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also briefly served Topeka in the early 1950s with a route between Kansas City and Tulsa that stopped in Topeka and two other cities. Ozark and
Braniff ended service in 1954, TWA ended in 1958 and Continental ended by 1960.
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Airways which flew a route between Denver and Kansas City. Flights made stops in Goodland, Salina, and Topeka, Kansas, using a five-passenger
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provided mainline jet service in 1986 and 1987 with three daily flights to the carrier's hub at Denver, making one stop at Kansas City or
Wichita, and one daily flight to Chicago O'Hare making one stop in Lincoln.
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began service in 1958 with DC-3s by picking up the routes to Kansas City and
Wichita formerly operated by TWA and Braniff. The carrier then picked up Continental's route to Denver by 1960 using a
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installation that was previously a tenant command at Forbes AFB. With the departure of active duty
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aircraft. This service was long term and continued until Air Midwest ended Topeka service in November, 2003. Air Midwest had the only service at Topeka from 1989 through 2003.
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Joint-use civil-military airport in Kansas, United States
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1035:. July 2010. Archived from
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855:List of airports in Kansas
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1068:"Order 2003-2-28"
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