General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, also known as Logan International Airport and commonly as Boston Logan, Logan Airport, or simply Logan, is an international airport that is located mostly in East Boston and partially in Winthrop. It opened in 1923, covers 2,384 acres, and has six runways and four passenger terminals. It is the largest airport in both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the New England region in terms of passenger volume and cargo handling, the 16th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest airport in the Northeast outside the New York metropolitan area. It is named after General Edward Lawrence Logan, a 20th-century war hero native to Boston.