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Airline History Museum

Airline History Museum, a museum in Missouri
Airline History Museum, a museum in MissouriRoland Arhelger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Airline History Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Airline History Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Airline History Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Airline History Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Airline History Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is TWA Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Airline History Museum is an aviation museum located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Missouri focused on the history of airlines in the United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1986.

Wikidata Q6970252, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Kansas City, Missouri
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.11875, -94.60051

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
  • Preceding On: 0.5 mi
  • Abstract Sculpture: 1.0 mi
  • Air Play: 1.1 mi
  • The Needle: 1.2 mi
  • Mark Twain: 1.3 mi
Parks
  • Kaw Point Riverfront Park: 0.6 mi
  • Holland Park: 0.8 mi
  • Saint John's Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ermine Case Junior Park: 1.1 mi
  • Riverfront West: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Cliffs
Gardens: 27
Nature reserves: 22
  • Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 5.1 mi
  • Northwood Park: 5.7 mi
  • Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 9.2 mi
  • Amity Woods Nature Park: 10.2 mi
  • Willow Brooke Park: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Arsenal Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Nebo Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Overland Park: 17.7 mi
  • Overland Park: 17.7 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Tryst Falls: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Swimming Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Little Platte Swim Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Swim Beach: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 10.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Airline History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillSSE 159°342 m25.0 mi
Pilot KnobNW 305°336 m21.8 mi
Bowler HillSE 145°330 m19.4 mi
Wagner PointNW 312°326 m24.5 mi
Government HillNW 310°324 m24.2 mi
Nebo HillENE 64°291 m14.6 mi
Monkey MountainESE 109°289 m23.8 mi
Minter HillESE 112°288 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:5320:0820:49
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3516:1717:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646576777817971584535
Precip in1.01.52.13.95.15.34.44.73.83.21.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/23733370

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