Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is the primary airport for
St. LouisSt. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. With an estimated population of 354,361 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,866,517, the largest urban area in Missouri and sixteenth largest in the United States...
,
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,
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and the surrounding area.
The airport lies outside the St. Louis city limits in
St. Louis CountySt. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the south side 2000 census, the population was 1,016,315, making the county the most populous in the state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the sprawling St. Louis Metro Area...
and is owned and operated by the City of St. Louis. Portions of the airport are located in an
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, while portions of the airport grounds are in the cities of
BerkeleyBerkeley is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,063 at the 2000 census. Portions of Lambert-St...
and
BridgetonBridgeton is a city in northwestern St. Louis County, Missouri, serving as a suburb and transport hub within Greater St. Louis. The 2007 population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau was 15,086, down 464 people from the 2000 census...
. Lambert- St. Louis International Airport serves over 88 non-stop national and international destinations. In 2008, 14.4 million passengers traveled through the airport.
In 1982,
Trans World AirlinesFor the Jordanian cargo airline, see Transworld Aviation.Trans World Airlines renamed TWA Airlines LLC in 2001 was a major United States-based airline with hubs in St. Louis, New York , with focus cities in Kansas City, Missouri; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Los Angeles, California. The airline...
(TWA) established a
hubAn airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations...
at Lambert. Over 30 million passengers travelled through the airport per year in 1999 and 2000.
American Airlines
bought TWA and the Lambert hub in 2001. American reduced service levels gradually from 2003 through 2009 and will end the hub operation in the summer of 2010. As of 2009, the airport also serves as a focus city for
Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlines Co. is an American low-cost airline. Southwest is the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried per year . Southwest, the 6th largest U.S. airline by revenue, maintains the third-largest passenger fleet of aircraft among all of the world's commercial airlines....
.
History
The airport was originally a
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launching base named
Kinloch Field. The
Wright brothersThe Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903...
and their
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visited the field while touring with their aircraft, and
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He is well remembered for his energetic persona, his range of interests and achievements, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" image. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Bull Moose Party...
flew on one of their aircraft while he was visiting, becoming the first U.S. president to fly. After that, the first experimental parachute jump took place at Kinloch.
In 1920, Major
Albert Bond LambertAlbert Bond Lambert was a prominent St. Louis aviator and benefactor of aviation.Lambert was a Police Commissioner of St. Louis and a local industrialist. In 1906 he became interested in aviation, and took ballooning lessons. In 1907 he was one of the founders of the Aero Club of St. Louis...
, the first person to receive a pilot license in St. Louis, purchased the field and developed it into an airport with hangars and a terminal.
Charles LindberghCharles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S...
, whose first pilot job was flying airmail for Robertson Airlines at the airport, departed the airport for
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
about a week prior to his record-breaking flight to
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in 1927. Later that year, Lambert sold the airport, by then known as Lambert Field, to the City of St. Louis. Lambert thus became the first
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airport in the United States.
In the late 1920s Lambert Field became the first airport with an air-traffic control system. At that time the system consisted of waving flags to communicate with pilots. The first controller was
Archie LeagueArchie William League is generally considered the first air traffic controller.League had been a licensed pilot, and licensed engine and aircraft mechanic. He had barnstormed around in Missouri and Illinois with his "flying circus," prior to St. Louis hiring him as the first U.S. air traffic...
.
Before World War II, Robertson Airlines,
Marquette AirlinesMarquette Airlines was an airline that operated regional flights in the midwestern United States. Although it began in the 1930s, it was acquired by Trans World Airlines during World War II.- Destinations :*Detroit, Michigan*Toledo, Ohio*Dayton, Ohio...
, and
Eastern Air LinesEastern Air Lines was a major United States airline that existed from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida.-History:...
provided passenger service to St. Louis. During the war, the airport became a manufacturing base for
McDonnell AircraftThe McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company was founded in 1939 by James Smith McDonnell, and was best known for its military fighters, including the F-4 Phantom II, and manned spacecraft including the Mercury capsule and...
and
Curtiss-WrightThe Curtiss-Wright Corporation was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States at the end of World War 2, but has since evolved through a long period of aerospace component engineering to become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, controls, valves, and metal...
