More than a dozen other passenger lines eventually operated out of the airport. TAT (later TWA), made its first coast-to-coast flight via Kansas City in 1929. He played a key role in persuading Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) to establish its headquarters here. Holland knew that Kansas City also needed passenger flights to become a true air center. Those strengths became major factors in the airport’s success over the years. During his dedication speech, Lindbergh praised the City of Kansas City, Missouri, indicating that the city’s central location and the airport’s proximity to the business district gave the city the potential to become the air capital of the United States. Louis" and dedicate the airfield, less than three months after his historic solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. On August 17, 1927, more than 10,000 Kansas Citians mobbed the new airport to see air hero Charles Lindbergh land his "Spirit of St. After months of argument and persuasion, Holland not only changed McElroy's mind, but also made him an airport booster. McElroy scoffed, insisting that aviation was a fad. Holland proposed an overgrown field just north of the Hannibal Bridge and downtown as an ideally situated airport site. Shortly afterward, the government declared Richards Field-and the city's 40 other tiny airfields-unsuitable for airmail flights. In May 1926, National Air Transport made its first local airmail run from Richards Field, 11 miles southeast of the city limits. He believed that air transportation was vital to industry and persuaded a contract carrier to set up an airmail route. After becoming president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1925, Holland strove to enhance the city's industrial growth. Lou Holland came from New York to Kansas City in 1902 to work for a printing and engraving company, but later started his own firm. City booster Lou Holland, one of the first to see its possibilities, became the "Father of Kansas City Aviation" when he helped establish Kansas City's first municipal airport. In the 1920s, air travel was new and uncertain. Because of its location at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, the airport was originally called “Peninsula Field.” The great influence that Trans World Airlines has had on MKC, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is one that this 95-year history can never ignore. Wheeler Downtown Airport (nationally as Kansas City Downtown Airport, MKC). Augmarked the 95th anniversary of the dedication of what is today known locally as the Charles B.
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