From WWII to the Super Bowl, the St. Paul Airport has served the Twin Cities for 100 years

The St. Paul Airport turns 100-years-old this month. In the last century, the airport helped with the war effort and also played a major role in Twin Cities flight. "We've got California, Florida, Alaska. We've had international flights from Spain, Portugal," said Jack Carroll, general manager of the St. Paul Flight Center.At the St. Paul Airport, no two days are the same. Military and private aircraft bring in service members and celebrities. And when the Super Bowl was here, it was all hands on deck."It was the busiest day in the airport's history. Literally, they shut down two of the three runways. There were airplanes parked on every available piece of laptop," said Carroll.It's just part of the airport's long runway of memories."Air mail. That's the overriding story," said Bruce Kitt, Northwest Airlines History Center.Kitt said a century ago, Minneapolis and St. Paul were competing to be the air mail destination from Chicago to the Twin Cities."Neither one of them could agree so t