A Boeing 737 taxis to a ramp. [Credit: Jeff Bough Photo/ file photo]
Key Takeaways:
The Federal Transfer Center at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, despite its appearance, is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, not a public terminal.
Opened in 1995, it serves as a central hub for the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS), moving federal inmates across the U.S. via air.
This facility functions primarily as a layover point for prisoners being transferred between different correctional institutions or returning to their conviction regions.
When we think of lackluster airport terminals, the old LaGuardia (KLGA) concourses might come to mind. Perhaps the “temporary” Concourse C and D at Washington’s Dulles International Airport (KIAD) also tops the list.
But one terminal is probably unanimously disliked, and few will ever see it.
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