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items 5 and 8 — Earhart, 1936; every name the one field has carried
The famous landing is documented for the county's field, and no larger: Amelia Earhart landed her Lockheed Electra at Bendix Field in 1936, on the field's own history's telling — a South Bend landing, printed here at boundary size because it is the only famous landing this county's record holds, and no landing by Earhart or any other famous flyer is recorded for, or can be carried to, this township's ground. The name line of the one field, complete, runs: South Bend Municipal Airport at Cadet Field in the observation record of 1929; Bendix Municipal Airport from the 1933 opening; through its county and Bendix Field – St. Joseph County Airport years and the Michiana Regional names; South Bend Regional Airport from 1 January 2000; and South Bend International Airport from 23 April 2014. The "International" step was a build, not a press release: the field stands in the federal record as a U.S. Customs user-fee airport, its customs standing the substance the name announces. The township strip of the article above has carried one name and one identifier, IN93, for its whole federal life.
Sources:
- South Bend International Airport, official history (the Earhart landing of 1936; the renamings of 1 January 2000 and 23 April 2014).
- The federal airport record for KSBN (U.S. Customs user-fee airport standing).