. After the war,
Minoru Yamasakiwas an American architect of Japanese descent, best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century and his firm, Yamasaki & Associates, continues to do business...
was commissioned to design a new passenger terminal at Lambert. Completed in 1956, the four-domed terminal design inspired future terminals at
John F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in Queens County, New York in southeastern New York City about 12 miles from Lower Manhattan...
in
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and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
In the 1970s St. Louis city officials proposed replacing the airport with a new airport in suburban Illinois. Missouri residents strongly objected and Lambert underwent a $290 million expansion that increased its operational capacity by 50 percent including lengthening of runways and increasing gate capacity to 81. The proposed MidAmerica St. Louis Airport ultimately was built in
Mascoutah, IllinoisMascoutah is a small town in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,659 at the 2000 census, but in 2006 the city performed a new census, which brought the population up to 6,800.-Geography:...
and opened in 1997 and now acts as a reliever airport to Lambert although it has no major carriers and has been derided as a
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.
Trans World AirlinesFor the Jordanian cargo airline, see Transworld Aviation.Trans World Airlines renamed TWA Airlines LLC in 2001 was a major United States-based airline with hubs in St. Louis, New York , with focus cities in Kansas City, Missouri; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Los Angeles, California. The airline...
(TWA) moved its
hubAn airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations...
from
Kansas City International AirportKansas City International Airport , originally named Mid-Continent International Airport, is a public airport located 15 miles northwest of the central business district of Kansas City, in Platte County, Missouri, United States. In 2008, 10,469,892 passengers used the airport.Kansas City...
in 1982 and became Lambert's dominant carrier. The St. Louis hub survived TWA's bankruptcy in 1993, and by the late 1990s it was the dominant hub for TWA. After
American Airlines
(AA) bought TWA and merged its flight operations in 2001, Lambert became a reliever for AA's existing hubs at
Chicago O'HareO'Hare International Airport , also known simply as O'Hare Airport or O'Hare Field or O'Hare, is a major airport located in the northwestern-most corner of Chicago, Illinois, United States, northwest of the Chicago Loop. It serves as the primary and largest hub for United Airlines and as a hub for...
and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Since the merger, transatlantic service is no longer available directly from Lambert. AA transferred many mainline TWA routes to American Connection, a group of affiliated regional carriers. After the 2003 cutbacks, AA introduced American Eagle service at its St. Louis hub in May 2005. Unlike American Connection, American Eagle is wholly owned by AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines and American Eagle. As of 2009, Concourse D, previously used by Ozark and later TWA, was largely empty and closed off; Concourse B had limited traffic; and the distal portion of Concourse C was not used for commercial traffic. In September 2009, American Airlines announced that, as a part of the airline's restructuring, it will reduce its operations to 36 daily flights to nine destinations in the summer of 2010. These cuts will end the remaining hub operation.
American Airlines
Flight 2470 (
AAL2470) was the first commercial airliner to land on Runway 11-29, the newest runway at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Expansion Program website posted
pictures of the April 13, 2006 Runway 11-29 opening ceremonies.
In 2006 the
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announced plans to make the 131st Fighter Wing into the 131st Bomb Wing. The 20 F-15C aircraft would for the most part be relocated to the
120th Fighter WingThe United States Air Force's 120th Fighter Wing is a unit located at Great Falls International Airport, Montana.-Mission:The 120th Fighter Wing, as part of the Montana Air National Guard,serves a dual mission:...
in
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and Hickam AFB in
HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. The pilots and crew would be relocated to Whiteman AFB to fly and maintain the
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Stealth Bomber, and be the first ANG Wing to fly it. The base formally shut down during the end of an era event in June 2009. The final two F-15C Eagles did a low approach over the field before flying away into the sky. The event was attended by over 2,200 people who said goodbye to a part of airport history for over 85 years.
