Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (IATA: AMA, ICAO: KAMA, FAA LID: AMA) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) east of the central business district of Amarillo, a city in Potter and Randall Counties, Texas, United States. The airport was renamed in 2003 after fallen NASA astronaut and Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February of that year.
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