New terminal opens at historic Wendover Airport

New terminal opens at historic Wendover Airport


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WENDOVER -- A new 10,000 square foot terminal officially opened at the historic Wendover Airfield Wednesday.

The city built it to accommodate growing passenger traffic in to Wendover.

The airfield has quite a history. World War II -bomber crews trained there.

Paul Tippetts and the crew of a B-29 called the Enola Gay took off from Wendover on its way to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

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