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"airfield" Definitions
  1. an area of flat ground where military or private planes can take off and land
"airfield" Synonyms
aerodrome airdrome airport airstrip field landing strip air base air station landing field runway strip takeoff strip flight strip taxiway air harbor flight deck flying field landing landing deck port

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"We have seen activity at Sheyrat airfield, Sheyrat airfield as you will recall is the same airfield that we struck in April, that airfield was associated with Syrian chemical weapons use," he said Tuesday.
The helicopter had departed from a civil airfield in Son Bonet, while the aircraft had flown from a small airfield in nearby Binissalem.
Last year, the Trump administration authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles on a government airfield in Syria after it said the targeted airfield had launched a chemical attack.
Celiz was based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.
It is at night that the airfield comes to life.
The virtual versions are fed live video from airfield cameras.
Sondok is the site of a North Korean military airfield.
Launching missiles against an exposed airfield is a familiar exercise.
The pilot ejected safely, roughly five miles from the airfield.
Dillingham Airfield will be closed until further notice, Sakahara said.
But I think it is near [airfield] Payam, [city] Karaj.
President Trump ordered missile strikes on the airfield days later.
The airfield was sometimes bombed by German planes, she recalled.
At a nearby dirt airfield, they boarded two small planes.
The twin-engine King Air plane went down near Dillingham Airfield.
America already has a large airfield and naval station in Djibouti.
Attacking the airfield is the most ethically defensible thing to do.
Trump's Syria dilemma doesn't end just because he bombed an airfield.
They trained at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Macon County, Alabama.
The Tuskegee Airmen were based in Alabama, at Tuskegee Army Airfield.
The setup in aviation in America is we secure the airfield.
What the phony airfield concealed was batteries of anti-aircraft weapons.
Essendon Airport is a small airfield mainly used by light planes.
But now, at a cold, dark airfield in South Dakota, Mrs.
No one at the airfield was available to comment on Saturday.
It had taken off from the small Campo do Marte airfield.
The cruise missiles struck Al Shayrat airfield at 3:1703 a.m.
Leaders across Europe backed Mr. Trump's strike on a Syrian airfield.
The plane landed at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan at 8.33 p.m.
Strikes on one airfield won't do much to degrade Assad's capabilities.
"They are most of the way through the airfield," Brig. Gen.
Operations within 5.5 kilometres of an airfield are allowed in some instances, as long as they are not on the approach and departure path, and would not otherwise get in the way of aircraft using the airfield.
The target was al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs in western Syria.
She experiences a trauma flash, but forges ahead until reaching the airfield.
Shayrat Airfield was used to store chemical weapons and Syrian air forces.
The U.S. responded by launching 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield.
In all, commanders say they will pave some 39 acres of airfield.
The flight was unharmed and continued its approach, landing at the airfield.
A fatal crash occurred at the airfield less than a year ago.
The next day, drones and jets were deployed to attack the airfield.
The presence of Russian military personnel at the airfield complicated the decision.
"The weather and icing is an issue for the airfield," Major said.
No Taliban insurgents were able to breach the wire at the airfield.
They also place three recorders around the airfield, playing sounds of birds.
The missile was fired from near North Korea's Panghyon Airfield, it said.
In response, the U.S. launched a missile strike on a Syrian airfield.
The inner circle stampeded to the airfield and at 22019:13 a.m.
Two drones were sighted near Gatwick's airfield on Wednesday night around 9 p.m.
The Khan Sheikhoun attack led to a U.S. airstrike on a Syrian airfield.
Ahmed and Eisa Al Marzouqi at an airfield close to a hajwalah meet.
A fourth flight will carry evacuees to the Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska.
The GNA bombed an airfield its rival has used to launch air raids.
China confirmed it had completed building an airfield on Fiery Cross Reef Saturday.
The injured member is receiving treatment at Bagram Airfield, according to the statement.
Since 2013, unmanned American aircraft have launched from a clandestine airfield in Niamey.
We had built up a wonderful team, with great facilities at our airfield.
The militias captured a nearby airfield, but did not assault the city itself.
"I did like the bombing of the Syrian airfield," one writer cheerily conceded.
It was pitch black and the convoy was spread over an old airfield.
"Incompetent" is how he described the Russians who shared the airfield with Syrians.
They persevered and landed at Valley Stream airfield on Long Island on Oct.
MUNICH (Reuters) - The United States saw what appeared to be active Syrian preparations for a possible chemical weapons attack at Shayrat airfield, the same Syrian airfield the United States struck in April, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said on Tuesday.
While in Italy, the 525th moved several more times while participating in the Rome-Arno campaign. Bases for the 525th included Sele Airfield, Serretella Airfield, and Pomigliano Airfield in 1943. During 1944, the squadron operated from Marcianise Airfield, Ciampino Airport, Orbetello Airfield, Grosseto Airfield, Italy and Poretta Airfield, Corsica.
Lagoon Airfield was abandoned after the war, while Ocean Airfield remained in use as a civilian airfield.
Mokerang Airfield, was an airfield on the northwest tip of Los Negros Island, NNW of Momote Airfield.
Kymi Airfield is an airfield in Kotka, Finland. The Karhulan ilmailukerho Aviation Museum is located at the airfield.
Kärsämäki Airfield is an airfield in Kärsämäki, Finland.
Torokina Airfield, also known as Cape Torokina Airfield, is a former World War II airfield located at Cape Torokina, Bougainville.
Viitasaari Airfield is an airfield in Viitasaari, Finland, about north- northwest of Viitasaari town centre. , the airfield is indefinitely closed.
Ahmosuo Airfield is an airfield in Hangaskangas, Oulu, Finland, about southeast from Oulu city centre. The airfield was opened in 1987.
Gould Airfield was an airfield south of Batchelor Airfield at Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II. The runway was .
The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in 1943 and known as Kara Airfield and Toripoil Airfield.
Aachen Merzbrück Airfield () is an airfield located near Aachen, Germany.
Kipapa Airfield is a former wartime airfield on Oahu, Hawaii.
Antique Airfield is a private use airfield located three miles northeast of Blakesburg, Iowa. Antique Airfield is owned and operated by Robert L. Taylor and the Airpower Museum."AirNav: IA27 - Antique Airfield." AirNav. N.p.
Middleburg Airfield (also known as Klenso Airfield or Toem Airfield) is a World War II airfield located on Middleburg Island, to the north of Sansapor in West Papua, Indonesia. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
CGC was formed in 1964. It was initially based at Long Newnton airfield near Tetbury,The airfield has long since reverted to farmland. See the Airfield Search Long Newnton airfield . but in 1967 moved to its current home, Aston Down—at that time still a military airfield.
During World War II the airport was Tracy Auxiliary Airfield (No 4), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.
Peleliu Airfield is a small airfield on Peleliu, one of the islands of Palau. It also served as an airfield during World War II.
Kumlinge Airfield (, ) is an airfield in Kumlinge, Åland, Finland. The airfield was opened in 1975, and it is operated by the Government of Åland.
Korçë Airfield is an airfield serving Korçë, a city in southeastern Albania.
Chimu Airfield or NAB Chimu is a former World War II airfield on the Pacific coast of Okinawa. The airfield was inactivated after October 1945.
Kiuruvesi Airfield is an airfield in Kiuruvesi, Finland, north of Kiuruvesi town centre. Kiuruvesi Airfield is considered one of the busiest airfields in the world.
During World War II, the airport was designated as Kingsbury Auxiliary Airfield (No 1), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.
Oro Bay Airfield (also known as Cape Sudest Airfield) is a former World War II airfield in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
Motobu Airfield is a World War II airfield on the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa, near the East China Sea coast. The airfield was deactivated after 1945.
Cerfontaine Airfield is a private airfield located near Cerfontaine, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It took over most flying activity from the nearby Froidchapelle airfield when that closed.
During World War II, the airport was designated as New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield (No 2), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.
Suomussalmi Airfield is an airfield in Suomussalmi, Finland, about southwest of Suomussalmi centre.
Hämeenkyrö Airfield is an airfield in Hämeenkyrö, Finland, about northwest of Hämeenkyrö centre.
Kivijärvi Airfield is an airfield in Kivijärvi, Finland, about northeast of Kivijärvi centre.
Ranua Airfield is an airfield in Ranua, Finland, located northwest of Ranua centre.
Oberwiesenfeld Army Airfield is a former military airfield, located in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Timbalai Airfield was an airfield located on the western coast of Labuan, Malaysia.Rottman, Gordon L (2001), p.262 The airfield was built by the Imperial Japanese after occupying Labuan Island. The Japanese airfield was later made unserviceable from Allied bombing raids.
Quoin Hill Airfield was an airfield in North Efate, in Vanuatu . The airfield was used during World War II but is no longer usable as an airstrip.
Aldinga Airfield (ICAO:YADG) is a small, uncontrolled regional airfield located in Aldinga, South Australia. The airfield serves as a regional port and is privately owned and maintained.
The airfield later joined with an airfield at Whenuapai to become RNZAF Base Auckland.
Médiouna Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco, located in the Casablanca area.
Leoben/Timmersdorf Airfield (, ) is a private use airfield located west of Timmersdorf, Styria, Austria.
Kannus Airfield is an airfield in Kannus, Finland, about east of Kannus town centre.
Kemijärvi Airfield is an airfield in Kemijärvi, Finland, about west of Kemijärvi town centre.
Kuhmo Airfield is an airfield in Kuhmo, Finland, about west of Kuhmo town centre.
Lapinlahti Airfield is an airfield in Lapinlahti, Finland, about northeast of Lapinlahti municipal centre.
Mäntsälä Airfield is an airfield in Mäntsälä, Finland, about southeast of Mäntsälä town centre.
Rantasalmi Airfield is an airfield in Rantasalmi, Finland, about east of Rantasalmi municipal centre.
Alavus Airfield is an airfield in Alavus, Finland, about southwest of Alavus town centre.
Forssa Airfield is an airfield in Forssa, Finland, about southeast of Forssa town centre.
Wewak Airfield is a former World War II airfield near Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
The bomber airfield remains usable, while the fighter airfield is completely overgrown with vegetation.
Henry Post Army Airfield, the airfield at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is named for him.
The current developed site of DeLay Airfield is bordered by Venice Blvd., Abbot Kinney Blvd. and Washington Way: GOOGLE Satellite Map of DeLay Airfield site. DeLay Airfield, Wikimapia.
Primorsko Airfield is an airfield in Primorsko, Bulgaria. The airfield was built in 2003. It is located 5 km west of Primorsko near the village of Yasna polyana.
Sansapor Airfield (also known as Mar Airfield) is a former World War II airfield located in the village of Werur, in Tambrauw Regency, West Papua, Indonesia. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
Rapla Airfield (also known as Kuusiku Airfield) is an airfield in Estonia. It's located in Iira village near the town of Rapla, about from the capital Tallinn. Rapla Airfield is considered as one of the centres of Estonian skydiving and private aviation. The airfield has two wide parallel grass- covered runways: 15L/33R and 15R/33L .
Derby Airfield is a small privately-owned grass airfield situated between the Derbyshire villages of Egginton and Hilton, in the East Midlands of England. The airfield is 7 miles southwest of Derby, and 11 miles northeast of Tatenhill Airfield (an East Staffordshire airfield with a flying school and paved runways). Derby Airfield is the home of Airspeed Aviation Limited (UK) and is the home of Derby Aero Club. Privately owned and run by the Jones family, the airfield is the only CAA licensed aerodrome in Derbyshire.
Manchester International Airport is about from Bradwall. The nearest airfield is about away at Arclid Airfield,"Arclid Airfield" at ukga.com. Retrieved 16 May 2012. currently used by Cheshire Microlights.
Babo Airfield is a disused airfield located on the southern shore of Maccluer Gulf at Babo in Indonesia. The airfield is located in an isolated low-lying swamp area.
Pader Airfield (also Patongo Airfield) is an airfield serving Pader and Patongo, two towns, apart, in the south-eastern part of Pader District, in the Northern Region of Uganda.
Lorengau Airfield was an airfield located at Lorengau on the north coast of Manus Island.
Sherman Army Airfield is a former World War II airfield located in Pleasant Hill, California.
Vampula Airfield is an airfield in Vampula, Huittinen, Finland, about west- northwest of Vampula village.
Vaala Airfield is an airfield in Vaala, Finland, about south-southwest from Vaala municipal centre.
Rautavaara Airfield ( or ') is an airfield in Rautavaara, Finland, about southwest of Rautavaara municipal centre.
Pieksämäki Airfield is an airfield in Pieksämäki, Finland, about west- southwest of Pieksämäki town centre.
Punkaharju Airfield is an airfield in Punkaharju, Savonlinna, Finland, about south of Punkaharju municipal centre.
Raahe-Pattijoki Airfield is an airfield in Raahe, Finland, about east of Raahe town centre.
Hailuoto Airfield ( or ') is an airfield in Pöllä, Hailuoto, Finland, about south of Hailuoto village.
Iisalmi Airfield is an airfield in Iisalmi, Finland, about north-northwest of Iisalmi town centre.
Kalajoki Airfield is an airfield in Kalajoki, Finland, about west-southwest of Kalajoki town centre.
Kajjansi Airfield is an airfield serving Kajjansi, a town in the Central Region of Uganda.
Ogliuga Island Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located on Ogliuga Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
The old airfield headquarters building was torn down in 2009; nothing remains of the airfield.
In 1935 it became again an Airfield of the Luftwaffe. The airfield was used during World War II by the German Luftwaffe as a combat airfield. It was seized in early April 1945 by the United States Army and used as a Ninth Air Force combat airfield until the end of the war in Europe. After the war "Army Airfield Station Fürth" was established at the airfield, being closed in June 1947.
Kila Airfield (also known as Kila Kila Airfield and 3-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located north of Joyce Bay, three miles from the town of Port Moresby near the village of Kila Kila. The airfield was Port Moresby's first civilian airfield, built in 1933 by the Australian administration.
Kihnu Airfield is an airfield on Kihnu island in Estonia. The airfield is situated near the village of Sääre and is southwest of Pärnu. It has no IATA airport code. The airfield has two crossing runways; 04/22 and 15/33 , both with grass surface.
Ban Me Thuot East Airfield (also known as Ban Me Thuot FSB, Camp Torres, FSB Aquarius, Hoa Binh Airfield, LZ Ban Me Thuot and Phung Duc Airfield) was a military and civilian airfield and army base located approximately 8 km southeast of Buôn Ma Thuột.
The Communication Frequency for Robertson Airfield is 124.80AVIMAP Frequency Chart February 2012 The airfield is unmanned.
Moyglare Airfield is a private airfield located northwest of Maynooth (), a town in County Kildare, Ireland.
Immola Airfield is an airfield in Imatra, Finland, about northeast of Imatrankoski, the centre of Imatra.
Manbulloo Airfield was a World War II airfield built at Manbulloo Station, near Katherine, Northern Territory.
Querqueville Airfield is a former airfield north-northwest of Querqueville in the Normandy region of France.
A number of bunkers associated with the RAAF's occupation of the airfield exist near the airfield.
Wewak Airfield was built by the Territory of New Guinea administration and the Catholic mission in 1937. The airfield consisted of a single runway, running parallel to Wirui Beach. The Imperial Japanese Army occupied the airfield on 18 December 1942 and began to redevelop the airfield. The airfield was abandoned after the war, with the runway now serving as part of a road.
Rutja Airfield () is a disused airfield in Estonia, located west of Kunda. During the Soviet era it was reserve airfield of the 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment, stationed at Tapa air base.
1942 airphoto of the airfield under construction Republic P-47D-RE Thunderbolt (42-22281) from Aloe AAF, about 1943 Aloe Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located west of Victoria, Texas.
Ylivieska Airfield is an aerodrome located in Vähäkangas, Ylivieska, Finland, about east-southeast of Ylivieska town centre. The airfield was opened in 1982, and it replaced the old airfield in Niemenkylä.
The P-47s remained at the airfield until 13 September 1944, when the much better equipped former Luftwaffe airfield, Saint- Dizier–Robinson (A-64) became available. The airfield was abandoned by the end of the month and returned to agricultural use. Nothing remains of the former airfield.
