John Mazor wrote:

PHF (Patrick Henry Field) now goes by the clunky title of
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (thanks to
the local idiots with their Chamber of Commerce mentality).
According to local lore, in 1976 it was plain old Patrick
Henry Airport until the Queen flew into there for the
Bicentennial pomp and ceremony similar to what we just saw.
The local boys said "Hey, she's flying in from out of
country! Which means that now we can legitimately rename it
Patrick Henry International Airport!" That may have been
the only international flight there, at least until more
recent years.



LOL - reminds me of many decades back when they moved from the old Kansas
City downtown airport, to the brand spanking new KCI - Kansas City
International. Someone started raising a stink saying it couldn't be named
"International" since none of the carriers were flying to/from international
destinations from there. It was pointed out that we had something like one
flight a week from Mexico, and I believe customs consisted of one room over
at the air cargo building. Later even that was discontinued.. d:-))