, a bypass route, passes through north-central, west, and south-central Wichita, traveling around the central parts of the city.
Route 400 run concurrently through Wichita as Kellogg Avenue, the city's major east-west artery, with interchanges, from west to east, with I-235, I-135, and I-35.
Route 81, a north-south route, enters Wichita from the south as Broadway, turns east as 47th Street South for approximately half a mile, and then runs concurrently north with I-135 through the rest of the city.
K-96, an east-west route, enters the town/city from the northwest, runs concurrently with I-235 through north-central Wichita, turns south for approximately a mile, running concurrently with I-135 before splitting off to the east and traveling around northeast Wichita, ultimately terminating at an interchange with U.S.
K-254 begins at I-235's interchange with I-135 in north-central Wichita and exits the town/city to the northeast.
81 in south-central Wichita, running concurrently with them through the rest of the city.
Wichita Transit operates 53 buses on 18 fixed bus routes inside the city.
Wichita Transit also operates a demand response paratransit service with 320,800 passenger trips annually. A 2005 study ranked Wichita near the bottom of the fifty biggest American metros/cities in terms of percentage of commuters using enhance transit.
The Wichita Airport Authority manages the city's two chief enhance airports, Wichita Dwight D.
Eisenhower National Airport and Colonel James Jabara Airport. Located in the part of the city, Wichita Dwight D.
Eisenhower National Airport is the city's major airport as well as the biggest airport in the state of Kansas. Five commercial airlines (Allegiant, American, Delta, Southwest & United) serve Wichita Dwight D.
Airline hubs. Jabara Airport is a general aviation facility positioned on the city's northeast side. In addition, there are a several privately owned airports positioned throughout the city.
Two Class I barns s, BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad (UP), operate freight rail lines through Wichita. UP's OKT Line runs generally north-south through the city; north of downtown, the line consists of trackage leased to BNSF. An additional UP line enters the town/city from the northeast and terminates downtown. BNSF's chief line through the town/city enters from the north, passes through downtown, and exits to the southeast, alongsideing highway K-15. The Wichita Terminal Association, a joint operation between BNSF and UP, provides switching service on three miles (5 km) of track downtown. In addition, two lines of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad enter the city, one from the northwest and the other from the southwest, both terminating at their junction in west-central Wichita. Wichita has not had passenger rail service since 1979. The nearest Amtrak station is in Newton 25 miles (40 km) north, offering service on the Southwest Chief line between Los Angeles and Chicago. Amtrak offers bus service from downtown Wichita to its station in Newton as well as to its station in Oklahoma City, the northern end of the Heartland Flyer line. A 2014 study by Walk Score ranked Wichita 41st most walkable of fifty biggest U.S.
Main article: List of citizens from Wichita, Kansas See also: List of Wichita State University citizens and List of Friends University citizens Wyatt Earp served as a lawman in a several Western frontier towns, including Wichita.
Central Intelligence Agency, from the Wichita area.
Central Intelligence Agency, and Secretary of Defense, is a Wichita native, and graduate of Wichita schools. Dan Glickman, former Secretary of Agriculture, and former head of the Motion Picture Association, began his political longterm position in Wichita, first on the school board, then as 4th District Congressman. Businessmen Charles and David Koch (Koch Industries), Dan and Frank Carney (Pizza Hut), Clyde Cessna (Cessna Aircraft), Walter Herschel Beech (Beech Aircraft Company), Bill Lear (Lear Jet), and businesswoman Olive Ann Beech (Beech Aircraft Company) were all born in or lived in Wichita.
Athletes including Pro Football Hall of Fame running backs Gale Sayers and Barry Sanders, Basketball Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard, and current UFC flyweight fighter Tim Elliott were all born in Wichita.
A number of famous actors are from Wichita, including actress Kirstie Alley, known for her part in the TV show Cheers, was born in Wichita and lives in the town/city part-time. Actor Don Johnson of Miami Vice and Nash Bridges, lived in Wichita throughout most of his childhood. Game show host Jeff Probst, host of reality show Survivor, was born in Wichita.
American Idol Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey attended high school at Wichita Northwest High School.
The Commerce Street Arts District in downtown Wichita (2008) Charles Koch Arena at Wichita State University, is home to the Wichita State Shockers (2010) Downtown Wichita at evening (2007) Eck Stadium at Wichita State University (2005) Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University (2007) The John Mack Bridge over the Arkansas River in south Wichita (2013) Kansas Aviation Museum, formerly Wichita Municipal Airport from 1935 to 1951 (2007) Wichita Art Museum (2012) Official records for Wichita have been kept at various locations in and around the town/city from July 1888 to November 1953 and at the Mid-Continent Airport since December 1953.
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