Even before the opening kickoff on Sunday night, Super Bowl XLVI smashed one record – the number of private aircraft flying to the game. More than 1,100 private aircraft had parking reservations at area airports for the weekend, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation Aviation Division. And that number doesn’t include the hundreds of aircraft that did “quick turns” – dropping passengers off and returning after the game to pick them up.
Indianapolis International Airport maxed out its capacity with 350 aircraft parking at Signature Flight Service and another 400 at Million Air. Runway 14/32 on the north side of the field was closed to provide additional parking for the Gulfstreams, Globals, Challengers, Falcons, Citations and Learjets that came in.
