Play Family Airport

#996

c1972-1976

Two years after the #183 Fun Jet had been introduced, Fisher-Price decided to give it an airport for the company, and the Fun Jet itself was included in a redesigned form as the Airport's airplane. A cardboard box for the accessories was included, much like the #930 Garage had, and is pretty scarce. We don't know if this inner box was sold all years of the #996 production or just the first few years.

The #996 Airport only lasted four years. In 1981, a new airport, the #933 Jetport, took its place and ran for another four before blending into the new airport in 1986, the #2502.

The #996 Airport was by far the best Little People Airport design ever made. The base is very creative, with a swing-out runway/concourse, a revolving luggage conveyor, a drive-up ramp, a control tower on the top, and a helicopter landing area. The helicopter landing area has a hand-turned crank that makes the helicopter blades spin and makes a luggage conveyor belt turn.