Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.

A temporary memorial is set up inside Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport after a flight from Wichita to Washington D.C. collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter killing all 64 souls aboard the plane and 3 aboard the chopper Wednesday night.

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport set up a memorial for the 64 victims lost on an American Airlines flight that crashed before landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

That’s because American Airlines has retired that number after the deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., said Jesse Romo, Wichita’s director of airports. But on Friday, Wednesday’s flight information was still on the departure screens at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

“Crash, crash, crash”: Air traffic controllers react as an American Airlines passenger jet carrying 64 people collides with a military Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu and Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport Director of Airports Jesse Romo provide update on Wichita flight that has crashed in Washington D.C.

An American Airlines flight going from Wichita to Washington, D.C., went down in the Potomac River after colliding with a military Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. It comes just one year after Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport started offering nonstop flights to Washington.

More than 60 people are believed to be dead after a passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.

People gathered in Wichita on Thursday to mourn the victims who died when a passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided near Washington, D.C.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

Let’s just commit to caring for one another, praying for each other, especially families of victims, and simply keep remembering the Lord’s promises to guide us in times like these.”

Eisenhower National Airport finished 2024 strong with a monthly record of 154,367 passengers, beating the previous high of 149,934 in December 2019. It then started 2025 with Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announcing additional flights to Minneapolis and Atlanta.