Will Rogers Airport, Oklahoma

Will Rogers Airport, the main airport for Oklahoma City, is the location for the Federal Aviation Administration’s training site for air traffic controllers. The FAA’s campus, called the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, is on the west side of the airport, and has other training and technology programs as well. The airport is named after the famous entertainer, who was from Oklahoma. The city also operates the Wiley Post Airport north of town, named after the celebrated pilot and aviation pioneer. Wiley Post and Will Rogers died together in 1935, in a plane crash.