Middle Swan Airfield Caversham, WA During WW2 Like the Caversham Airfield, the Mooliabeenee Airfield was later used as a motor racing track. Local car clubs regularly use the site for motorkhana events.
The airfield has one dirt runway with the heading of 17/35. The airfield has basic landing lights, aircraft parking, windsock, toilets and a water station. The airfield does not have avgas.
However Wormingford was surplus to Eighth Air Force requirements as a heavy bomber airfield and it was used instead as a fighter airfield although initially the Ninth Air Force used the airfield.
Marilinan Airfield is a former World War II airfield in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today has almost totally returned to its natural state.
Fort McClellan Army Airfield is a closed military airfield located north- northeast of Anniston, Alabama, United States.
Retrieved January 24, 2010. The airfield was renamed Stapleton Airfield in 1944, in honor of Mayor Stapleton.
Hereford Army Airfield is an abandoned military airfield located about west- southwest of Hereford, Arizona, United States.
Winn Airfield is a private airfield located 3 miles northeast of Corvallis in Benton County, Oregon, USA.
Piva Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Barakoma Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Ondonga Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
During World War II, the airport was used an auxiliary training airfield for Lemoore Army Airfield, California.
Gardelegen Airfield is a former military airfield, located 5.0 km east of Gardelegen in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Waldau Army Airfield is a former military airfield, located 4.0 km south of Kassel in Hesse, Germany.
Somersby Airfield (ICAO: YSMB, IATA: GOS) is an airfield located in Somersby, New South Wales, Australia. It is by road from the nearby city of Gosford. It is the sole aerodrome in Somersby, and does not serve scheduled commercial traffic. The airfield is operated by Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd.
During World War II the airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces and opened in October 1943 as Demopolis Army Airfield. The airfield was returned to civil control in 1946.
Sailplane at Skarpnäck Airfield in 1972. Skarpnäcksloppet 1952. Skarpnäck Airfield () was an airfield on Skarpnäcksfältet, a subdistrict of Skarpnäck borough, Stockholm, Sweden. It was mostly used for gliding, and was closed in 1980.
The Second Air Force, operating under the Continental Air Forces, concentrated on training for heavy and very heavy bombers during the war. Kirtland Field was one of six stations in the 16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing program. Other locations were Alamogordo Army Airfield and Clovis Army Airfield in New Mexico; Biggs Army Airfield and Pyote Army Airfield in Texas; and Davis- Monthan Army Airfield in Arizona.
Large petrol and bomb dumps were established and the airfield was used by the Netherlands East Indies Air Force as a staging base. No 24 Squadron, 25 Squadron and 31 Squadron all utilized the airfield. The airfield was large enough to handle B-24 Liberators. On 30 September 1944, the airfield base was made non-operational, and on 24 December 1945, the airfield was disbanded.
Durand Airfield (also known as 17-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple- airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located from Port Moresby, to the north of the Waigani swamp. The airfield was known as '17 Mile' or sometimes 'Waigani'. Waigani swamp is located at the end of the airfield.
The airfield remains in use as Tatenhill Airfield. A wartime Bellman hangar remains in use as of 2013.
Airfield "Kalyniv" () - airfield in Ukraine, located about northeast of Kalyniv and northeast of Sambir, near the Polish border.
Awase Airfield or NAB Awase is a former World War II airfield on the Pacific coast of Okinawa.
Pudasjärvi Airfield ( or ') is an airfield in Pudasjärvi, Finland, about north-northwest from Kurenalus, the Pudasjärvi town centre.
Other roads in the area, identified by "Airfield Road" signs, are the last vestiges of the former airfield.
Segi Point Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Krefeld Airfield is a former military airfield, located 4.2 km northeast of Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Maitzborn Airfield is a former military airfield located 1.7 km east-southeast of Kirchberg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Göllheim Airfield is a former military airfield, located 4.2 km west-southwest of Göllheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Three airfields are in the vicinity of Jüterbog: the Jüterbog Airfield few km to the west, the Oehna Airfield 10 km to the south, and the Reinsdorf Airfield 15 km south-east of Jüterbog.
Ruhnu Airfield is an airfield on Ruhnu island in Estonia. The airfield is situated to the south of the island, southeast of Kuressaare, near the village of Ringsu. It has no IATA airport code.
In 1915 the Österreichische Flugzeugfabrik (ÖFFAG) opened Wiener Neustadt Airport as their factory airfield. During World War II, the airfield was used for military purposes. The airfield was closed until 1972 the Sport Flieger Club Austria (SFCA) rented the airfield to continue its operations. The SFCA overhauled and rebuilt the airport.
Tsili Tsili (Tsile-Tsile) Airfield is a former World War II airfield in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today has almost totally returned to its natural state.
Vĩnh Long Airfield (also known as Vĩnh Long Army Airfield, Gauvin-Upton Airfield or Shannon-Wright Compound) is a former United States Army base west of Vĩnh Long in Vĩnh Long Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
Coomalie Creek Airfield in 2008 Coomalie Creek Airfield was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) airfield built in 1942 in what is now the locality of Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II.
Kualoa Airfield is a former wartime airfield on Oahu, Hawaii. Part of it is now the Kualoa Regional Park.
The aircraft was abandoned at Tacloban Airfield in a swampy area at the north-western end of the airfield.
During early June 1945, the airfield was captured by the Australian Army. The airfield is still in use today.
A corner of the original airfield is now used as an unlicensed aerodrome for civil use as Sturgate Airfield.
Alachua Army Airfield, was a World War II United States Army Air Force airfield, located northeast of Gainesville, Florida.
Hanko Airfield is the southernmost airfield in Finland. It is located in Hanko, about east of Hanko city centre.
Dagua Airfield was built by the Imperial Japanese Army in February 1943. The airfield was abandoned after the war.
Retrieved on 8 March 2014. and Stadskanaal Airfield in Stadskanaal. Vliegveld Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal Airfield. Retrieved on 8 March 2014.
Kukum Field also known as Fighter 2 Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Today, part of this former airfield is incorporated into the civilian airfield Celle-Arloh and used for recreational purposes.
It appears to have been a staging airfield for Operation Avalanche (invasion of Salerno, Italy). Since there were no airborne parachute landings during the Salareno invasion, it likely ferried supplies and personnel. Once Allied ground forces were on mainland Italy, the American use of the airfield appears to have ended; the 316th moved on to another airfield at Borizzo Airfield, Sicily. When the Americans pulled out the airfield was abandoned.
Berry Airfield (also known as 12-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located inland from Port Moresby. Also known as "12 Mile Drome" or "Bomana Drome", the airfield was named "Berry Airfield" in honor of P-39D 41-7165 pilot Major Jack W. Berry on November 10, 1942.
Boston Field also called Lemoore Auxiliary Army Airfield (A-1) was located at near Westhaven, Fresno County, California. After the war the Airfield was abandoned and returned to farmland. Boston Field was 3 miles south/west of Lemoore Army Airfield. The Airfield is listed as Bond Field on some later maps.airfields-freeman.
The airfield is now known as Tockwith Airfield. The runways are used for driver's education courses. Some of the buildings about the old airfield were incorporated into a business park. The village of Tockwith has expanded onto the airfield with the eastern side and main section of one runway now dissolved by housing.
Katoomba Airfield (ICAO: YKAT) is an Australian airfield located in the town of Medlow Bath, New South Wales. The airport is by road from the Central Business District of the nearby city of Katoomba. It is a country airfield that has seen minimal use. The airfield is currently closed to airplanes and helicopters.
Tây Lộc Airfield (also known as Huế Citadel Airfield) is a former United States Air Force (USAF), U.S. Army and Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) airfield located within the Huế Ciadel in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam.
Jämijärvi Airfield is an airfield in Jämijärvi, Finland, about south of Jämijärvi municipal centre. It is one of the busiest general aviation airfields in Finland. A serious aviation accident happened near the airfield in April 2014.
Borpop Airfield, also known as Huris Airfield, was an aerodrome located near Namatani, west of Borpop Harbour in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was built by the Imperial Japanese during World War II.
Melton Airfield is a small grass strip airfield located at the intersection of Coburns Road and Diggers Rest - Coimadai Road.
Blakenberg Airfield is a former World War II Allied airfield, located 4.9 km south of Diest in Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
Kiska Army Airfield is an abandoned military airfield, first Japanese and then US, on Kiska island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA.
The airfield is now called Dishforth Airfield and is operated by the 6 Regiment RLC component of the British Army.
Pátzcuaro Airfield or Purépecha Airfield is a small airport located in the town of Tzurumútaro, 3 km northeast of Pátzcuaro.
Leesburg Army Airfield, was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located east-northeast of Leesburg, Florida.
Kissimmee Army Airfield, was a United States Army Air Forces airfield during World War II, located west of Kissimmee, Florida.
Quảng Ngãi Airfield was a military and civilian airfield, and army base located approximately 4 km west of Quảng Ngãi.
With the start of World War II and the resulting fuel rationing, most civilian activity at the airfield was discontinued. In August 1943 newspaper editor Carl Henrik Clemmensen was murdered near the airfield. In November 1944 resistance movement Holger Danske attacked the airfield with 30 people. The airfield was guarded by the :da:SommerkorpsetSummer Corps.
A number of shipwrecks are located in the passage. The 1943 aerial photograph to the right shows the Buka Passage between Bougainville and Buka islands. Two Japanese airfields are visible, Buka Airfield (center) and Bonis Airfield (left). Today, Buka Airfield has become Bougainville's major airport, whereas Bonis Airfield has been disused since World War II.
Radar approach had been available since June 2002. Coleman was the only U.S. Army airfield in Germany that had its own approach control zone and provided approach control for several airports in the vicinity, both military and civilian, such as Mannheim City Airport (civilian), Speyer airfield (civilian), Worms airfield (civilian), and Heidelberg Army Airfield (military).
Lombron Airfield was built between 18 August and 3 September 1944 by the 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion, IX Engineering Command. Construction of Lombron Airfield (A-37), France, 1944. The airfield was established as an Emergency Landing/Refueling Airfield, however, it was not heavily used but one unit temporarily settled at the base: the P-47 Thunderbolts of the 405th Fighter Group. Although the airfield was not finished yet, advance parties of the Group was sent there with the remainder sent to Cretteville Airfield (A-14) on 25 August.
Menzel Heurr Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately 22 km north-northeast of Korba and 60 km east-southeast of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield built for fighter and light bomber use by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the North African Campaign. The airfield was used primarily by the 324th Fighter Group, which flew Curtiss P-40 Warhawks from the airfield in August 1943. After the Americans moved out, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned.
Griesheim Airport is a private airfield in Germany, located southwest of Griesheim (Hessen); approximately southwest of Berlin. Formerly a NATO military airfield, it was closed in 1992. In 1996, a large part of the airfield site was placed under the control of Technische Universität Darmstadt, where a variety of disciplines carry out experiments and operate several small aircraft.August Euler Airfield - Historical Overview Griesheim was originally part of an Imperial German Army (Reichsheer) military artillery firing range in 1874, an airfield was established on the site in 1908, being Germany's first airfield and flight school.
Aldinga Airfield was built in 1976 by a group of pilots who wanted an authentic airfield that could access the McLaren Vale wine region. The airfield received significant support from other pilots and aviators and was eventually built with a paved runway, and constructed parking areas. Today the airfield is used mostly by private pilots, Adelaide Biplanes and people who are passing through from Kangaroo Island, Eyre Peninsula and other places. The airfield is outside the main Adelaide controlled airspace, making it easy for VFR pilots to operate in and out of the airfield.
Afterwards, it was used as a casualty and resupply airfield during the early days of the Italian Campaign. After the war, the airfield was dismantled. Today, there are no remaining traces of the airfield as the urban growth of the Licata area has expanded over the area, and obliterated any trace of the airfield. It is unknown precisely where the airfield was located due to the changed landscape over the past 60 years.
The airfield was opened to the public on 12 August 1940. In May 1943, during World War II, the airport was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Forces, and was known as Vidalia- Lyons Army Airfield. Also known as Turner AAF Auxiliary Airfield No. 8, the airfield supported the elementary & advanced training in two-engine aircraft being conducted at Turner AAF. The airfield inactivated on 28 December 1944, and was declared surplus in 1946.
Stanley Army Airfield is a former World War II airfield located on Oahu, Hawaii. It was a temporary airfield, used for fighter planes as part of the island's defense. Today it is the golf course of Schofield Barracks.
The Hoton-Wymeswold road runs alongside the airfield. The airfield has also been host for regattas of land sailing. In the early 1990s, there were plans for a 6,000 population new town to be built on the airfield.
In 1942, the Walker Army Airfield was built northwest of Walker. Thousands were stationed at the airfield for training of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress during World War II. The airfield was abandoned and most of it razed.
Construction of the airfield for RAF Training Command started in 1937. The airfield opened in March 1939, and by September 1939 the RAF's No. 2 Air Armament School was the first unit to be stationed at the airfield.
P-51 Mustang flightline, Laohwangping Airfield, June 1945. Laohwangping Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located approximately 1 mile west of Jiuzhou Zhen (Guizhou Province) in the People’s Republic of China.
The former Second World War airfield RAF Deenethorpe is situated south of the village and is currently known as Deenethorpe Airfield.
Keystone Army Airfield, was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located north-northwest of Keystone Heights, Florida.
After World War II, the airfield was utilised by the missionaries. The airfield is overgrown with kunai grass and is disused.
Oripää Airfield is an airfield in Oripää, Finland, northeast of Oripää municipal centre. It hosted World Glider Aerobatic Championships in 2013.
Robertson Airfield is an unmanned airfield, with a 1 600 meter asphalt runway, situated 1 km to the east of Robertson.
Ophoven Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located west of Opglabbeek (Limburg); approximately northeast of Brussels.
Bremerhaven Army Airfield is a former military airfield, located 4.1 km northeast of Bremerhaven in the Bremen Free State of Germany.
Furthermore, a last Allied attack on the airfield on 9 April 1945 had not caused any serious damage to the airfield.
Long Airfield was a World War II military airfield located in the locality of Douglas-Daly, Northern Territory, Australia. Also known as "Long Strip", the airfield was constructed in late 1943 by No.14 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF. The bitumen surfaced runway was wide. Fifty three aircraft dispersal bays with some protected with earth revetments were also constructed.
Bolo Airfield (also known as Bolo Point Airfield) is a former World War II airfield in Okinawa, at Bolo Point on the East China Sea coast. The airfield was inactivated after 1946 and returned to Japanese control in 1972. Currently it is a part of Yomitan village, where it has been redeveloped into a golf course and recreation area.
A referendum on building an airfield was held in the Pitcairn Islands in March 1981.Pitcairn (UK), March 1981: Construction of an airfield Direct Democracy With the island only accessible by boat, around 90% voted in favour of constructing an airfield. The Island Council supported the construction of an airfield. However, construction was too expensive for the British Authorities.
IX Engineering Command, Ninth Air Force repaired the airfield, which was re-designated "Advanced Landing Ground R-14". American Army Air Force units used the airfield as a casualty evacuation and combat resupply airfield by the IX Air Service Command. The runways were hardened with PSP, and heavy cargo planes flew into the airfield, often throughout the night.
The present airfield lies to the north of the original site. The original airfield lay to the south of the one surviving T1 Type Hangar on the airfield. Little evidence of the original site exists, as the land was returned to farming after the war. Sibson Aerodrome is the only surviving satellite airfield of RAF Peterborough, now Westwood, Cambridgeshire.
Lucera Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy. It was located 7.9 kilometers east of Lucera, in the Province of Foggia. The airfield was abandoned and dismantled after the end of the war in 1945.
Haddenham Airfield was an airfield on the outskirts of the English village of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. Originally a Second World War airfield called RAF Thame it later came under civil owners Airtech Limited who were based there until the 1990s.
Wakde Airfield is a World War II airfield located on Wakde Island, off the northern coast of New Guinea in Papua, Indonesia. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
Cape Opmarai Airfield is a disused airfield located near Sansapor, in West Papua, Indonesia. It is abandoned and overgrown, disused since 1944.
The airfield has been reported as the factory airfield of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO).AFM August 2007, 64.
Serpentine Airfield is located at the Hopeland, Western Australia. The airfield is operated by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club of Western Australia.
Maubray Airfield is a private airfield located near Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonia (southern Belgium). It mainly serves glider flying by the local aeroclub.
