Flight 2470
American Airlines Flight 2470 First Commercial Airliner to Land on Runway 11-29 (Lambert St. Louis International Airport) April 13, 2006 American Airlines Flight 2470 ( AAL2470 ) was the first commercial airliner to land on Runway 11-29 ( picture ), the newest runway at Lambert St. Louis International Airport ( map ). Flight 2470 departed from Gate 8 at Santa Ana-John Wayne-Orange County Airport , Irvine, California ( map ) at 9:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time and took off around 9:33 AM PDT. The pilot informed the passengers that we would be the first commercial airliner to land on this runway five minutes prior to landing. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Flight 2470 landed April 13, 2006 at 2:28 PM Central Daylight Time. The flight arrived at Gate C16 at Lambert St. Louis International Airport . Flight 2470 is an MD-83 built by The Boeing Company . According to the "SPOTTERS" web site, the FAA Registry for AAL2470 on April 13, 2006 is N94...