HISTORY OF THE BALCHEN/POST AWARD From 1976 through 1985, the airport categories were: Large Hub, Medium Hub, Small Hub, Non Hub, General Aviation Airport, and Air Force Base. In 1986, the categories were: Large Commercial(Over 75,000 schedule operations); Medium Commercial ( 10,000 to 75,000 scheduled operations); Small Commercial (up to 10,000 schedule operations); Large General Aviation (over 50,000 operations/year); Small General Aviation (less than 50,000 operations/year); and U.S. Air Force Base 1976 Salt Lake City Int'l Airport Utah 1977 Greater Buffalo Int'l Airport New York Michiana Regional Airport Inciana Chemung County Airport New York 1978 O'Hare Int'l Airport Illinois Erie Int'l Airport Pennsylvania Thompkins County Airport New York Spirit of St. Louis Airport Missouri 1979 Greater Pittsburgh Int'l Airport Pennsylvania Greater Buffalo Int'l Airport New York Billings Logan Int'l Airport Montana Auburn-Lewiston Airport Maine Teterboro Airport New Jersey 1980 Stapleton Int'l Airport Colorado Greater Cincinnati Airport Kentucky Patrick Henry Int'l Airport Virginia Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport Wisconsin Niagara Falls Int'l Airport New York Fairchild AFB 1981 Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport Michigan Syracuse Hancock Int'l Airport New York Michiana Regional Airport Indiana Muskegan County Airport Michigan Watertown Int'l Airport New York Fairchild AFB 1982 Minneapolis St. Paul Int'l Airport Minnesota Indianapolis Int'l Airport Indiana Bangor Int'l Airport Maine Natrona County Int'l Airport Wyoming Niagara Falls Int'l Airport New York Fairchild AFB 1983 Bradley Int'l Airport Connecticut ABE Airport Pennsylvania Muskegon County Airport Michigan Cuyahoga County Airport Ohio Loring AFB Maine 1984 Greater Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Salt Lake City Int'l Airport Utah Erie Int'l Airport Pennsylvania Manchester Grenier Airport New Hampshire Arapahoe County Airport Colorado Eilsen AFB Alaska 1985 Michiana Regional Airport Indiana Greater Pittsburgh Int'l Airport Pennsylvania Port Columbus Int'l Airport Ohio Marquette County Airport Michigan Lake Elmo Airport Minnesota Bitburg AFB Germany 1986 Minnenapolis St. Paul Intn'lAirport Minnesota Madison-Dane County Regional Airport Wisconsin Muskegon County Airport Michigan Cuyahoga County Airport Ohio Bitburg AFB Germany 1987 Cleveland Hopkins Int'l Airport Ohio Burlington Int'l Airport Vermont Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Ohio Morristown Municipal Airport New Jersey Lenawee County Airport Michigan Loring AFB Maine 1988 Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport Illinois Burlington Int'l Airport Vermont Muskegon County Airport Michigan Westfield-Barnes Airport Massachussetts JFK Memorial Airport (Ashland) Wisconsin Bitburg Air Base W. Germany 1989 Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport Illinois Syracuse Hancock Int'l Airport New York Muskegon County Airport Michigan Cuyahoga County Airport Ohio Twin Cities Airport/Ross Field Michigan K.I. Sawyer AFB Michigan 1990 Salt Lake City Int'l Airport Utah Cherry Capital Airport (Traverse City) Michigan Juneau Int'l Airport Alaska Centennial Airport (Englewood/Denver) Colorado Lake Tahoe Airport California K.I. Sawyer AFB Michigan 1991 Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l Airport Minnesota T.F. Green State Airport (Providence) Rhode Island Central Wisconsin Airport (Mosinee) Wisconsin Hanscom Field (Bedford) Massachussetts Rutland State Airport Vermont Plattsburgh AFB New York 1992 Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l Airport Minnesota Cherry Capital Airport Traverse City Michigan Muskegon County Airport Michigan Centennial Airport - Englewood Colorado Talkeetna StateAirport Alaska Griffiss AFB New York 1993 Salt Lake City Int'l Airport Utah Syracuse Hancock Int'l Airport New York Lebanon Airport & Business Park New Hampshire Coeur d'Alene Airport Idaho Rutland State Airport Vermont Elmendorf AFB Alaska 1994 Pittsburgh Int'l Airport Pennsylvania Traverse CityCherry Capital Airport Michigan Reading Regional Airport Pennsylvania Cuyahoga County Airport Ohio Southwest Michigan Regional Airport Michigan 1995 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Michigan Deer Lake Airport Newfoundland Bishop Int'l Airport (Flint) Michigan Cuyahoga County Airport Ohio Southwest Michigan Regional Airport Michigan Griffiss AFB New York 1996 Cleveland Hopkins Int'l Airport Ohio Albany Airport New York Lebanon Municipal Airport New Hampshire Teterboro Airport New York Price County Airport (Phillips) Wisconsin Elmendorf AFB Alaska 1997 Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l Airport Minnesota Gander Int'l Airport Newfoundland Southwest Michigan Regional Airport Michigan Cuyahoga County Int'l Airport Ohio Price County Airport Wisconsin Fairchild AFB 1998 Anchorage Int'l Airport Alaska Greater Rochester Airport New York Marquette CountyAirport Michigan Centennial Airport Colorado Truckee Tahoe Airport California Grand Forks AFB North Dakota 1999 Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport Illinois Greater Rochester Int'l Airport New York Dayton Int'l Airport Ohio Oakland County Int'l Airport Michigan Rickenbacker Int'l Airport Ohio US Air Force Academy Colorago 2000 Anchorage Int'l Airport Alaska Syracuse/Hancock Int'l Airport New York Wiley Post/Will Rogers Memorial Airport Alaska Centennial County Airport Colorado Hartness State Airport Vermont U.S. Air Force Base - Misawa Japan.