There is a memorial at the airfield where the aircraft repair shop used to be located. The airfield is currently open land.
Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield is an airfield in Lieksa, Finland, about east of Nurmes town centre and about northwest of Lieksa town centre.
Foula Airfield is an airfield located on the remote island of Foula, part of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland.
Santa Cilia airfield and Rio Aragon valley Its airfield is a popular with glider pilots who wish to explore the nearby Pyrenees.
Theldor Airfield was a temporary World War II airfield located approximately north-northeast of Vinita, Oklahoma. It was closed after the war.
Nanumea Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the island of Nanumea in the Ellice Islands (now known as Tuvalu).
Brimpton (Wasing Lower Farm) Airfield is an unlicensed single-runway civilian airfieldBrimpton Airfield in the south-east of West Berkshire, United Kingdom.
The airfield was later converted to civilian use as Perranporth Airfield; it currently has three hard surface runways and two grass strips.
The precise location of the airfield is undetermined, and presumably after the war, the airfield was abandoned and returned to agricultural use.
When the 86th moved out the airfield was closed and dismantled. Today, the location of the airfield is visible in aerial photography, with its runway visible. However the remainder of the airfield has been obliterated by agricultural use of the land.
Gransden Lodge Airfield is a former wartime airfield located west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The Cambridge University Gliding Club (now Cambridge Gliding Centre) moved to Gransden Lodge in October 1991, having previously shared Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
There were some plans to build a new, longer runway to enable direct charter flights in the early 2000s. Sodankylä Airport was turned to an uncontrolled airfield on July 1, 2010. Today the airfield serves as a general aviation airfield.
Katherine Airfield was an airfield in the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia that closed in 1978 when civil operations moved to RAAF Base Tindal, south of Katherine. The site of the airfield is now home to the Katherine Museum.
In the spring of 1993 the airfield was recognized as Reserve Airfield of Tukums (RAT) of the Latvian Air Forces. Since July 31, 2001 the Tukums airfield belonged to Smārde parish. On March 15, 2005 Tukums Airport Ltd. was established.
Tortorella Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy. It was located 9.4 kilometers east-northeast of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia. The airfield was abandoned and dismantled after the end of the war in 1945.
Sterparone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy. It was located 11.1 kilometers south-southeast of San Severo, in the Province of Foggia. The airfield was abandoned and dismantled after the end of the war in 1945.
East of the village is Turweston Airfield, which spans the parish's eastern boundary with Biddlesden. The airfield opened in 1942 as an RAF Bomber Command Operational Training Unit. It is now a civilian airfield, conference centre, business park and rally school.
Vogelsang Airfield (Fliegerhorst Vogelsang) is an abandoned World War II military airfield located approximately 3 miles northwest of Schleiden (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 330 miles southwest of Berlin. The airfield is a part of the former Ordensburg Vogelsang military training area.
Lesnovo Airfield is an airfield in Lesnovo, Bulgaria. It is located some 22 km east from Sofia in the municipality of Elin Pelin. Until 1989 Lesnovo's airfield served as agricultural airport. In 2001 the airport became the property of Intersky.
During World War II, the airport was designated as Mirage Auxiliary Airfield (No 3), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Victorville Army Airfield, California. The wartime runways are abandoned and not used by General Atomics for their UAV testing.
The north part of the former airfield is now known as Wickenby Aerodrome, which is a grass and concrete airfield. A road from Holton cum Beckering to Snelland runs right over the former airfield. Companies based at the airfield are Thruster Aircraft who make microlight planes; Lincoln Flight who train pilots and conduct experience flights; and Rase Distribution - a haulage firm. Planes using the airfield have to make contact first with the control tower at RAF Waddington.
Kirchzarten Airfield (in German Segelfluggelände Kirchzarten-Oberried) is an unpaved airfield located approximately southeast of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, in the town of Kirchzarten. The airfield is home to Freiburg and Kirchzarten based gliding club Breisgauverein für Segelflug (BVS), which has also constructed the airfield and the facilities in the 70s. Until 2009, two other gliding clubs shared the airfield with the BVS, AKA Flieg Freiburg and CFM Emmendingen. They have both moved their operations to Freiburg Airport since.
The airport was opened as a public airfield in April 1940. In August 1942, the facility was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Forces as a World War II military airfield, and was named Cross City Army Airfield. The airfield was assigned as a training base to the Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (AAFSAT), 50th Fighter Group, headquartered at Orlando Army Air Base, Florida. After the war, the airfield was returned to civil control.
Solenzara Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France, which is located approximately 31 km north-northeast of Porto-Vecchio on Corsica. It was a temporary airfield used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 415th Night Fighter Squadron between 9 July-1 September, flying Bristol Beaufighters. When the Americans pulled out the airfield was dismantled by engineers. Today the location of the airfield is abandoned and is a grass pasture.
Cattolica Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located in the vicinity of Cattolica (Provincia di Rimini, Emilia- Romagna); about 230 km north-northeast of Rome. It was a temporary all-weather airfield used by the 332d Fighter Group between 4 May and 18 July 1945. Today, part of the land on which the airfield existed is located in Santa Monica circuit of Misano Adriatico Cattolica - Airfield nel '45 near Cattolica.
Royal Air Force Oulton or more simply RAF Oulton is a former Royal Air Force Satellite airfield located west of Aylsham, Norfolk and northwest of Norwich, Norfolk, England. The airfield was built over 1939 and 1940 as a bomber airfield with T2 type hangars and grass runways, the facility operating as a satellite airfield of nearby RAF Horsham St. Faith between July 1940 and September 1942 after which it operated as a satellite airfield of RAF Swanton Morley.
Patton Army Airfield is the United States Army airfield, located within the camp boundaries. Patton Army Airfield is run by elements of the Army National Guard's Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depots (AVCRADs). Organizational (AVUM), Intermediate (AVIM) and limited depot maintenance support is available via Patton Army Airfield and its corresponding AVCRAD elements to many United States military aviation assets within the Southwest Asian Theater (SWA). The airfield is named in memory of General George S. Patton.
Disused control tower, Pershore Airfield Formerly RAF Pershore, also known as Throckmorton Airfield, the site is owned and operated by QinetiQ as a Business Park and Trials Centre. At the periphery of the village is the military airfield RAF Station Pershore. The station has a long history. Archeological investigations of the airfield have suggested that it was originally a Roman site.Archeological investigations of the airfield The airfield was built in 1940 during the Second World War and was home to No 23 Operational Training Unit equipped with Wellington bombers. Subsequently, the airfield was home to No 1 Ferry Unit, the RAF Pershore Advanced Flying School and the Royal Radar Establishment Flying Unit.
Pell Airfield was an airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia located southeast of Batchelor Airfield near the Stuart Highway in what is now the locality of Adelaide River and which was in use during World War II. The airfield was constructed in 1942 as an aircraft salvage, repair and servicing facility. The airfield was named in honour of Major Floyd J Pell, a United States pilot, who was killed during the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942. The airfield was abandoned shortly after 1945. The following parts of the airfield were listed together as one entry on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 26 September 2007 - WWII Pell Airstrip Camp A and 4RSU Workshop.
Nukufetau Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the south-eastern side of Nukufetau on Motulalo Island during the Pacific War.
Marnia Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco, located approximately 9 km west of Tangier and 37 km north-northeast of Asilah.
Leeward Point Field , also known as Leeward Airfield, is a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
During World War II the airport was Lincoln Air Force Auxiliary Field and was an auxiliary training airfield for Mather Army Airfield, California.
Dulag Airfield is a World War II airfield located near Dulag in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It was closed after the war.
Tanauan Airfield is a World War II airfield located near Tanauan in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It was closed after the war.
In 2010 the airfield was closed down permanently. The municipality is now building office and living areas on the former airfield and surroundings.
Raco Army Airfield is a closed military airfield. It is located west-southwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was closed in 1972.
The airfield consisted of two parallel runways long and wide. The airfield was used by both the 5th Air Force and the RAAF.
The United States Air Force 424th Air Base Squadron (ABS) is the operational unit at Chièvres Air Base. It is supported by the 86th Operations Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It functions as the Senior Airfield Authority for the airfield on behalf of the US. The airfield is considered part of SHAPE as NATO provides the US funding to maintain and operate the airfield. Even though the U.S. Air Force's 424th ABS Squadron operates the airfield and runways, overall airfield maintenance operations and the base operations are entrusted to the USAG BENELUX, a U.S. Army unit.
During World War II, an airfield called Lowood, which was actually located at Mount Tarampa, was the site of a military airfield operated by the Royal Australian Air Force. No. 71 Squadron operated from the airfield during 1943, conducting coastal patrol and naval convoy escort missions. After the war, the airfield was converted into a motor-racing circuit, the Lowood Airfield Circuit, and operated for 20 years, the highlight hosting the 1960 Australian Grand Prix.Australian Grand Prix - The 50-race history, 1986, pages 256 to 266 The airfield no longer exists, but a small memorial marks its previous location.
Porepunkah Airfield is located in the Buckland Valley southwest of the township of Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia. It is home to general aviation, ultralight and weight shift aircraft, gliders and occasionally hang gliders. The airfield was originally a local farmer's paddock, and in 1978, formally commissioned as Buckland Airfield and since then has grown into a picturesque grassed airfield with user hangars, public toilets, public car parking and visiting aircraft parking. The recent improvements to the airfield include a new vehicular entrance at the north end of the airstrip and the closure of the original road crossing the airfield.
Sailplane at Skarpnäck in 1972. The Skarpnäck Airfield was constructed on Skarpnäcksfältet around 1940. Originally intended to be a reserve airfield for the military, those plans were soon abandoned, and in 1943, Stockholms Segelflygklubb () moved its operations to the airfield. The airfield was commonly used for other activities, including balloon flying, races such as the 1948 Stockholm Grand Prix, baseball and greyhound racing.
Sodankylä Airfield (; ) is an airfield in Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland, located south-east of Sodankylä municipal centre. The airfield was originally built in the early 1940s, initially as a stopover airfield for the flights to Petsamo. A gravel runway was built in 1971. The asphalt pavement and terminal building were completed in 1989, and there were scheduled flights in 1989–1996.
Peray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Peray in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France. Located about 1 mile south of Peray, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 20 August 1944. The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Shek Kong Airfield The Shek Kong Airfield (), ICAO: VHSK), formerly RAF Sek Kong or Sek Kong Airfield, is an airfield (airbase) located in Shek Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong. The base houses air force units of People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison as well as being open for restricted civilian use during weekends. The closest MTR station is Kam Sheung Road.
Okiwi Airfield , also called Okiwi Station Airfield, is a small airfield located near the village of Okiwi on Great Barrier Island. It has a single bitumen runway, and a small terminal in the form of a wooden hut. The airfield is owned by Auckland Council and is used for both general aviation and on- demand commercial flights operated by Fly My Sky.
Japanese paratroopers loaded into 95th Sentai Ki-49 "Helens" and Ki-57 "Topsys". They took off from Angeles South Airfield and Del Carmen Airfield. For the paratrooper drop and crash landings against the American liberated San Pablo Airfield and Buri Airfield at 1800 hours. Although the paratroopers caught the Americans by surprise, those who did reach the airfields were ineffective.
Ellough Airfield was completed in 1943 and served as a RAF Bomber Command and RAF Coastal Command airfield during the Second World War as RAF Beccles.Shaw.F History of Beccles (Ellough) Airfield Rainair website. Retrieved 2009-04-19 The airfield was decommissioned after the war and the land is now used as an industrial estate, a farmers marketBeccles Farmers Market. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
During World War II the airfield, then known as Hamraiet Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 3–19 January 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army.
During the spring of 1943 Hethel housed elements of the Twelfth Air Force 310th Bombardment Group (Medium) which also used the airfield as a staging area for deploying from Greenville AAF, South Carolina to Mediouna Airfield, French Morocco. In addition, the airfield was also used as a training airfield for Consolidated B-24 Liberators by other 2nd Air Division Groups.
Despite being built as a bomber airfield as a satellite to RAF Driffield, poor weather conditions meant it was never used as an airfield. Cottam's watch office was demolished in 1980. The airfield operated until June 1954. The airfield was then used by RAF Maintenance Command as No. 91 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) used the runways and buildings for bomb storage.
During World War II, the airport was designated as Gray Butte Auxiliary Airfield (No 4), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Victorville Army Airfield, California. The wartime runways are abandoned and now used by General Atomics for their UAV testing. The airfield was assigned the FAA location identifier GVM, but on July 26, 2012, the airport's location identifier was changed to 04CA..
Buran spacecraft were transported to the Ramenskoye airfield near Moscow and the units of the Energia launch vehicle - from Izymyanka airfield in Kuibyshev (now Samara). The airfield belonged to the Ministry of Defense. After 1992, the airfield was abandoned and partially looted. In 1995, the need arose to support heavy aircraft from the United States, launching US spacecraft under international commercial programs.
Fisantekraal Airfield is an ex-South African Air Force airfield built circa 1943, and used to operate Lockheed Ventura bombers. It is located approximately northeast of Durbanville It has been in private ownership since 1993. The ICAO reference code for Fisantekraal is FAFK. Fisantekraal Airfield serves as a general flying airfield, and is a favourite for flight training in the Cape Town area.
During World War II, Niscemi was the location of Ponte Olivo Airfield, a military airfield used by the United States Twelfth Air Force during the Italian campaign. After the war the area was redeveloped and no evidence of the wartime airfield remains.
Qui Nhơn Airfield (also known as Qui Nhơn Airport, Qui Nhơn Air Base or Qui Nhon Army Airfield) is a former United States Air Force, United States Army and Vietnam Air Force airfield located in Qui Nhon in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam.
The ground echelon of the 301st Bombardment Group also was assigned to the airfield in December 1942 and the airfield was dismantled in March 1943. Today, there is little or no evidence of the airfield, with the land now used in agriculture.
Lyambir () is an air base in Russia, located north of Saransk. It is a large airfield with parallel taxiway and tarmac space. Probably a forward deployment airfield. Google Earth images show airfield empty except for a few small single-engine propeller planes.
Bayug Airfield is a World War II airfield located in the east of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines, and to the west of San Pablo Airfield, to the north of the Marabong River in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It was closed after the war.
Celone/San Nicola d'Arpi Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy. It was located 10 kilometers north of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia. The airfield was abandoned and dismantled after the end of the war in 1945.
Petrie Airfield was a World War II military airfield located just to the south of the North Pine River in Petrie, Queensland, Australia. After the war, the airfield was dismantled and the area is now part of the urban area of Petrie- Strathpine.
Ryūgasaki Airfield is an airfield in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The airport contains the headquarters of New Central Airservice."The Kawada Group." Kawada Industries.
The airfield remained operational until the end of the war and the airfield closed in August 1945. It is used today as agricultural land.
Eura Airfield is an airfield in Eura, Finland, about south west of Eura centre. It is operated by Kauttuan Ilmailukerho r.y. (Kauttua Aviation Club).
Rosieres-en-Santerre Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.8 km east of Rosières-en-Santerre in the Picardy region, France.
Luganville Airfield or Bomber Field #3 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands.
Saint-Léonard Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.8 km east of Louplande in the Pays-de-la-Loire region, France.
Jaanikese is known for its motocross circuit where many international competitions have taken place. Valga Airfield, former Soviet military airfield was located in Jaanikese.
The airfield was closed on 30 October, and was eventually dismantled. Today, little or no evidence of the airfield remains in the agricultural area.
Chico Municipal Airport Chico Army Airfield, a 2006 USGS photo Chico Army Airfield auxiliary fields were a number of airfields used during World War 2 to support the Chico Army Airfield. On September 11, 1941 the US Army rented from the City of Chico a small 1930's airport that sat on 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land. The Airfield was five miles (8 km) north of the city center. The Army build up the small airport into the Chico Army Airfield.
Uka Airport was an airfield in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located 11 km northwest of Uka. In recent decades, it was probably a civilian airfield, but the configuration and runway length suggests that it may have been a military airfield during the 1950s or 1960s. This airfield was used during the Second World War by US airplanes on their way to Siberia for Lend-Lease program. Near the airfield is a very big old antenna built for the Russian space programme in 1950s.
Sha Tin Airfield was a small military airfield in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, which had a single concrete runway. The airfield was located along the Shing Mun River and looked out to Tide Cove. The airfield served as a Flight (military unit) location for most of the location's existence. The airfield was demolished in the early 1970s as the RAF consolidated their operations at RAF Shek Kong and later re-developed as part of the New Town project for Shatin.
Walker Army Airfield (also known as Victoria-Pratt Airfield or Walker-Hays Airfield) is an abandoned airfield located north of Interstate 70 in Ellis County, 1 mile northwest of Walker, Kansas or 3 miles northeast of Victoria, Kansas. Walker Army Airfield (AAF) is significantly historic as it was in the first group United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bases for initial training on the aircraft in the summer of 1943. Along with Pratt Army Airfield near Pratt, Great Bend Army Airfield near Great Bend and Smoky Hill Army Airfield near Salina the initial cadre of the 58th Bombardment Wing was formed. The 58th Bomb Wing was the first B-29 combat wing of World War II and engaged in the first long-range strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands beginning in March 1944 from bases in India.
Grey Butte Airfield in 1968, to the left is the radar cross section testing 1943 Postcard from Victorville Army Airfield California Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield (No 4) was a satellite airfield built in 1941 for training pilots from Victorville Army Airfield during World War 2. Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield is located north of Pinon Hills, California, and southwest of El Mirage, California, and 25 miles east of Palmdale, California, at , at an elevation of 3,028 feet. The Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield was built in 1941 in triangle shape with four 3,700 foot paved runways and center runway of 3,164 feet. No support buildings were placed at the site, as the runways were used for the take off and landing training.
The airport started as Hanshin Aviation School in 1938. Two years later the airfield was seized by the army as the Taishō Airfield and expanded. After World War II, the occupation forces called it the Hanshin Airfield before it was returned to Japanese control.
Established in 1942 as Big Delta Army Airfield, it was named for river delta formed by the confluence of the Delta River and the Tanana River. It was later renamed Allen Army Airfield. Fort Greely was built south of the airfield after World War II.
At the instigation of the Hertfordshire Airfield Memorials Group, who are keen to record aviation history throughout the county, a memorial to the wartime use of the airfield was erected and dedicated on 14 May 2006 at the original Shingle Hall entrance to the airfield.
There are no landing lights or navigational systems on the airfield. Therefore, the airfield is only certified for VFR in daylight. There are no regular flights to Kihnu since Air Livonia stopped operating. Small private planes use the airfield for general flights in the summer.
After the war the airfield was returned to the Goodwood Estate and the perimeter track of the airfield has been used since the late 1940s for motor racing and called the Goodwood Circuit. The airfield currently has a large flying school and many historic aircraft.
Gael Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Gaël in the Brittany region of northern France.
During World War II, the airport was designated as Orland Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Chico Army Airfield, California.
The end of World War II saw VMF-311 leaving Chimu Airfield on Okinawa to start occupational duty flying from Yokosuka airfield on Japan's mainland.
Sahmaw Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in Burma used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
Palikulo Bay Airfield or Bomber Field #1 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands.
Turtle Bay Airfield or Fighter Field #1 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands.
In the 2013 game, Grand Theft Auto V, the Airfield is based on the Sandy Shores Airfield, with the same airport layout and runway design.
Seongmu Airport is an airfield which is used by the Korea Air Force Academy for flight training. The airfield has a single runway (16/34).
During World War II, the airport was designated as Mariposa Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Merced Army Airfield, California.
Rupsi Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in Dhubri, Assam,India used during World War II. It is now abandoned.
Borizzo Airfield (Trapani–Chinisia airport) is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located in the vicinity of Trapani on Sicily.
Majuro Airfield or Naval Air Facility Majuro (NAF Majuro) is a former World War II airfield on the island of Delap in the Marshall Islands.
The Tatsinskaya Airfield was the main airfield used by the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Stalingrad to supply the encircled 6th Army from outside.
RAF Sedgeford was used as an airfield in the First World War, as a satellite airfield (officially called "Night Landing Grounds") of RAF Great Yarmouth.
During World War II the airfield was utilised as a staging airfield between South Australia and Darwin, Northern Territory by the Royal Australian Air Force.
During World War II, the airport was designated as Ballico Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Merced Army Airfield, California.
Hanau Army Airfield is a former military airfield located in Langendiebach, part of the municipality of Erlensee, some north-northeast of Hanau in Hesse, Germany.
Pandaveswar Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
Guskhara Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
Yangkai Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in the People’s Republic of China. Its current status is undetermined.
Fenny Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in Bangladesh used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
RAF Perranporth became operational on 28 April 1941. The airfield was used by 21 different squadrons flying Spitfires. The airfield was decommissioned in April 1946.
A small sports airfield with one grassy runway is located near the village of Pribislavec, just outside Čakovec. It is mainly used by light aircraft and unpowered gliders. Panoramic flights over the region are also organised from the airfield. Occasionally, the airfield is also used by powered hang gliders, although these aircraft more commonly use a smaller airfield on the shores of the Drava, just outside Prelog.
Meautis Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Méautis in the Normandy region of northern France. Located to the east of Méautis, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 24 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 840th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Pontorson Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Pontorson in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Pontorson (likely to the northeast), the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 7 August 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Saint James Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-James in the Lower Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Saint-James, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 8 August 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
The civil airfield was requisitioned by Royal Australian Air Force and the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion extended the airfield from 19 February 1942 to 13 April 1942. The runway was extended to long and wide and 18 dispersals without revetments were constructed. During 1943, the Department of Civil Aviation established a flight service unit at the airfield which operated until 1978 with the closure of the airfield.
The airfield is now known as Leeds East Airport and is also home to 2434 (Church Fenton) Squadron Air Training Corps. The site was sold on 23 December 2014 to Makins Yorkshire Strawberries with the exception of a section containing the Air Cadets. Makins intends to keep the airfield operational. In February 2015, Makins Enterprises (the new airfield owners) launched their new website, renaming the airfield.
Despite considerable deterioration the airfield remains intact; with the original control tower still standing and nearly all the perimeter and access roads remaining. Within the locality the airfield is often referred to as Baldoon Airfield. Furthermore, the concrete bases of many of the hangars and other buildings can still be seen on the ground. In the 1980s the airfield was being operated by the Baldoon Flying Group.
The 440th was a United States Air Force Reserve unit that performed airfield operations to include airfield management, weather forecasting, airfield tower control, airfield navigation and landing systems' maintenance. The 440 AW's 95th Airlift Squadron shared the airlift mission with the 43d's 2d Airlift Squadron. The 440th also had the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assigned which shared the AE mission with the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.
There was once a minor airfield there which was operational from 1936 and used as a decoy up until 1945. The airfield was home to No. 206 Squadron RAF from August 1941 - July 1942. The airfield acted as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF North Coates, a former airfield (still in physical existence) which is three miles to the north-west along the coast.
Peenemünde Airfield is an airfield along the Baltic Sea north of Peenemünde, Germany. Today round trips in light aircraft take place from Peenemünde Airfield. Bus tours are also available, on which one can visit the former shelters of the NVA and the remnants of the V-1 flying bomb facilities. Because of its long runway the airfield Peenemünde is also a location for flight schools.
The airfield was established in 1936, initially for recreational purposes. At the beginning of World War II German forces attempted to capture the airfield, in 1940, via an airborne landing during the Battle for The Hague. This failed however and Dutch forces recaptured the airfield. After the Netherlands eventually surrendered to Germany, the Luftwaffe made no use of the airfield during the remainder of the war.
Kramatorsk Airport, also known as Kramatorsk military airfield, is a military airfield in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The airbase is 3.4 km SSE from the centre of Kramatorsk and at about 20 km south of Slovyansk. The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbass in 2014. On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military.
Running east-west, the main runway is the longest. The airfield is part of the Needwood Survey, a 3000 hectare (12 sq miles) estate held by the Duchy of Lancaster in the area of the former Needwood Forest. The airfield lies 6 miles west of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, and is 11 miles south-west of Derby Airfield (a grass airfield with a flying school).
Wards Airfield is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and was developed into the Waigani area of Port Moresby. The airfield was named in honor of Australian Lt. Col. K. H. Ward, who was involved with its construction and was KIA on 27 August 1942, during the fighting at Isurava on the Kokoda Trail.
Advance airfield and forward airfield are military terms for a relatively primitive airfield used for refueling and re-arming air units as part of forward operations near the enemy. Also called advanced airfield for its advanced position, not advanced facilities, such an airfield typically does not carry full aircraft maintenance and service units, and lacks the comfort and security of a major air base. Advance airfields may be subject to enemy observation and attack. They may be expected to change hands after a battle.
Mirage Auxiliary Airfield in 1952 Mirage Auxiliary Airfield (No 3) was used by the Victorville Army Airfield during World War 2 for training pilots and crews. Mirage Auxiliary Airfield is located just north of California State Route 18 and just north of the city of El Mirage, California, at at an elevation of 2860. To the southwest is the Grey Butte Field Airport. The US Army acquired 1,292.72 acre for the airfield from the Department of the Interior which held title to the public land.
El Haouaria Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 44 km northeast of Tāklisah; about 40 km east of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1943 during the Tunisian Campaign. El Haouaria was used primarily by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 324th Fighter Group during June through early October 1943, flying P-40 Warhawks. After the 324th left for Menzel Heurr Airfield, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned.
Airfield today The airfield is now disused although many of the original buildings remain and there is currently an industrial estate on the site; the runway still exists and is used for motorsport. The airfield is home to the UK's largest solar farm. The airfield and associated buildings lie outside the civil parish of Wymeswold, with the north half being in Hoton, and the southern half in Prestwold. On the eastern fringe of the airfield is the Wymeswold Industrial Estate, where there is a go-karting facility.
Reinsdorf Airfield is a civilian airfield located in Reinsdorf (Teltow- Fläming), approximately south-east of Jüterbog in Brandenburg, Germany. The airport is mostly used by the civil aviation, including single engine aircraft up to 5 tons, ultralight aircraft, gliders and motorgliders. Over half of the flights are performed by gliders. In the northern part of the airfield, gliders can perform high altitude winch launches with 2,600 cable,Höhenschlepps, Aero-Club-Berlin which makes this airfield almost unique in the world (together with the Rothenburg/Görlitz Airfield).
Eschborn Airfield (Fliegerhorst Eschborn) is an abandoned military airfield in Germany located approximately 10 km northwest of Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) and 435 km southwest of Berlin. The airfield was built by the Luftwaffe and opened in the early 1940s. Its primary use was as an interceptor fighter airfield during the Defense of the Reich campaign. In 1945 it was seized by the United States Army and was used as a combat airfield by Ninth Air Force during the Western Allied invasion of Germany.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant in California, an Army training plane Minter Army Airfield in 1945 Minter Army Airfield, now Shafter Airport in 2006 Minter Army Airfield auxiliary fields were a number of airfields used during World War 2 to support the Minter Army Airfield (now the Shafter Airport) near Shafter, California. Minter Army Airfield was also called Lerdo Field, after the nearby road. Minter Army Airfield also housed the Shafter Gap Filler Annex P-59A and Shafter Army Aviation Test Activity and opened in June 1941. An Army depot open on the base in October 1941, the Minter Sub-Depot, a division of the Sacramento Air Depot.
Eschwege was opened as a Luftwaffe airfield in 1937 as a Junkers Ju 52 transport airfield, with Kampfgeschwader 25 (KG 25) being formed at the airfield in April 1937. The airfield was used as a transport and support airfield throughout World War II, with numerous Luftwaffe ground units being formed there and then moved to combat assignments elsewhere. The Luftwaffe, 1933-45 The airfield was captured by United States Army forces in early April 1945. The IX Engineering Command 825th Engineering Aviation Brigade moved in about 6 April and cleared mines and other wreckage from the field, declaring it operationally ready for Allied combat aircraft on 7 April.
Building of the former Fritz Erler Kaserne/Airfield Rothwesten, 2015 Kassel- Rothwesten Airfield is a former military airfield located in Rothwesten, a part of Fuldatal in Germany about north-northeast of Kassel (Hessen); approximately southwest of Berlin. Then known as Fliegerhorst Kassel, the facility was used during World War II by the German Luftwaffe as a combat airfield. It was seized in early April 1945 by the United States Army and used as a Ninth Air Force combat airfield until the end of the war in Europe. After the war "Kassel Air Depot" was established at the airfield, before being closed in September 1946.
After liberating the airfield on 2 March 1944, the Seabees of the 40th Naval Construction Battalion repaired the airfield and the airfield became operational on 18 May 1944, although fighters were landing at the airfield only two days after occupation. The single runway was extended to long × wide with shoulders, constructed with a coral base with marsden matting covering at the ends of the runway. A 7,000-barrel fuel depot was set up at the airfield. The United States Navy established Aviation Repair and Overhaul Unit No.1 (AROU 1) in the spring of 1944 on Momote Airfield between Seeadler Harbor and the Bismarck Sea on Los Negros Island.
The airfield was laid out on agricultural land between the two settlements of Rackheath Parva and Rackheath Magna. The airfield was given USAAF designation Station 145.
Tingkawk Sakan Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in Burma used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
Munster Airfield is a private airfield used only by the farm owner. It is kept in good order and there is a geocache next to it.
Yonabaru Airfield or NAB Yonabaru is a former World War II airfield on the Pacific coast of Okinawa. The base was disestablished on 30 June 1947.
Vidin Airfield is an airfield in Bulgaria located 6 km away from Vidin. Bulgaria's state authorities are seeking bidders for the concession of this inactive airport.
Höpen Airfield is a glider airfield near the town of Schneverdingen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It supports glider flying with no commercial aviation at the field.
Pyhäsalmi Airfield is an airfield in Pyhäjärvi, Finland. It is located along the main road 4 (E75), about north-northwest of Pyhäsalmi, the centre of Pyhäjärvi.
Two buildings of the airfield remain on the west side of the former airfield, although more and more of the runway is being removed and redeveloped.
Dagua Airfield, also known as But East, is a former World War II airfield near the village of Dagua in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
In 1948 The Airfield Construction Branch moved to the airfield with the plant training school moving to Ryton on Dunsmore before moving to Lichfield in 1953.
Beny-sur-Mer Airfield is a former Second World War airfield, located 1 km north-northeast of Beny-sur-Mer in the Lower Normandy region, France.
Gambell Army Airfield is a former United States Army airfield located in Gambell, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
During the Second World War a Supermarine Spitfire or a Hawker Hurricane was parked at the airfield to boost public morale. The airfield closed in 1948.
Brits Airfield (ICAO-Code: FABS) is a small airfield located in Brits, South Africa. It mainly facilitates light and ultra-light aircraft as well as Gliders.
Saint-Jean-de-Daye Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.7 km southeast of Saint-Jean-de-Daye in the Normandy region, France.
The airfield on the island was built by the RAAF c. 1944 as an emergency airfield. It was abandoned and has been disused since the war.
Davison Army Airfield or Davison AAF is a military use airport serving Fort Belvoir, in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The airfield is located southwest of Washington, D.C. It was named for noted World War II aviation engineer Brig. Gen. Donald Angus Davison.Davison Army Airfield at GlobalSecurity.
Tiksi North is a former Russian military airfield located 41 km north of Tiksi in Bulunsky District, Sakha Republic. Described as a ghost airfield, its probable use was either as a diversion or dispersal airfield for Soviet bombers. It was likely abandoned sometime in the early 1960s.
In the summer of 1998, the German government started to dismantle the airfield runway, returning the ownership of the airfield area to local governments. The remaining facilities of Sembach AB are situated 2 miles away from the former airfield, with only a few tenant units remaining.
The MOD sold the airfield in 1957 and today it is mainly used as a base for general aviation and is an active training centre for autogyros (gyrocopters). The airfield is the base for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The airfield also hosts a weekly parkrun.
Bataan Airfield was a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942). The airfield was located near the village of Lucanin, south Lamao in Bataan Province.
During the war it was used primarily as a transport airfield. After the war it was closed in late 1945. Today, much of the airfield has been returned to agriculture, however one runway remains and the airfield is currently active and houses various privately owned light aircraft.
By the end of April the airfield had become redundant combat needs and the facility was returned to being a S&E; (Supply and Evacuation) airfield, and was used until being closed on 22 May 1945. The wartime airfield was then turned over to French authorities.
In World War II, the USAF 379th Bombardment Group was stationed at the nearby Kimbolton Airfield from May 1943 to June 1945. Part of the airfield is now used by Kimbolton Karting Club. As of 2019, there is free and unsupervised access to the airfield for walkers.
Poupeville Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.7 km southeast of Saint-Jean-de-Daye in the Normandy region, France. It was the first airfield established by the United States Army Air Forces in France, being constructed on D-Day, 6 June 1944.
It was eventually closed as a cost-cutting measure by British Rail. During World War II a nearby airfield, designated RAF Attlebridge, was used as an airfield for launching Allied aircraft missions against Axis targets in Europe.Information about RAF Attlebridge airfield from ControlTowers.co.uk. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
Langar Airfield The village has lent its name to the Second World War airfield, RAF Langar, which is on the Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire boundary. The airfield was used for bombing operations over Germany by RAF Bomber Command. There is a war memorial there. 207 Sqn were based there.
No. 420 Squadron flew 160 operations from Tholthorpe airfield and lost 25 Halifaxes. No. 425 squadron flew 162 operations from Tholthorpe airfield and lost 28 Halifaxes. In all, 119 Halifax bombers were lost from Tholthorpe.RAF Bomber Command, story of Tholthorpe airfield In April and May 1945 nos.
Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) is a long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon engaging ground targets with high precision up to a range of 100 kilometres.
Dohazari Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield near Dohazari in Bangladesh used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
Moses Point Army Airfield is a former United States Army airfield located in Elim, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Lombron Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.0 km south- southwest of La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy in the Pays de la Loire region, France.
The former Luftwaffe/AAF airfield was reduced to a helipad, known as Leighton Army Airfield (Heliport). The garrison was closed in 2008 and returned to German control.
Harvard Army Airfield 1945, looking south Harvard State Airport (Harvard State Airfield) is two miles northeast of Harvard, in Clay County, Nebraska. It has no airline flights.
Gamarboni Airfield is an abandoned airfield in India, located 6.6 miles (10.7 km) S of Bishnupur, West Bengal, Bankura District in the state of West Bengal, India.
Pungchacheng Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in China, located approximately 25 miles west of Quzhou (Zhejiang Province) in China.
Building plan of the airfield from 1938, with underlay of the city map (state 2016) : For the civil airport opened in 1971, see Paderborn Lippstadt Airport Lippstadt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany, located in the northern part of Lippstadt (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 222 miles west-southwest of Berlin. Fliegerhorst Lippstadt was a pre-World War II Luftwaffe airfield, opening in 1936. Primarily a support airfield for most of the war, Anti-Aircraft FlaK (AAA) units were assigned and in 1944 it became a night interceptor airfield against Royal Air Force bomber attacks on Germany. It was seized by Allied ground forces in early April 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany, being used as a combat airfield by the USAAF until the end of the war.
Le Molay Airfield Memorial, France Le Molay Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Le Molay-Littry in the Normandy region of northern France. Located approximately north of Le Molay-Littry, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield after D-Day on 21 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
405th Fighter Group - P-47D 42-25507 at Picauville Airfield (A-8), France Picauville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Picauville in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Picauville, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 20 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Map of USAAF Advanced Landing Ground A-7 Azeville Airfield, France Azeville/Fontenay (Azeville) Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Azeville in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Azeville, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after the Allied landings in France(D-Day) on 16 June 1944. The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 368th Fighter Group, Cardonville Airfield (A-3) France, Summer 1944. Cardonville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located near the commune of Cardonville in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Cardonville, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 10 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Living Facilities at Saint-Lambert Airfield (A-11), France, Summer 1944 Saint- Lambert Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-Lambert in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Saint-Lambert, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 22 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 832d Engineer Aviation Battalion.
The Malahang airfield was built by Martin Boerner to service the Malahang Mission. Boerner was manager of the Lutheran Mission Aviation Department between(1931-1940). The airfield was 3250 ft long with an excellent surface and the road to Pastor Schmutterer station at Ampo, which allowed Vacuum Oil trucks to carry fuel to the airstrip.Sinclair, J.P 1998, Golden gateway: Lae & the Province of MorobeCrawford House, , 9781863331494 accessed 31 January 2014 As a result of the Japanese occupation the airfield served as a satellite airfield to the Lae Airfield.
The squadron remained at the airfield until it moved to Nouvion Airfield, Algeria at the end of May. A few days later, elements of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, the 36th, and 45th Squadrons began arriving on the airfield at the end of May. Group HQ moved in a few days later from Nouvion, Algeria. The group flew operational missions as part of the North African Campaign from the airfield until the end of June when the unit moved up to Enfidaville Airfield, Tunisia to better support the advancing Allied forces.
Not used as an airfield after the American liberation, it became a Fifth Air Force Air Depot area; however, the old runways are evident in aerial photography The government of Netherlands soon took over the airfield. After Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, commercial flights started to operate to and from Biak, using Boroku Airfield which had a 2,000 m runway. Mokmer airfield wasn't in use that time and this continued into 1951. Because of a letter from Nieuw Guinea's governor (number 38/a.2/1935,dated 17 September 1953), Boroku Airfield was closed.
Yonago Airport Entrance The airport was built as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force airfield during World War II, and was attacked by USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers during July 1945. After the war, the airfield was taken over by the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan. The Royal Australian Air Force No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron refurbished the airfield, and No. 77 Squadron was stationed at the airfield until 1950. In December 1950, the United States Air Force 452d Bombardment Wing moved B-26 Invader light bombers to Miho Air Base.
During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon. The Royal Air Force established an airfield called RAF Station China Bay in March 1942 with Hurricane, Spitfire and Catalina aircraft. A number of RAF squadrons (17, 159, 205, 240, 258, 261, 273, 321, 357, 648) and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war. The airfield was bombed by the Japanese on 9 April 1942 during World War II. The airfield was upgraded to accommodate Boeing B-29 Superfortress over the first half of 1944.
Hunsdon Airfield is a largely defunct airfield near Hunsdon, Hertfordshire and north of Harlow, Essex, England. Some flying still takes place at the airfield by a local microlight club. The airfield was used by the Royal Air Force between 1941 and 1945 under the name of RAF Hunsdon.Hitching F & Hitching V. The Royal Air Force at Hunsdon 1941–1945, Published by The Hunsdon Local History and Preservation Society, 1990.
Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is located at Plaine Des Gaiacs near the village of Pouembout. The airfield was also known as De Gaiacs and was named for the Gaiac tree that grow in the area. After being used as a wartime airfield, it was abandoned and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
NK06, Surveyed: 1938 - 1955, Published: 1957 The 1948 timetable shows that all trains stopped at the station. Due to the lack of crossing gates several serious accidents occurred over the years. RAF Fraserburgh, Cairnbulg Airfield, or Inverallochy Airfield was located near the station from 1941 to 1945 during WWII and was associated with Longside Airfield. Aberdeen Gliding Club used the airfield until some point in the late 1950s.
The Prestwold Estate extends over 1000 hectares of farmland and includes Wymeswold Airfield. Wymeswold Airfield has one of the longest runways in the county, second to the East Midlands International Airport. The airfield was used during The Second World War for training bomber pilots. Wellington bombers, which were operated from the airfield, are very large planes without a great deal of propulsion, hence the requirement for 2000 yards of tarmac.
Gorges Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Gorges in the Manche region of northern France. Located just outside Gorges (likely to the east or southeast), the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 2 August 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Saint Marceaul Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-Marceau in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France. Located just outside Saint-Marceau, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 20 August 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France. The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Hughes Airfield (32 Mile) is an airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Hughes. It was constructed during World War II for military use. The airfield now functions as a base for aerial firefighting aircraft to protect the outer rural suburbs of Darwin. The airfield was built by the U.S. Army engineering unit, the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion, from 10 March 1942 until 13 April 1942.
Texas Historical marker for Pampa Army Air Force Base World War II Postcard of Pampa AAF Pampa Army Air Field 1943 Classbook Pampa Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located about 11 miles east of Pampa in Gray County, Texas. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces used Pampa Airfield as a training airfield by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center.
'Kapustin Yar' is a military airfield near the town of Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, serving the Kapustin Yar military training ground, founded in 1946. Until the 1990s, the airfield had the code name "Picture" (previously – "Constitution"). Classed as an Airfield 3rd class. The 35th independent mixed air squadron (military unit 33782) is based at the airfield, equipped with MI-8 helicopters , with AN-26 and AN-72 transport aircraft.
The airfield control tower An iconic WW2 airfield remains popular with private flyers, North Weald Airfield owned by Epping Forest District Council. It is the home of North Weald Airfield Museum. Although unlicensed it is home to many private aircraft and historic types, and is host to a wide range of events throughout the year, including the Air-Britain Classic Fly-in and smaller airshows. Spitfire over North Weald, 1942.
In mid-January, two Btys of 71st HAA were stationed at Djidjelli airfield (1 Bty), Philippeville port and airfield (1 Trp), and Ain Beida airfield (1 Trp), with the third battery still en route.Routledge, p. 182, Table XXX, p. 188. By mid-March, one Bty was at Youks-les-Bains Airfield, a full Bty at Ain Beida, and the third battery was guarding French XIX Corps HQ.Routledge, p.
During the Third Reich, a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp was set up on the airfield. After World War II, first the United States Air Forces in Europe used the airfield (under the designation Airfield R.75), transferring it to the US Army in 1947 and abandoned in 1981. Today it serves as a civilian airfield as well as the base for the German Federal Police helicopter division.
Kerevat Airfield (prewar: Tavilo Plantation; variant: "Keravat") was an aerodrome located near Kerevat, East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea. Situated on the northern coast, it was south west of Rabaul. The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese in World War II during September 1943. Kerevat Airfield was neutralized by Allied Powers' air bombing from 1944, who ran missions on the airfield between June 20, 1943, and May 16, 1944.
Sorido Airfield has been disused since 1962 and is located to the northwest of Mokmer, and is clearly visible on aerial photography. After the war the airfield was used by the Dutch who had kept it as a military airfield, flying P2V Neptunes and later Hawker Hunters from the base until the withdrawal of Dutch forces in 1962. Borokoe Airfield is due west of Mokmer, along the beach.
The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines flared off to the left (north) on September 17th to secure Kimpo airfield, west of Seoul. An abandoned Soviet-made North Korean Ilyushin Il-10 attack aircraft captured by United Nations forces at Kimpo airfield in September 1950. Kimpo airfield was the largest and most important in Korea. On September 17, General MacArthur was extremely urgent in his request for the early capture of Kimpo airfield.
The 320th Bombardment Group (Medium) was a Twelfth Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder group which arrived at Hethel on 12 September 1942 from Drane Army Airfield, Florida. At the time of their arrival, many of the airfield buildings were still uncompleted. The group used the airfield as a staging and transit point for deploying to La Senia Airfield, Algeria as part of Twelfth Air Force to 2 December 1942.
Opened to the public in March 1943, during World War II, the airport was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Force, and was known as Cordele Army Airfield. It was also known as Turner AAF Auxiliary Airfield No. 7. The airfield supported the AAF Advanced Pilot School (Twin-Engine) school at Turner Army Airfield. It was closed in mid-1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
There seems to have been a flooding problem at the airfield due poor drainage; it was often waterlogged and muddy and continued flooding led to the eventual abandonment of the airfield in 1944, when all training moved to RAF Tealing. The airfield also proved to be unsuitable for the North American Mustang. In late 1944 the airfield was used by units from the Polish Army for training purposes.RAF Findo Gask Controltowers.co.
Fishermans Airfield (also known as Daugo Island Airfield) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located offshore of Port Moresby. The island's name is derived from the names of the island's two villages - Dag (on the western tip) and Ugo (eastern tip). It is also known as Fisherman's Island.
The airport was built in about 1942 as an auxiliary airfield to the Army pilot school at Craig Army Airfield. It was designated Craig Army Auxiliary Airfield #3. It had two 4,000-foot asphalt runways, oriented NNE/SSW & WNW/ESE. The field was said to not have any hangars.
The airport was built in about 1942 as an auxiliary airfield to the Army pilot school at Craig Army Airfield. It was designated Craig Army Auxiliary Airfield #3. It had two 4,000-foot asphalt runways, oriented NNE/SSW & WNW/ESE. The field was said to not have any hangars.
The airfield first opened in 1937 as an airfield for the Imperial Japanese Navy. In 1956, operation was taken over by the JGSDF. In December 1964, the airfield became Obihiro Airport with a 1,000 m runway. In December 1972, the runway was extended to a length of 1,500 m.
Youks-les-Bains Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Algeria, located about 20 km northwest of Tebessa. The airfield today consists of several agricultural fields, with the faint remains of its main runway, parts of a taxiway and a few aircraft dispersal hardstands visible in aerial photography.
The airfield was later named "Henderson Field" by Allied forces. The Allied aircraft that subsequently operated out of the airfield became known as the "Cactus Air Force" (CAF) after the Allied codename for Guadalcanal. To protect the airfield, the U.S. Marines established a perimeter defense around Lunga Point.
The airfield was built between 1943 and 1944. It was known as Emison Field or George Field Auxiliary, operated a satellite of George Army Airfield. It was closed by the military after World War II. It later operated as a civil airfield known as Emison Airport or Green Airport.
The tourism industry suffered during the World Wars and the Great Depression, but in 1941 the Swiss Army built an airfield in Wilderswil. The airfield and the railroad became the largest employers in Wilderswil. The airfield closed in 2003 and, as of 2014, is used for racing and concerts.
Moore Army Airfield is a former airfield located in Fort Devens, Massachusetts. It was closed following the closure of the fort in 1995. It is named for Ayer native Chief Warrant Officer 2 Douglas Moore. It was the only Army Airfield named for someone killed in the Vietnam War.
Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services. Unst Airport is the most northerly airfield in the United Kingdom.
Rancho Grande Airfield is a privately owned public-use airfield located in San Luis Gonzaga, Municipality of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, on the San Luis Gonzaga Bay located on the Gulf of California coast. The airfield is used solely for general aviation purposes. It has two dirt runways.
After being part of the Army of Occupation in Italy after the war, the 2nd Bombardment Group moved to Foggia Airfield in November 1945; the 97th moved to Marcianise Airfield in October, and by the end of 1945, the Americans had placed the airfield into an inactive status.
Berguent Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco, located approximately 33 km south-southeast of Jerada (Oriental); 500 km east- northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
Kuusiku is a small borough () in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. It has a population of 250. Kuusiku Manor and Rapla Airfield (Kuusiku Airfield) are located in Kuusiku.
The Nassau Boulevard Airfield, or the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome, was a short- lived airfield located at Garden City, Long Island, New York, in operation from 1910 to 1913.
San Marcelino Airfield is a World War II airfield located in Zambales province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. It was closed after the war.
The Royal Australian Air Force utilised the airfield during World War II. The original airfield is now the public cemetery with the newer strip located 2 kilometres west.
Werur Airport (also known as Douglas Mac Arthur Airport) is an airport in Tambrauw, West Papua, Indonesia. It replaced the smaller, former World War II airfield, Sansapor Airfield.
Dodge City Army Airfield, also known as Ford County Airport and Dodge City Municipal Airport, is an abandoned airfield located in Ford County, Kansas, northwest of Dodge City.
Braunshardt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany about 1 mile east-southeast of Groß-Gerau (Hessen) into Worfelden district; approximately 275 miles southwest of Berlin.
Round Hill Airport was an airfield operational from 1927-1936. The airfield was described as being located on land owned by Edward Howland Robinson Green in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant in California, an Army training plane Victorville Army Airfield in 1943 alt=George Air Force Base (closed, currently named Southern California Logistics Airport), former Victorville Army Airfield in a 2006 USGS air photo Victorville Army Air Field, 1944 Classbook Victorville Army Airfield auxiliary fields were four airfields used during World War 2 to support the Victorville Army Airfield pilot training near Victorville, California, and Adelanto, California. After the war the Victorville Army Airfield was renamed George Air Force Base on January 13, 1948. The airfields were built in 1941 by the United States Army Air Corps just before the war. Victorville Army Airfield covered 2,200-acre in the Mojave Desert.
The airfield was seized by during February 1943 by elements of the United States Army II Corps during the Tunisian Campaign and was turned over to the USAAF Twelfth Air Force 31st Fighter Group, which had moved east from Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, during the North African Campaign for use against the German Afrika Korps. The 31st Fighter Group based three squadrons (307th, 308th, 309th) of Supermarine Spitfires at the airfield from 21 February to 11 March 1943. It then moved to Thelepte Airfield, and afterwards, the airfield was used in a support role for transport and re-supply and evacuation flights by C-47s. After operational forces moved into Sicily and southern Italy, the airfield was abandoned.
The airfield was established in 1942 as part of Australia's defences during World War II and known as the Toogoolawah airfield. After the war, the airfield was no longer needed for defence purposes, the buildings were removed and the land was used for grazing. In the early 1980s, the desire for recreational airfield facilities resulted in a group of recreational pilots re-establishing the runways and taxiways, and reopening the airfield in 1990 as the Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield. The name Watts Bridge is a reference to a nearby bridge that crossed the Brisbane River connecting Silverleigh Road in Cressbrook to Cooeeimbardi Road in Lower Cressbrook and was named after local dairyman James Robert Watts.
Today, there are no remaining traces of the airfield as the area around the town of Paestum are heavily farmed and the agricultural use has obliterated any trace of the airfield. It is unknown precisely where the airfield was actually located due to the changed landscape over the past 60 years.
Consisting of two runways, the airfield was abandoned after 1948. Today, the remains of the airfield consist of some deteriorating runways, taxiways and hardstands, mostly being reclaimed by grassland and shrub. No buildings have survived. It is also known as Breddan Airfield and Breddan WWII Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Salvage Depot.
The village houses an airfield. Formerly known as RAF Wattisham, it was one of the front-line airfields in the Cold War. The RAF moved out in March 1993 and it is now the largest Army Air Corps airfield in the United Kingdom. The airbase is now named Wattisham Airfield.
Huron Field also called Lemoore Auxiliary Army Airfield (A-2) was located at , near the City of Huron, California. Huron Field was 7 miles west-southwest of Lemoore Army Airfield. This was a 3,000 by 3,000 foot landing mat. After the war the Airfield was abandoned and returned to farmland.
The first airfield at Camp Dawson, Dawson Army Airfield, was constructed in the early 1970s on the left-descending bank of the Cheat River across from the Camp Dawson base. By 1976, this was replaced with the current airfield on the right-descending bank just south of the main base.
Langenbach has a special airfield run and used mainly by the Kusel air sport club. The grass landing strip has the orientation 10/28. The airfield can be reached by two-way radio with the identification "Kusel Segelflug" on 123.35 MHz. The airfield traffic pattern is flown either northwards or southwards.
Airfield personnel lived close to Great Wenham.Raydon airfield Hadleigh website The remaining buildings from the airfield are today part of Notley Enterprise Park. Raydon Hall (TM0529039055) in this area is a Grade II building. Two pubs in the village have closed for many years, Chequers (formerly Horseshoes) and the Fox.
Beauvechain Air Base was a pre-World War II Belgian Air Force military airfield established in 1936 as "Le Culot Airfield". It was captured during the Battle of Belgium by the invading German Wehrmacht on 10 May 1940, destroying several Hawker Hurricane and Gloster Gladiator aircraft stationed at the airfield.
During World War II, Falconara Airfield was a military airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force for B-25 Mitchell combat operations by the 321st Bombardment Group between 1 Apr and 1 Sep 1945. After the war ended, the airfield was turned over to local authorities.
Fisantekraal Airfield is located approximately 13 km NE of Durbanville. It is an ex-airforce airfield built circa 1943, where the airforce used to operate Ventura bombers from. It is now in private ownership since 1993. It serves as a general flying airfield, and is a favourite for flight training.
Tobera Airfield was an aerodrome located near Tobera, near Keravat, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese in World War II during August 1943. Tobera was later neutralized by Allied air bombing from 1944. The airfield was abandoned after the cessation of hostilities.
Aerial view of Falalop Airfield in 2008 Ulithi Airport is a public airport serving the island of Falalop, located in the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. It was previously Falalop Airfield or Naval Air Base Ulithi (NAB Ulithi), when used as a World War II airfield.
The airfield consisted of a single 600-metre runway, direction 05/23. Facilities at the airfield consisted of a small control tower, building and hangars made of corrugated steel sections. The airfield was abandoned after Typhoon Wanda in 1962. All the structures were demolished when the station closed in the 1970s.
Stadskanaal airfield () is a small ultralight aviation only airfield in the Netherlands east of Stadskanaal in the province Groningen. It has one grass runway in the direction 06/24.
Lane Army Airfield (also known as Lane Army Heliport or An Son Airfield) is a former United States Army base west of Qui Nhơn in Bình Định Province, Vietnam.
Once operational, Limburg was used as a reconnaissance airfield by Ninth Air Force and later as a combat resupply and casualty evacuation airfield until the end of the war.
Zuienkerke Airfield is a ULM-only airfield located near Zuienkerke, West Flanders, Belgium. Like many recreational aerodromes in Belgium, its use is subject to prior permission from the operator.
Lullingstone airfield was a proposed airfield in Kent, United Kingdom that was not constructed. Lullingstone railway station was constructed to serve the airport, but never opened to public services.
Knokke-Zoute Airfield is a former airfield, located 5 km east of Knokke-Heist in West Flanders, Belgium. It was closed in 1960 and is now in agricultural use.
By 1918 the airfield had two sheds to protect the Avros and hutted accommodation for 51 airmen. The squadron was disbanded in June 1919 and the airfield was closed.
It then became a United States Army Air Forces combat airfield until the end of the war. After the war, the airfield was redeveloped into a private industrial estate.
Strassfeld Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located in Germany, about 5 miles east-northeast of Euskirchen in Nordrhein-Westfalen; approximately 310 miles southwest of Berlin.
Gray Army Airfield , also known as Gray AAF, is a military airfield located within Joint Base Lewis–McChord (formerly Fort Lewis) near Tacoma, in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
East Harwich Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century. The airfield was described as being located in a small field off Route 39 in Harwich, Massachusetts.
Hathazari Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in Bangladesh that was used during the Burma Campaign of 1944. It is no longer in use.
Tsuyung Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in China, located east of Chuxiong City (Yunnan Province) in the People’s Republic of China.
Montreuil Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of La Bazoge in the Pays-de-la-Loire region of northern France. Located just outside Montreuil (probably to the north of the town), the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 17 August 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France. The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
At the battle of Ockenburgh a total of 86 Dutch soldiers were killed. After the Dutch capitulation, the military auxiliary airfield came back into German hands and a fake airfield was made. With wooden planes, fake lighting and fake barracks, it was intended to tempt allied airmen to throw their bombs on the fake airfield in order to protect the operational airfields from bombing. In the middle of 1943 the fake airfield was lifted.
During the 1950s, the French military built a military airfield near Xépôn. The airfield was located about northwest of the village on the south bank of the Nam Se Kok River. At in length, the dirt airstrip was the largest in Savannakhet Province, and the second largest airfield of any in the nearby South Vietnamese provinces. The Royal Lao Army ceased defending the airfield in 1961, and it fell into North Vietnamese hands.
Until 1992 Ypenburg was a military airfield known as Ypenburg Airport. It was the site of the Battle for The Hague on 10 May 1940, at the beginning of World War II. German forces attempted to capture the airfield via an airborne landing. This failed however and Dutch forces recaptured the airfield. After the Netherlands eventually surrendered to Germany, the Luftwaffe made no use of the airfield during the remainder of the war.
Gruppe was withdrawn from Normandy and returned to Germany for conversion training to the new inline engine powered Fw 190 D-9, the first unit to receive this aircraft. The Gruppe withdrew to northern Germany for the conversion, making stopovers at Beauvais Airfield, Florennes Airfield and Bonn-Hangelar Airfield at Sankt Augustin before retreating to an airfield at Oldenburg. At Oldenburg, III. Gruppe was reformed with four Staffeln, retaining its former 9.
Poncri Auxiliary Aerodrome is a former airport in Panama. During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force as an auxiliary of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. Known as Pocri Airfield, the XXVI Fighter Command 28th Fighter Squadron flew P-39 Airacobras from the airfield from 22 February – 2 August 1944. The airfield has been overbuilt with housing.
Irish Parachute Club at Clonbullogue airfield Clonbullogue airfield is owned and operated by the Irish Parachute Club who are based at the field. The airfield has one east-west grass strip runway which is 770m long and 18m wide. There are six aircraft based on the field, most of them owned by the Irish Parachute Club. The airfield is located about west of Clonbullogue village and lies under a restricted airspace designated EI-R16.
Yontan Airfield (also known as Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield) is a former military airfield located near Yomitan Village on the west coast of Okinawa. It was closed in July 1996 and turned over to the Japanese government in December 2006. Today it is home to the Yomitan Village Office and community complex, including baseball fields, running tracks, and community facilities. Yontan (Yomitan) Airfield was originally established by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 as .
Piagiolino Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located about 1 km southwest of Monterado (Provincia di Ancona,The Marches); 200 km north of Rome. It was a temporary all-weather airfield used by the 52d Fighter Group between 21 April and 8 July 1945. Today, the land on which the airfield existed can be identified by the scarring on the earth evident in aerial photographs.
The airfield was a small dispersal airfield approximately 7 miles east of the Jordanian border in far western Iraq. It was used by Iraqi Air Force elements based at H-3 Air Base, located 51.0 mi northeast of the airfield. It was abandoned by the Iraqi Air Force after Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. Current aerial imagery shows that the operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed.
On 22 October, the repaired airfield and its runway were reopened, with the first of many fixed-wing cargo airplanes arriving at the airfield. On 30 October, an Iraqi Air Force C-130J Super Hercules landed at Qayyarah West Airfield, the first time a fixed-wing aircraft from the Iraqi security forces landed there since the airfield was recaptured from ISIL. The United States Army left the site on March 26, 2020.
During World War II the United States Army Air Forces used Garden City Airport as a training airfield by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center. The facility was called Garden City Army Airfield. The main Garden City Army Airfield and its auxiliaries closed in November 1945 and were declared excess by the military on 18 May 1947. Civil authorities developed the main airfield into Garden City Regional Airport.
The airfield was first opened on 1913 when five aircraft of No.2 Squadron Royal Flying Corps arrived. Montrose became the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and first military airfield in Scotland. The air station closed in 1920 but was reopened in 1935 for use in the Second World War. After the war the airfield continued to be used as a maintenance unit until it closed on 4 June 1952.
The runways and 40 loop hardstands still remained and the south-west hangar was in use as a store. During the 1990s the airfield began to be dismantled for aggregate. Pioneer Aggregates has an interest in the southwest part of the airfield and much of the airfield has been subjected to extensive gravel extraction. The north side of the airfield remains relatively intact with the exception of the dispersal loop hardstands, which have been removed.
RAF Worthy Down, was a Royal Air Force station built located north west of Winchester, Hampshire the airfield was also known as RNAS Worthy Down (HMS Kestrel) and HMS Ariel. The Royal Navy used the airfield from 1939 until 1942. Being completed in 1918, the airfield was first manned by No. 58 Squadron RAF. The airfield remained in use throughout the Second World War and was made into an engineering school in 1952.
Raydon airfield was constructed by the 833rd and 862nd Aviation Engineer Battalions. Although only ever used by fighters, Raydon airfield was constructed as a standard Class A bomber airfield. As a result, its main concrete runway was approximately 6000 ft long with two intersecting concrete runways of 4200 ft. Two T-2 type hangars were built at opposite ends of the airfield and 52 concrete dispersal points were located around the perimeter track.
Mosteiros Airport was a public use airfield near Mosteiros, in the northeastern part of the island Fogo, Cape Verde. The airfield operated at least since 1957 when Aero Clube de Cabo Verde opened a new air route to MTI/GVMT, with a Dove airplane which could transport 9 passengers. The airfield was closed at the end of the 1990s.Como chegar, Câmara municipal dos Mosteiros Since then, the only airfield of Fogo is São Filipe Airport.
The urban development has obliterated any trace of the airfield. It is unknown precisely where the airfield was actually located due to the changed landscape over the past 60 years.
In March 1943, the control of the airfield was given over to the Admiralty and was given the name HMS Spurwing, but the airfield was also known as RNAS Hastings.
In the Second World War a dummy airfield was laid out on the moor. This was intended to simulate the nearby airfield at Faßberg and divert attention away from it.
Le Mans Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the City of Le Mans in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France.
Chalon – Champforgeuil Airfield (, ) is an airfield located at Champforgeuil, north-northwest of Chalon-sur-Saône, both communes of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Burgundy (Bourgogne) region of France.
Natakhtari Airfield is a domestic airport located in Natakhtari, Mtskheta- Mtianeti, Georgia. It also serves Mtskheta and Tbilisi. It only serves domestic flights. A bus links the airfield with Tbilisi.
With the announcement that the INCO development would not be using the airfield, the Air Cadet Gliding Program once again started using the airfield for gliding operations in May 2008.
Vöslau Airfield (, ) is a public airfield located east of Bad Vöslau, Lower Austria, Austria. It is also known as Flugplatz Vöslau-Kottingbrunn in German. It is used for general aviation.
It later became a Children's and Youth Home, but this closed in 1983. A military airfield was built on the commons in 1936. It became a civilian airfield in 2005.
Guercif Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco, located about 4 km northeast of Guercif (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate); 400 km east-northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
After the floods, 5,500 military were deployed to the city of Krymsk to help rebuild the city, and a military campground was built on the airfield of the Krymsk airfield.
Barangay Duyan-duyan, the site where the airport is built on is close to Barangay Tiring, which was the site of a World War II airfield known as Tiring Airfield.
The city is located in the comb 113. Airfield on the Farrenberg An airfield (Segelfluggelände Farrenberg) for gliders and light aircraft is located on the Farrenberg south of the city.
Grand Island Army Airfield was a United States Army Air Forces airfield which operated from 1942 to 1946. After its closure, the base was reopened as Central Nebraska Regional Airport.
No Man's Land Navy Airfield was an operational United States Navy airfield from 1943 to 1950s. The airfield is located on Nomans Land island, about three miles (5 km) off the southwest corner of the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. When it was rarely used, it was only to support propeller aircraft.
Today the airfield is a mixture of various agricultural fields. A memorial to the men and units that were stationed at Beuzeville was placed at the site of the former airfield. It is located near La Londe, bordering the D17 towards Beuzeville-au-Plain. La Londe airfield memorial plaque in outside Ste.
Guskara Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. Guskara was a photo-recon base for the Tenth Air Force. Several aircraft including Northrop P-61 Black Widow and Lockheed P-38 Lightning operated from this airfield. It is now abandoned.
The airfield has become overgrown with vegetation and few traces of its former use remain. The Banzai Cliff memorial is located at the western end of the former airfield. The former airfield is part of the National Historic Landmark District Landing Beaches; Aslito/Isely Field; & Marpi Point, Saipan Island, designated in 1985.
Hyvinkää airfield was the main airport of Finland in 1944–1947, when Helsinki-Malmi Airport was in use by the Allied Commission. Finnair used Hyvinkää as a major hub. Finnair's DC-3-pilots trained to fly at Hyvinkää airfield in 1948. Jukolan Pilotit, Mäntsälän Ilmailukerho and Hyvinkään ilmailukerho operate from the airfield.
Jonava Airport also known as Rukla or Gaižiūnai Airfield (; ICAO: EYRU) was a military airfield in Lithuania located southeast of Jonava. It was part of Rukla–Gaižiūnai military facilities. The airport featured a linear ramp with 24 parking spaces. It is no longer used as an airfield and hosts various racing events.
It operated from the field between 2–20 January 1943. After the 52d moved out the airfield was dismantled. Today, there are no remaining traces of the airfield as the area around the town of Chlef has grown substantially since the war. The urban development has obliterated any trace of the airfield.
Rapopo Airfield was an aerodrome located at Lesson Point, Blanche Bay near Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese during World War II in December 1942. Rapopo was later neutralized by Allied air bombing from 1944. The airfield was abandoned after the cessation of hostilities.
It features aircraft that flew from the airfield, and was unveiled with the last RAF flag to fly from the airfield when it was an RAF station. The flag had been kept by local Councillor Ian Carr, who was a navigator with No. 21 Squadron RAF flying de Havilland Devons from the airfield.
P-47 Thunderbolts of the 48th Fighter Group line up for take off at Deux Jumeaux Airfield Deux Jumeaux Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Deux Jumeaux in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside of Deux Jumeaux, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 14 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
392d Fighter Squadron P-38L at Carentan Airfield (A-10) Carentan Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Carentan in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Carentan, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield 15 June 1944, nine days after the first Allied landings in France on D-Day and only three days after the capture of Carentan. The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Six Mirage F-1AZs dropped airburst bombs on the airfield at 08h10 and the last attack at 08h15 was on 11 Brigade headquarters by six Mirage F-1AZs using airbursting bombs. After bombarding the targets with artillery fire, Battle Group 20 set off for targets in and around the airfield. Battle Group 20 was divided into four combat teams. Combat Team 50 was the reserve, while Combat Team 10 hit targets south of the airfield, Combat Team 20 attacked targets south-east of the airfield and the last team 30 directly at the airfield and its installations.
Kalaa Djerda Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia approximately south-southwest of El Kef and southwest of Tunis. The airfield was built prior to World War II by the French Air Force Armée de l'Air. In 1939, GB I/19 and II/19 "Gascogne" of Snisian FA South stationed Bloch MB.210 bombers at the airfield. After the Battle of France in 1940, the Vichy French Air Force (Armée de l'Air de Vichy) continued to use the airfield until its abolition in November 1942 after the Operation Torch Landings in French North Africa and the German takeover of Tunisia afterward.
Saint-Inglevert Airfield is a general aviation airfield at Saint-Inglevert, Pas-de-Calais, France. In the First World War an airfield was established near Saint-Inglevert by the Royal Flying Corps, later passing to the Royal Air Force on formation and thus becoming RAF Saint Inglevert.for a description of some RFC/RAF operations on the field, see No. 115 Squadron RAF In 1920, a civil airfield was established on a different site which was a designated customs airfield. During the Second World War, Saint-Inglevert was occupied by the Royal Air Force and the Armée de l'Air.
Djilma Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, located about 2 km north of Jilma (Sidi Bu Zayd); approximately 180 km west-southwest of Tunis. The airfield was built during World War II as a temporary field which was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 31st Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 31st Fighter Group based three squadrons (307th, 308th, 309th) of Supermarine Spitfires at the airfield from 7 to 12 April 1943. It then moved to Korba Airfield and afterwards, engineers came to the field and dismantled the facility.
The 31st Fighter Group flew Supermarine Spitfires from the airfield between 12 April and 15 May; the 52d Fighter Group flew P-40 Warhawks between 14 April and 21 May. The fighter units out after the Tunisian Campaign ended to airfields closer to the coast and the airfield was closed and the airfield was dismantled. Today, there are no remaining traces of the airfield as the area around the town of As Sars consists largely of agricultural fields, which has obliterated much of the airfield. Today the remains of a runway are visible from satellite imagery.
Orleansville Airfield was a World War II military airfield in Algeria, near Chlef, approximately 170 km southwest of Algiers. It was a temporary airfield constructed by Army Engineers using compacted earth for its runway, parking and dispersal areas, not designed for heavy aircraft or for long-term use. The prevailing temperatures in the area are some of the hottest in the world, making steel planking unsuitable for airfield use. The airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 52d Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.
Soltane Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located approximately 5 km southeast of Ain Soltane (Sidi-Nsar- Allah); about 170 km south-southwest of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, used by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the Tunisian Campaign. It was used by the 57th Fighter Group, which flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 21 March and 4 April 1943. When the Americans moved out at the end of April 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned.
Bou Grara Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located near Golfe de Bou Grara (Madanin); about 360 km south- southeast of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, used by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the Tunisian Campaign. It was used by the 57th Fighter Group, which flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield during May and June 1943. When the Americans moved out at the end of April 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned.
However, the damp conditions prevented heavy loads so P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft were flown from Zeals instead. From March 1944 the airfield reverted to the RAF who posted Mosquito there to intercept incoming German bombers. Following D-Day the RAF used the airfield for glider training in preparation for action against Japan, and in April 1945 the airfield was transferred to the Royal Navy, and was commissioned HMS Heron using the airfield for aircraft carrier training. The airfield closed on 1 January 1946, although the RN stayed until June 1946 when it was returned to farmland.
Grombalia Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately east-southeast of Hammam-Lif, about southeast of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield constructed by Army Engineers using Pierced Steel Planking (PSP) for its runway, parking and dispersal areas, not designed for heavy aircraft or for long-term use. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 82d Fighter Group during the North African Campaign, flying P-38 Lightnings from the airfield between August and October 1943. After the Americans moved east in October, the airfield was closed and dismantled.
United States Third Army units moved into the Frankfurt area during mid-March 1945, and ground forces captured Eschborn Airfield about 25 March. On 30 March, combat engineers from IX Engineer command 832d and 825th Engineering Aviation Battalions arrived to make the airfield operational for American aircraft. A Pierced Steel Planking runway was laid down over the damaged concrete runway and enough repairs were made to make the airfield operational by early April. The airfield was designated as Advanced Landing Ground "Y-74 Frankfurt/Eschborn" and immediately put to use as a transport resupply and casualty (S&E;) evacuation airfield.
Schwimmer Airfield (also known as 14-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple- airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located north of the Laloki River. The airfield was known as 14 mile for its distance from Port Moresby, and also known as 'Laloki' or 'Lakoki Drome' for the river to the northwest of the airstrip. It was officially renamed "Schwimmer Airfield" on November 10, 1942, in honor of Charles Schwimmer, lost in P-39D 41-6956 intercepting Japanese aircraft over Port Moresby.
Boeing B-17E 41-2489 (Suzy-Q) of 19th Bomb Group, 93d Bomb Squadron, Mareeba, Australia, September 1942 This aircraft returned to the United States 23 October 1942, was scrapped and reduced to spares 15 July 1946. Mareeba Airfield is an airfield located south of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. Built in 1942 as a US Army Air Force base during World War II, the airfield had two runways, with a complement of taxiways, hardstands and a containment area. After the war, much of the airfield reverted to agricultural use, while the southern runway remains as an active airfield.
Snezhnogorsk Airport is an airfield in Russia located 5 km west of Snezhnogorsk. It is a small paved, fully engineered airfield with one or two buildings and a few narrow taxiways.
Farnborough Airfield appeared in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace, as the Austrian airport from which Bond flies. The airfield was also a location for the 2010 film Inception.
Used until 1970 as a United States Air Force fighter airfield, it was held as a reserve airfield until 1993, when it came under control of the Ministry of Defence Police.
The airfield was once used by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, but no military aircraft or buildings exists on the site. The abandoned airfield once had a single 4314 ft runway.
Brasschaat Airfield (, ) is an airfield located north of Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium. Formerly the base of the Belgian Army Flying Service, it is today home to recreational flying, including gliders and microlights.
Radlett Aerodrome was an airfield and aircraft manufacturing plant in Hertfordshire, now owned by Eon Productions. Part of the airfield is now the M25 between junctions 21 (A405) and 22 (A1081).
Yelabuga North is an airport in Russia located 5 km northeast of Yelabuga. It is a minor airfield with utility tarmac and some hangars. It appears to be an old airfield.
Anatom Airport , also known as Aneityum Airport, is an airfield serving the island of Aneityum, in the Taféa province in Vanuatu. The airfield is actually located on the smaller Inyeug island.
When the Americans pulled out in April 1945, the airfield was dismantled by engineers and returned to agriculture. An outline of the airfield remains as agricultural fields in aerial photos today.
After the war, the airfield was by No. 262 Maintenance Unit RAF between December 1945 and November 1948. At the end of 1948 the airfield was closed and fell into disuse.
Iba Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942).
Royal Air Force Shipdham or more simply RAF Shipdham is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles south of Dereham, Norfolk, England. The airfield now operates as Shipdham Airfield.
The airfield has one runway, 13/31 that is with a grass surface. The runway has no landing lights. The airfield is managed by AS Tallinna Lennujaam Kuressaare lennujaam (Kuressaare Airport).
Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield is a former military airfield which is located approximately 1 mile northeast of Toul (Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine); 160 miles east of Paris. The airfield had its probable origins as early as 1912, as an Aéronautique Militaire airfield, later being extensively used by the United States Army Air Service. It became a permanent airfield between the wars and during the Phony War with Nazi Germany (1939–1940) was the home of G.C. II/5 (The French Air Force descendant of the World War I Lafayette Escadrille) equipped with American Curtis Hawk 75A fighters. Seized in the Battle of France, it became a Luftwaffe airfield until being captured by the United States Third Army in September 1944.
Starting on 19 July the group's forward echelon crossed the English Channel to take up stations in Normandy.Groh, p. 59 Group headquarters and the 394th shared Beuzeville Airfield with the 371st Fighter Group, while the 392d Squadron was at Carentan Airfield, and the 393d at Cricqueville Airfield, advanced landing grounds made from pierced steel planking.Maurer gives the location of the 394th as Sainte-Mère-Église, but this is the same airfield (A-6) called Beuzeville elsewhere.
The airfield was a large unimproved airstrip operated in the 1960s and 1970s. It was intended for arctic staging by Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers based at southerly locations such as Belaya. It also served as a diversion airfield for Tiksi. The airfield was only operational during the wintertime, when the packed snow provided a much larger runway and tarmac area than that available at nearby Tiksi Airport, allowing the airfield to receive many more airplanes.
Pocklington Airfield Pocklington Airfield has three concrete and tarmac runways of , sufficient in length to take RAF bombers during the Second World War, but in September 1946 the airfield was closed. Although the site remains in use with gliders - and occasionally hot air balloonists - a lot of the concrete runway surface has gone, and the control tower is not in operation. It is therefore classified as "limited flying". The airfield is now wholly owned by the Wolds Gliding Club.
A two-seat P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Astra" of the 365th Fighter Group. Lignerolles Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield near the commune of Lignerolles in the Normandy region of northern France. Located to the south and east of Lignerolles, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 6 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Lonray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Lonrai in the Orne region of northern France. Located just outside Lonrai, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 22 August 1944, after the Allied landings in France and the breakout from Normandy, and during the Liberation of Paris. The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion using German facilities.
Sousse Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located in the vicinity of Sousse. It was a temporary airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force 31st Fighter Group which flew two squadrons of Supermarine Spitfires from the field between 9–19 June 1943 When the Americans pulled out the airfield was abandoned. There is no evidence left of its existence in aerial photography of the area.
The other bases in the quad were Midland Army Airfield, Childress Army Airfield, and Big Spring Army Airfield. Army personnel arrived in San Angelo in May 1942 and the construction of the civil airport was taken over by military construction crews in May 1942. Additional land was acquired and the military airfield eventually totaled almost 1,700 acres in size. The base was activated on 1 June 1942 and jurisdiction was transferred to the Army Air Forces Training Command.
Prosnes Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located approximately east-southeast of Reims; northeast of Paris. The airfield was a semi-permanent facility built by the USAAF in the Champagne region west of Monte Carnillet which was a fiercely contested region of the World War I Western Front. The 6000' Pierced Steel Planking runway of the airfield supported Fighters and transports from September 1944 through the end of the war in Europe.
The Republic of Korea Army Capital Division captured Wonsan Airfield on 10 October 1950. On 13 October, Major General Field Harris, commander of the 1st Marine Air Wing, flew into the airfield, followed the next day by VMF-312 and other elements of Marine Aircraft Group 12. The airfield was used by the United States Marine Corps and USAF under the designation K-25. By 12 October the USAF's Cargo Combat Command was flying supplies into the airfield.
The airfield was built by C Company and HQ Detachment of the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 27 April 1942 and 16 July 1942. The single runway was . Further development of the airfield was undertaken by No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF, No 14 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF and New South Wales Department of Main Roads under the Allied Works Council. The runway was enlarged to approximately , accommodating close to sixty aircraft dispersal bays, some with earthen revetments.
The latest aerial imagery of this area now show a large housing development project underway on the site. Cyclops Airfield, which was a single runway facility to the northeast of Sentani Airfield and originally built by the Japanese, was also abandoned and is now part of the town of Sentani. This field is notable because it functioned as MacArthur's HQ at Hollandia. Sentani Airfield is the only part of the complex still in use as an airfield today.
Harris Neck Site 8 airfield was secured by an army detachment from Hunter airfield in Savannah on Dec. 7, 1941 and closed to the public on 1 January 1942 when the Civil Air Patrol began anti-submarine flights. It was closed for military use in 1943 when the new expanded military airfield was opened a half-mile north. There is no trace of the CAA airfield existence today but its outline by property fencing on the southern boundary.
The airfield was completed in 1941, and called RAF Edgehill. No. 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU) was based at the airfield operating Vickers Wellingtons, Miles Martinets and Hawker Hurricanes also No. 12 OTU were based at the airfield as well. No. 1 Flying Training School RAF also used Edgehill at some point. The airfield was also used for the flight testing of the Gloster E28/39 in 1942 after it had made its maiden flights at RAF Cranwell.
Chinook helicopters over Gray Army Airfield at Ft. Lewis in 1977 Gray Army Airfield , is a military airport located within Fort Lewis. The field is named in honor of Captain Lawrence C. Gray, who lost his life during a free balloon flight at the field on 4 November 1927. It is used by Army helicopters.Gray Army Airfield Helicopters based at the airfield assisted with medical evacuations at Mount Rainier National Park on numerous occasions in the 1970s.
Penshurst Airfield was an airfield in operation between 1916–36 and 1940–46. Initially a military airfield, after the First World War it was used as an alternate destination to Croydon Airport, with some civil flying taking place. The airfield closed following the crash of a Flying Flea at an air display in 1936, and was converted to a polo ground. It re-opened during the Second World War as an Emergency Landing Ground, RAF Penshurst.
Rogers Airfield (also known as 30-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Redscar Bay, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple- airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located north-west of Port Moresby by air, near Rorona (also spelled Rarona). On November 15, 1942, the airfield was named in honor of Major Floyd "Buck" W. Rogers (C.O. of 3rd BG, 8th BS) who was KIA flying A-24 41-15797.
Flughafen Detmold was built in 1934 on the northeastern edge of the city and was intended for recreational (glider) flying. It was laid out as a 500 × 500 meters all-way grass airfield with a single hangar. Before it was opened it was already decided to expand the airfield to 700 × 700 meters. Later it was decided to expand the airfield even further (1000 × 1000 m) to allow it to be used as an emergency airfield by the Luftwaffe.
The airfield part of the site was transferred from military to civilian control on 1 April 2019. It is now owned by the Welsh Government and known as Bro Tathan airfield and is home to Bro Tathan Business Park. MOD St Athan continues to exist, comprising an area which is adjacent to the airfield.
Montijo's children remained active in aviation after his death, his son went on to be a P-51 pilot in the 353rd Fighter Squadron in WWII, and was hired to manage the La Cresta Airfield in Bakersfield, California on its opening. The airfield was known as Monty's La Cresta Airfield in honor of his father.
The airfield was abandoned after the war. The town of Lorengau was extended to the west of the jetty on Seeadler Harbour after the war, built on the cleared area of the airfield. The major road alignments follow the edges of the airfield.Lorengau Airfield and Vicinity, image, USAAF, 5th AF, 22 January 1944, www.pacificwrecks.
Two semi-detached cottages, part of the St Just Estate, are in an isolated position on the west side of the airfield and can be reached only by the main airfield gate and the airfield perimeter road. The painter and etcher Bryan Ingham occupied the western cottage from 1958 until his death in 1997.
Melton Airfield is a small grass strip airfield located approximately north of the city centre of Melton in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of Coburns Road and Diggers Rest - Coimadai Road. The small grass airstrip runs approximately east-west. The airfield is home to the Melton Air Services.
Longman Airfield was built in 1933 for Highland Airways to serve Orkney and Wick, with services starting on 8 May. The corporation took over the management of the airfield in 1937, forming Inverness Airport Ltd and Inverness Aero Club. After considerable activity during WWII, the airfield reopened, mainly for BEA services, but closed in 1947.
During World War II, Pomigliano was the location of a large military airfield and base, and was attacked on several occasions by the United States Army Air Forces. The airfield was later used by the RAF and the USAAF Twelfth Air Force during the Italian campaign and known as RAF Pomigliano and Pomigliano Airfield.