Facilities
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport covers and has four runways:
- Runway 12R/30L: 11,019 x 200 ft (3,359 x 61 m), Surface: Concrete
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- Runway 12L/30R: 9,003 x 150 ft (2,744 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
- Runway 11/29: 9,000 x 150 ft (2,743 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
- Runway 6/24: 7,602 x 150 ft (2,317 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Terminals:
- East Terminal (E Gates)
- Main Terminal (A, B, C, and D Gates)
Concourse A
Concourse A has 16 Gates: A2 - A6, A8 - A10, A12, A14 - A19, A21
Concourse B
Concourse B has 10 Gates: B2 - B4, B6 - B8, B10, B12, B14, B16
Concourse C
Concourse C has 30 Gates: C1 - C3, C5 - C10, C12, C15 - C19, C21, C23 - C25, C27 -C32, C36, C38
Concourse C is used by
American Airlines
.
Concourse D
Concourse D has 5 Gates: D2, D4, D6, D8, D10. Gates D12 through D36 were closed in October of 2008. It no longer possible to walk between the Main and East Terminals. Passengers must leave the secured area and take either Metrolink trains from Main Terminal station to East Terminal Station, or a free airport shuttle between the terminals.
Concourse E
Note: Concourse E has an International Customs/Immigration area located near Gate E33
Concourse E has 15 Gates: E4, E6, E8, E10, E12, E14, E16, E18, E20, E22, E24, E25, E29, E31, E33.
- The East Terminal's primary carrier is Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co. is an American low-cost airline. Southwest is the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried per year . Southwest, the 6th largest U.S. airline by revenue, maintains the third-largest passenger fleet of aircraft among all of the world's commercial airlines....
.
Air cargo
Lambert St. Louis International Airport is currently served by two Air Cargo Airlines.
- FedEx Express
- UPS Airlines
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Passengers
In 2000, 30,558,991 passengers traveled through the airport. Passenger numbers dropped to 13 million in 2004. Passenger numbers grew to over 15.2 million passengers in 2006. Lambert-St. Louis International Airport continues to see increase in passenger traffic. September 2007 showed more growth in the number of boarding passengers with a 4.2 percent increase over September 2006. Year to date, nearly 5.9 million passengers have originated from Lambert, a 1.2 percent increase over the same 9-month period in 2006. Also in 2007 American Airlines boarded 190,570 passengers in September.
Frontier AirlinesFrontier Airlines, Inc. is a low-cost airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States. The carrier operates flights throughout the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Frontier is a major low-cost airline with two thirds of its US destinations west of the Mississippi River...
showed the biggest gain in boarding passengers, also called enplanements, among the major national airlines with 12,139 passengers originating from St. Louis in September. That's a 57 percent increase over the same month in 2006. International Charter Airlines service increased 11.2 percent in September.
Airline lounges
- American Airlines Admirals Club
Located at the B/C/D connector, this Admirals Club is large. The club features seating for 244. Club highlights include bar/snack area, basic ticketing functions, espresso bar, three private conference rooms, and complimentary use of PCs (6), dataports, copier, printer and paper shredder.
Located on the lower level of the Main Terminal next to baggage claim carousel #M6, this USO airport facility is one of the largest in the country, serving over 120,000 military men and women each year. The airport facility never closes.
City rail & bus service
Public transit serving the St. Louis area is predominantly provided by Metro. Metro is a bi-state agency that operates most of the region's bus and rail systems.
The
St. Louis MetroLinkMetroLink is the light rail transit system in the Greater St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois. The entire system currently consists of two lines connecting Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Shrewsbury, MO with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois through downtown St. Louis...
system provides train connections southeast into downtown St. Louis, the
ClaytonClayton is a wealthy inner-ring suburb of St. Louis and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 12,825 at the 2000 census...
area, and its Illinois suburbs in
St. Clair CountySt. Clair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1970. As of 2006, the population was 260,919. Its county seat is Belleville, Illinois....
.
Metro trains also connect passengers to the
Gateway Multimodal Transportation CenterThe Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center is a rail and bus station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Opened in 2008 and operating 24 hours a day, it serves Amtrak, St...
located in Downtown St. Louis. The transportation center is a new hub station in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the city's rail and regional bus system MetroBus,
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,
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and city taxi services.
MetroLink Rail
The airport is served by two
MetroLinkMetroLink is the light rail transit system in the Greater St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois. The entire system currently consists of two lines connecting Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Shrewsbury, MO with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois through downtown St. Louis...
rail stations directly serving downtown St. Louis. One station located at both the Main and East Terminals. The international airport is served by the Metro's RED LINE trains. Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) are located on the platforms of both stations to purchase two-hour passes (one-ride ticket) and day passes.
City Rail connections
Available at the Main and East Terminals:
- Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
The Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink is a light rail service operating between 28 stations in Greater St. Louis. It is the oldest and longest line in the system....
With connections to (at the Forest Park Station)
- Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
The Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink is a light rail service operating between 24 stations in Greater St. Louis. It is the newest line in the system....
MetroBus
MetroBusThe Bi-State Development Agency is the formal name of an interstate compact formed by Missouri and Illinois in 1949. Since February 2003 the agency is doing business as Metro.-System:Metro owns and operates the St...
provides many city bus lines throughout the metropolitan region. The Lambert Bus Port provides Metrobus Service to surrounding areas. The bus port is located adjacent to the intermediate parking lot, accessible via the tunnel connecting the airport main terminal.
Routes Serving Lambert Bus Port:
- 49 Lindbergh
- 66 Clayton-Airport
Construction
During the late 1990s Lambert Field was ranked as high as the eighth busiest airport in the USA in terms of operations (not passengers). This was due to TWA existing as a major hub, Southwest Airlines having significant traffic, and due to a significant amount of commuter traffic to smaller cities in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Kentucky. Whenever weather required the use of instrument landings, the traffic capacity was markedly reduced as for practical purposes only one runway could be used. This often resulted in large numbers of delays and cancellations at Lambert. Even in good weather, there could be delays at peak hours, and Lambert briefly redesignated the taxiway immediately north of runway 12L-30R as runway 13-31 and used it for commuter and general aviation traffic. Runway 11/29 was conceived on this and the basis of traffic projections made in the 1980s and 1990's that warned of impending strains on the airport and the national air traffic system as a result of predicted growth in traffic at the airport. The $1 billion runway expansion was designed in part to allow for simultaneous operations on parallel runways in bad weather. Construction began in 1998, and continued even after traffic at the airport declined following the 9/11 attacks, and the purchase of
Trans World AirlinesFor the Jordanian cargo airline, see Transworld Aviation.Trans World Airlines renamed TWA Airlines LLC in 2001 was a major United States-based airline with hubs in St. Louis, New York , with focus cities in Kansas City, Missouri; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Los Angeles, California. The airline...
by
American Airlines
in April 2001 and subsequent cuts in flights to the airport by American Airlines in 2003. The project required the relocation of seven major roads and the destruction of approximately 2,000 homes in
Bridgeton, MissouriBridgeton is a city in northwestern St. Louis County, Missouri, serving as a suburb and transport hub within Greater St. Louis. The 2007 population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau was 15,086, down 464 people from the 2000 census...
. In addition to providing superfluous extra capacity for flight operations at the airport, use of the runway is shunned by fuel and time- conscious operations due to its distance from the terminals.
Airport officials are drafting plans for terminal modernization at this time. The program, known as the "Airport Experience", is designed to help make the airport more responsive to the needs of passengers. Working with existing facilities, the program will modernize Lambert's terminals. In February 2007, Lambert-St. Louis International announced the largest renovation in the airport's history, which will overhaul the Main Terminal, from road signs to window panes. There will be more stores and restaurants,
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floors and pedestrian bridges from the parking garage to the ticketing area. A domed glass canopy will arch above sidewalks and roadways, protecting visitors from bad weather. The $105 million job will be completed in 2012.
