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<br /> i <br /> <br /> r <br /> City of Eu ene <br /> Airport Ex ansion--3 <br /> Southwest, Continental and Horizon airlines offer 220 flights per week. <br /> This 's the first major expansion since the current terminal opened in <br /> 1964. The airfield has continually been upgraded, including over $14 million <br /> ~I <br /> in improve ents, primarily funded by the FAA, that have been made since 1978. <br /> Last Octob r, the FAA also opened a new $3 million air control tower, equipped <br /> with new, tate-of-the art radar and electronic devices. <br /> Eugen 's airport is named after Mahlon Sweet, a local aviation enthusiast <br /> <br /> j and community leader, who convinced the city to establish an airport in 1919. <br /> It was th first municipally-owned airport on the West Coast and was then <br /> located a 18th and Chambers, now Westmoreland Park. <br /> eabab465 <br /> I <br /> 'i <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />