The human fascination with flight has been obvious for millennia, but it was only in 1903 that the Wright brothers first successfully soared through the air. Once a luxury experience for the select few, commercial air travel is now more accessible than ever, with countless airlines connecting airports around the world. But all these airports had to start somewhere, as these early images prove. The dates mentioned in the photographs refer to the year or decade in which the shot was taken. 

Click through this gallery to take a step back in time, and discover how America's airports used to look in their earliest days...