By plane
By plane
Tribute to a fallen comrade
Richard Douglas Husband 1957-2003, an Amarillo native and the namesake of the city's airport, was the commander of the space shuttle Columbia which disintegrated in the skies over Texas on 1 February 2003, killing him and his six crewmates.
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
IATA: AMA (http://www.amarillo-cvb.o...) 10801 Airport Boulevard. Approximately 2 miles north of I-40 East, and approximately 7 miles east of downtown Amarillo. Served by American Eagle, Continental Express, and Southwest Airlines with nonstop flights to Dallas, Houston, Albuquerque, Denver, and Las Vegas.Tradewinds Airport
4105 Tradewind Rd. FAA code TDW. General aviation airport approximately 3 miles south of downtown.
By car
By car
Amarillo is located on:
Interstate 40
east of Albuquerque, New Mexico and west of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Interstate 27
north of Lubbock, Texas.U.S. Highway 60
west-southwest of Pampa, Texas.U.S. Highway 287
south of Boise City, Oklahoma.Amarillo also straddles historic Route 66.