Cargo and passenger service expansion plans
Air China is looking at the United States for international cargo and passenger service expansion. A June 17, 2008
St. Louis Beacon reported that
Air ChinaAir China Ltd is the People's Republic of China's state-owned and second-largest commercial airline after China Southern Airlines. It is the flag carrier and the only airline in the world to fly the national flag on its entire fleet...
planned to establish a cargo hub at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. The
United States Department of CommerceThe United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...
allowed expansion of the foreign trade zone near Lambert airport on February 13, 2009. As of June 2009, negotiations are still on track.
Aircraft production
McDonnell DouglasMcDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It formed from a merger of McDonnell Aircraft and Douglas Aircraft in 1967. McDonnell Douglas was based at St. Louis's Lambert International...
had its world headquarters adjacent to the airport. The facilities, now run by
BoeingThe Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense corporation, founded by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Its international headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois, since 2001...
, is now the headquarters for
Boeing Integrated Defense SystemsBoeing Integrated Defense Systems is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. Integrated Defense Systems was formed in 2002 by combining the former "Military Aircraft and Missile Systems" and "Space and Communications" divisions...
. One of its most well-known production items is the F-15 Eagle still being produced (at a slow rate) today. Other aircraft include the F-18 Super Hornet and the EA-18 Growler. It is also home to
Boeing Phantom WorksThe Phantom Works division is the main research and development arm of The Boeing Company. Founded by McDonnell Douglas before the merger with Boeing, its primary focus had been development of advanced military products and technologies...
.
Television
- In the television show Newsradio
NewsRadio is an American television sitcom. The show was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was taped in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center. Some episodes were taped at Sunset Gower Studios...
Bill and Dave are stuck at Lambert for the length of the episode due to bad weather.
- Lambert is the airport that the Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. The eponymous series was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
characters leave from in the episode "The Airport."
- In the 2004 presidential campaign, John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee....
mixed up Lambert Field with Green BayGreen Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.The city is located at the head of its namesake Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of 581 feet above sea level and is located 112 miles north of...
's Lambeau FieldLambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...
.
Film
- Lambert is also featured in the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is an American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures in 1987. It was written and directed by John Hughes and stars Steve Martin and John Candy.-Plot:...
. Neal Page (Steve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician, and composer. He was raised in Southern California in a Baptist family, where his early influences were working at Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm and working magic and comedy acts at these and...
) attempts to rent a car there, with disastrous (and profanity-laden) consequences.
- Lambert is mentioned in the 1986 movie Manhunter
Manhunter is a thriller film based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it features Brian Cox as the popular character Hannibal Lecter and stars William Petersen, Joan Allen, Kim Greist, Dennis Farina and Tom Noonan...
as the FBI fly in during their pursuit of the killer.
- Lambert is one of the filming locations for the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
- In the movie Anger Management
Anger Management is a comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, directed by Peter Segal and written by David S Dorfman. It was produced by Revolution Studios in association with Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.-Plot:The...
, Dave Buznik (Adam SandlerAdam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, musician, screenwriter and film producer. He is the founder of Happy Madison Productions, a film production company that also developed the television series Rules of Engagement.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to...
) was on a flight to Lambert.
- In 2006 Lambert International is mentioned in a few scenes in the movie The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones is a 2008 American dramedy film directed by Neil Burger. The screenplay by Burger and Dirk Wittenborn focuses on three United States Army soldiers who find themselves drawn together by unforeseen circumstances.-Plot:...
which was set in Austin, Texas. A large part of this film was shot at Lambert.
- During the summer of 2008, Steven Soderbergh filmed a scene from The Informant (2009 film)
The Informant! is a 2009 political dark comedy film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and based on true events and the 2000 nonfiction book about Mark Whitacre, The Informant, by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. The script was written by Scott Z...
at Lambert airport.
- The film Up in the Air
Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and co-written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner. It is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel, Up in the Air, written by Walter Kirn.-Plot summary:...
(2009) was filmed in the St. Louis area, including portions of Concourse D, starting March 3, 2009 through the end of April. The film stars George ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Clooney has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as well as social and liberal political activism...
.