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Spokane International Airport (IATA: GEG, ICAO: KGEG) is a public airport located in Spokane County, five miles (8 km)
southwest of the city of Spokane, Washington, USA.
Known as Sunset Field before 1941, it was purchased from the county by the Department of Defense and renamed Geiger Field
after Major Harold C. Geiger, an Army aviator. It was designated Spokane's municipal airport in 1946, replacing Felts Field,
and received its present name in 1960. The airport is the second largest airport in the State of Washington processing
3.1 million passengers in 2004.
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