OMA has been in existence since 1940 and was named after Eugene C. Eppley, a hotel magnate who sold his company to Sheraton in 1956 for $30 million. Eppley’s money helped to modernize the airport and allow jets to fly in and out of there in 1959-1960. James C. Buckley, Inc. built the current terminal building, which was completed in 1961.
Eppley Airfield lies three miles northeast of downtown Omaha and in 2011 served 4.2 million passengers. There is one terminal, with two concourses that house 20 gates.
On the three runways, seven airlines fly their planes and the airport handles about 90 flights per day, none of which are international. Most of the flights land in Denver, CO, with the second most landing at O’Hare in Chicago.
One of the interesting things about this airfield is that on the east, south, and west it is surrounded by the state of Iowa. During an 1877 flood, the Missouri River changed course and created an unusual geographic formation whereby land west of what is now Eppley Airfield, was ruled by the Supreme Court to still be part of Iowa.
You will need to bring a pen, as the cache is small and does not have one.