John Opomatic National Airport

John Opomatic National/Private Airport (ICAO code: TJON) named after John Opomatic, is a national and general aviation airport North of Olde Towne. Opened in 1915, it became the biggest and busiest airport in Tectium in 1945 with 10 million passengers passing through its doors. The next busiest airport was Franklin Airport with 8 million people flying through it. It closed on June of 1955 as international airport and was opened again as a national airport in 1999.

History
After the invention of the plane, the mayor of Port Stanley at the time Herald McGail decided to build Port Stanley's first major airport far away from the city because Port Stanley was expanding at incredible rate. It was 20 km away from the city center. It started off as a gravel strip in 1915. In 1923 the first Trans-Oceanic flight kicked off the opening of the first terminal and paved runway at the airport. 2 years later, a second runway was open parallel to the first. This one was next to the Yuberry River. Just North where the movie theatre is now.

A second terminal was opened in 1932 to accommodate for the increase of demand at the airport. This brought the airports capacity to 8 million. Tectium Airlines established their primary operations at the airport in 1933. A third runway and terminal were constructed at the same time in 1939. The airports capacity was brought to 12 million passengers per year. 1945 marked the 10 million passenger mark and the 30 year anniversary. By 1953 the airport was running at full capacity with 16 million people flying through every year.

At this point, it was clear that a new airport was necessary to ease pressure off of John Opomatic. Either that or expropriating land from owners or filling in the Yuberry. Many things caused the demise of the airport which included overcrowding, not enough space, 1955 Mt Hubert Lava Flows and public pressure to move the airport. It closed in 1955. Immediately many investors bought the land and started to build houses and apartments. Terminal 2 or Tectium Airlines' signature "Gum Ball Machine" terminal was turned into a movie theatre and preserved. The control tower becoming an observation deck. Runway 3 and Terminal 3 were both bulldozed and the land was used for residential purposes. The only carrier left at the airport was Tectium Airlines' flights to Port Stanley and the Taone Coast.

It closed for good in 1978.

In 1998 plans were drawn up to use the airport as a low-cost destination hub for Port Stanley and in 1999 the new terminal for John Opomatic Airport opened to the public.