Between Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Williamson County Regional Airport, which airport was renamed to honor veterans and better reflect the regional nature of the airport?
Williamson County Regional Airport Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (IATA: MWA, ICAO: KMWA, FAA LID: MWA) , formally known as the Williamson County Regional Airport, is five miles west of Marion, in Williamson County, Illinois. The airport is owned by the Williamson County Airport Authority. It sees one airline, subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $2,104,616 (per year). On November 11, 2016 during the grand opening ceremony for the new terminal, the airport was renamed to "Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois" to honor veterans and better reflect the regional nature of the airport.
Bentonville Municipal Airport Bentonville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KVBT, FAA LID: VBT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Bentonville, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is also known as Louise M. Thaden Field or Louise Thaden Field, a name it was given in 1951 to honor Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905–1979), an aviation pioneer from Bentonville.