Is Will Rogers airport named after the famed cowboy and comedian?”
Will Rogers World Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC, FAA LID: OKC) is located in southwestern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Will Rogers airport (as it is often called) is located 6 statute miles from downtown Oklahoma City and is the principal commercial airport of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The airport is named in honor of comedian and legendary cowboy Will Rogers, an Oklahoma native, and holds the distinction of being named after a person who died in an airplane crash (as does the city’s other major airport, Wiley Post Airport – both men died in the same crash). Will Rogers World Airport is unusual in that its name makes no reference to its city location, much like John F. Kennedy International. As the airport has no international connections, it is one of only a handful of major metropolitan airports in the country not to use the “International” designation, and is the only airport to use the term “World.” In 2007, over 3.74 million passengers[2] passed through Will Rogers World A
