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Who is Dulles Airport named after?

Last updated October 19, 2021 by ZagBot Comment

Washington Dulles International Airport is named after John Foster Dulles, the United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.

The airport was under construction when John Foster Dulles died in 1959, and US Senator Homer Capehart introduced a bill to posthumously name it in his honor.

The airport, located some 26 miles (or 42 kilometers) west of downtown Washington, DC, opened in 1962.

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