Their ship was attacked as it arrived in port. In Batavia the 79th LAA Battery was split in half. Troop B was sent to defend the airfield of Malang while Troops A and C boarded the Ban Hong Leong on 9 February to defend Penfui airfield in Dutch Timor – the closest airfield to Australia.
It has a helipad also. CAA operates seven Cessna 172s, one Piper Seneca and a DA 42 on this airfield. CAA have a 140 by 100 foot hangar in the airfield. Other than CAA, the airfield is often used by Madhya Pradesh Government Aviation and VIP charter aircraft as well as Medical evacuation flights.
Wick was originally a grass airfield, used by Captain E. E. Fresson's Highland Airways Ltd. (later Scottish Airways Ltd.) from 1933 until 1939. Requisitioned by the Air Ministry during World War II, the airfield was extended with hard runways, hangars, and other buildings. The airfield was administered by No. 18 Group, RAF Coastal Command.
The Wiltshire Police Ports Unit was established in April 2000. It is responsible for policing all non-designated airfields in Wiltshire, making sure that legislation is followed, particularly the Terrorism Act 2000. It also obtains any intelligence on smuggling and contraband. Ports in Wiltshire include Old Sarum Airfield, Clench Common Airfield and Redlands Airfield.
Set of data on the EPOM airfield The airfield vicinity is mostly farmland. There is no scheduled air traffic and very little GA activity. The airfield itself commands an on-demand exclusion zone of 10 km radius. For about 50 km more in any direction the airspace is unrestricted (G class) up to FL95.
The airfield was then placed on care and maintenance until 1959 when No. 102 Squadron RAF arrived and the airfield was re-modelled as a PGM-17 Thor missile site, operating until 27 April 1963. The area is now used as the civilian Full Sutton Airfield and is home to the Full Sutton Flying Centre.
Under the ownership of the ARA Trust, the airfield was used primarily for recreational flying. Nowadays, Mercer Airport operates primarily for commercial reasons such as skydiving, training and public flying. There are also Helicopter operations on, and north of the airfield. Mercer Airfield is used as a secondary training ground for Helicopter Flight Training Ltd.
Avro Vulcan XM655 at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield The airfield is also home to the Wellesbourne Wartime Museum situated at the end of the car park near to the control tower which includes the Avro Vulcan XM655 which is located separately in the northwest corner of the airfield and maintained by the 655 Maintenance & Preservation Society.
Henderson Field (originally known as Naval Air Station Midway Islands) on East Midway Island is a former World War II airfield in the Central Pacific. The airfield was abandoned after the war.
It was also the site of Royal Air Force Station Maydown, USAAF airfield and later transferred to the Royal Navy as Royal Naval Air Station airfield, RNAS Maydown, during World War II.
After the 316th moved east, the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to civil authorities. Today the airfield is an open, undeveloped area seen on aerial photography northeast of the town.
Romanian troops from the 341st Infantry Battalion were based with the Canadians in Kandahar. Romanian airfield protection troops helped guard Kandahar Airfield. In 2007, Romania's contribution increased to a battlegroup in Zabual.
Del Carmen Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942).
Gatow airfield in the south of the district, was used by the Royal Air Force, most notably during the Berlin Airlift. Since 1995 the airfield is now the Museum of Military History.
Became part of the Army of Occupation in Japan, moving to Itami Airfield, Japan in October 1945 as part of Far East Air Forces. Inactivated at Itami Airfield on 10 May 1946.
Medenine Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located just to the west of Medenine, 46 km N of Tataouine; 430 km south-southeast of Tunis.
Al-Malikiyah Municipal Airfield (, ) is a basic aerodrome serving Al-Malikiyah (also known as Dêrik or Dayrik), a small city in far northeastern Syria. The airfield is about east of the city.
From 1997–2011, the aerodrome received passenger flights carrying administrative and technical personnel. In 2017, the airfield was transferred to the FSUE "TsENKI". A reconstruction of the airfield was planned for 2018.
Construction of a parallel taxiway, re-marking of the airfield to adhere to FAA directives. Construction of new taxiway “C” to the terminal ramp and upgrades to the airfield taxiways lighting system.
An airfield was established at Penshurst in December 1916. The airfield had a grass runway. The site measured from north to south and from east to west. In total it extended to .
There are 2 or 3 fixed-base operators on the airfield which provides maintenance and repair facilities for light aircraft. This is a small airfield that is restricted to light aircraft only.
Chengkung Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in China, located approximately 20 miles south-southeast of Kunming (Yunnan Province) in the People’s Republic of China.
Suichwan Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in China, located approximately 2 miles southwest-west of Yutianzhen (Suichuan County) in the People’s Republic of China.
The airfield was abandoned in early 1945 due to turbulent air currents and lack of use. Only two aircraft were recorded to have landed and taken off from the airfield. A visual outline of Leone Airfield can be seen from the air today with a straight clearance road starting from the WVUV-AM radio tower to Midkiff Elementary School.
After the war, the French Air Force began building a new facility, with a new taxiway and modern dispersal pads. However, it appears that construction was never completed and the airfield was abandoned. Today the remains of Juvincourt Airfield consist of several abandoned World War II-era runways, along with the unfinished modern airfield in a vacant area.
Castelvetrano Airfield is a decommissioned World War II military airfield in Sicily which is located approximately 1 km southwest of Castelvetrano. The airfield had been an Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica), seized by the United States Army during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky), and used as part of Sicilian Campaign and the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1943.
The airfield part of the site was transferred from military to civilian control on 1 April 2019. It is now owned by the Welsh Government and known as Bro Tathan airfield and is home to Bro Tathan Business Park. The military continues to have a presence adjacent to the airfield, which is known as MOD St Athan.
La Brayelle Airfield was one of the first airfields in France. It was situated west of Douai, in the Nord département in northern France. It was host to the world’s first aviation meeting, home to Bréguet Aviation, and an important airfield in the First World War (WW1). It is occasionally referred to as Douai-Brayelles airfield.
Galera Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in the Umbria region of central Italy, 5.3 km south-southwest of Umbertide. Its last known use was by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force in 1944 during the Italian Campaign. Today, the site of the airfield is indistinguishable from the many agricultural fields in the area.
Riker, pp. 80–82.Thole, "Building an Airfield" The airfield's runways were oriented north/south, northeast/southwest, east/west, and northwest/southeast. A large parking ramp was also constructed on the south side of the runway complex with several large hangars. The location and further details of a small secondary airfield, called Bartholomew County Airfield, are not known.
Established as a U.S. Army Air Forces installation during World War II, the first large contingent of military personnel arrived at the new airfield in February 1943. The airfield was named Atterbury Army Airfield in April 1943 and renamed Atterbury Army Air Base in June 1943,Riker, pp. 81–82, and Taulman and Wertz, eds., pp. 132–33.
Established as Noble Army Airfield and activated on 11 February 1942. Assigned to the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a basic (level 1) pilot training airfield. Operated by the Enid Flying School as an auxiliary to Enid Army Airfield. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer.
One of the noted operations was an attack on the Allied-held Yontan airfield and Kadena airfield on the night of 24 May 1945. Twelve Ki-21-IIb's of the Daisan Dokuritsu Hikōtai were dispatched for a strike, each with 14 commandos. Five managed to crash-land on the Yontan airfield. Only one plane landed successfully.
The Russians began building a military airfield on the site in the fall of 1939. The Soviets began extensive construction of a military airfield in the spring of 1952. MiG-17s were stationed at the base by the end of the same year. Later, Tapa Airfield was made home to the Soviet 656th Interceptor Aviation Regiment.
Redlands Airfield (X2SN) is an unlicensed private airfield in Wanborough, east of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is a few miles from junction 15 of the M4. The site also hosts a small organic beef farm of about . Redlands Airfield started as a small microlight club in the 1980s which subsequently expanded into microlight training without planning permission.
Airfields in Wiltshire include Old Sarum Airfield, Clench Common Airfield and Redlands Airfield. RAF Lyneham was an air transport hub for British forces until its closure in 2012. Airports for scheduled airlines near Wiltshire include Bournemouth Airport, Bristol Airport, Bristol Filton Airport, Cardiff Airport, Exeter Airport, Gloucestershire Airport, London Oxford Airport, London Heathrow Airport and Southampton Airport.
The Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield is in the south-east of the locality and provides facilities for sports and recreational aviation. There are three grass runways of length , and . A number of aviation clubs operate from the airfield, flying vintage planes, gyroplanes, gliders, performing acrobatics and skydiving. Many recreational aviation events are held each year at the airfield.
They stayed until they left for Brussels-Melsbroek Airfield (B-58) on 17 April 1945. When the war ended the airfield became home to B-26 Marauders of the 387th Bombardment Group. They moved in on 24 May until they were withdrawn to the United States on 1 November 1945. The airfield closed shortly after that.
Japan then attempted to build a second military airfield in Samao county. However, the airfield was never completed and abandoned when Allied troops attacked Japan's military and defense bases. Meanwhile, Mokmer Airfield was completed and was now capable of supporting Japan's military aircraft, either single- engine or twin-engine. The allied troops landed at Biak on 16 November 1944.
The Seabees in 1942 constructed the airfield. They built a x runway and a ramp area sufficient for 24 single-engine aircraft, dredging coral to expand the island. Of the area of the expanded island, the airfield took up . The Navy designated this airfield as Naval Air Facility French Frigate Shoals, an auxiliary of Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
B-26 Marauders of the 394th Bomb Group at still-unfinished Boreham Airfield, 14 March 1944. Martin B-26G-5-MA Marauder Serial 43-34373 of the 587th Bomb Squadron. Royal Air Force Station Boreham or more simply RAF Boreham is a former Royal Air Force station in Essex, England. The airfield was always known locally as : "Boreham Airfield".
Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer at the airfield. Contract flying training was short at the airfield, the school closing during the late summer of 1944 with the draw down of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).
The RUAG Switzerland AG operates on the airfield a location for the maintenance of civil and military helicopter.RUAG Alpnach The airfield is used for various other uses. The runways may be used outside normal operating hours of the airport, for example by in-line skaters. A model airplane club uses the southern half of the airfield .
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Napa Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was expanded later in the war and renamed Napa Army Airfield, becoming an auxiliary airfield of the Fourth Air Force Hamilton Army Airfield.Ford, Jim.
The airfield was built in 1942 as an auxiliary to the main Army Airfield at Newport (now Newport Municipal Airport), and was used for training and military exercises. It was briefly reactivated in 1946–49, but was definitively abandoned sometime before 1964. The airfield site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The squadron was made up of RAF Aircrew and RAAF Groundstaff. On 15 June 1944 the squadron moved initially to Livingstone Airfield and Strauss Airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia. The squadron was then relocated in October 1944 to Parap Airfield in Darwin, Northern Territory. Only two operations were undertaken by the squadron before the Japanese surrender.
Between December 1944 and April 1945, the No. 117 Squadron RAF used this airfield as their base. They were joined by a detachment of the No. 62 Squadron RAF in December 1944. The No. 62 Squadron remained at the airfield until March 1945. Between February 1945 and May 1945 the No. 31 Squadron RAF was assigned to this airfield.
Each July the airfield hosts a charity fly-in organized by East Staffordshire Flying Club which is also based here. Many private owners base their aircraft at the airfield. The Midlands Air Ambulance, currently operating a Eurocopter EC135 helicopter, is also based at the airfield. There is a busy M3 aircraft engineering business carrying out aircraft servicing and repairs.
After the closure of the former Burnaston Airport nearby, Derby Airfield was established at Egginton. The small airfield houses a community of light aircraft owners, an aero club and supporting aircraft maintenance firms.
Meschede is connected with two national roads, the federal roads B 7 and B 55, and the motorway A 46. It has an airfield, the Meschede-Schüren Airfield, with a 900 m runway.
The French Air Force based Morane-Saulnier MS-230 fighters at the airfield for the defense of the Chartres region. Bloch 151s were also assigned, with Czechoslovakian pilots being assigned to the airfield.
It was known at that time as US Army Airfield Werve-Thompson. When the US Army pulled out in 1993, the airfield was taken over by Motor-Flieger-Club e. V. Bad Hersfeld.
During World War II, the airport was used as an auxiliary airfield for the Army contract flying school at Bates Army Airfield in Mobile. The contract flying school operated between 1942 and 1944.
Since this airfield is served only by Amakusa Airlines and this airline only has one aircraft, the DHC-8 (pictured on the right) is the only regular, scheduled, aircraft that uses this airfield.
Chateaudun-du-Rhumel (Chateaudun Du Rhumel) Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Algeria, located about 6 km north-northwest of Chelghoum el Aid, in Mila province, about 47 km southwest of Constantine.
Flushing Airport is a decommissioned airfield in northern Queens in New York City. It is located in the neighborhood of College Point, near Flushing. The airfield was in operation from 1927 to 1984.
The airfield was also used as a contract glider training airfield during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces, being closed in 1943. Today the land is used in aquaculture.
RAF Broadwell was an airfield north of Broadwell, actually in the adjacent parish of Kencot. The airfield was in service from 1943 until 1947 and was used by Royal Air Force Transport Command.
The Americans moved east along with the advancing Allied forces in early October, turning the airfield over to French authorities. It was returned to agricultural use and nothing remains of the former airfield.
677th Bomb Squadron 42-63577 "Round Robin Rosie" Emblem of the 444th Bombardment Squadron Charra Airfield is an abandoned airfield in India, located 5 miles (8.0 km) ExNE of Purulia, in West Bengal.
The station is also close to the Shek Kong Airfield.
The wreckage was found seven kilometers away from the airfield.
Canapitsit Airport is a private airfield operational in Gosnold, Massachusetts.
Bucklin Township contains one airport or landing strip, Bucklin Airfield.
Normally the airfield is only operated to subject of demand.
Cleona Township contains one airport or landing strip, Workman Airfield.
Jefferson Township contains one airport or landing strip, Marshall Airfield.
Pohang Airfield was originally developed during the Japanese Imperial period.
The airfield is also used by the Special Forces school.
NATO reserve airfield Weelde Air Base is situated in Weelde.
Useldange Castle Useldange also has an airfield used by gliders ().
The sisters' cars are now on display at Airfield House.
Butaritari Atoll Airport was built in Kiribati during World War II by the United States after seizing the island from the Japanese. Construction lasted approximately one month, from November 20 to mid-December, of 1943. During the war, the airport was known as Makin Airfield, Butaritari Airfield, Antakana Airfield, or Starmann Field. The airfield was the base of operations for the United States Army Air Forces Seventh Air Force 41st Bombardment Group which flew four squadrons of B-25 Mitchell medium bombers.
Missions from the airfield were flown against Japanese shipping, bypassing islands in the Marshalls and Caroline Islands. In addition to the 41st, the 43d Fighter Squadron (15th Fighter Group) flew P-39 Airacobras and the 531st Bomb Squadron (380th Bombardment Group) flew A-24 Dauntless light attack aircraft from the airfield in late 1943 and early 1944. The Americans pulled out at the end of 1944, abandoning the airfield. After the war, the airfield was turned into a commercial airport.
Tour-en-Bessin Airfield, France, 373d Fighter Group Facilities August 1944 not far from the D-Day beaches Tour-en-Bessin Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, located near the commune of Tour-en-Bessin in the Normandy region of northern France. The United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 12 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France. It was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 833d and 846th Engineer Aviation Battalions.
During 1943, the group moved five times: to Chateaudun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria; Ain M'lila Airfield, Algeria; Massicault Airfield, Tunisia; Bizerte, Tunisia; Amendola Airfield, Italy. Some of the important missions the 49th participated in were: the monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy, on 15 February 1944; enemy troop concentrations at Anzio beachhead on 2 March 1944; and the oil refineries at Ploiești, Romania, throughout the spring of 1944. The last mission was flown on 1 May 1945 against marshalling yards at Salzburg, Austria.
Two RNoAF F-16 Fighting Falcon at Ørland hovedflystasjon during NATO Tiger Meet 2013 After the war, a Norwegian Spitfire squadron was stationed here, but in 1946 the airfield was closed. All buildings were torn down and the wood transported to northern Norway to help rebuild Finnmark which the Germans had left in ruins. After that, the airfield was used for sporadic exercises. It wasn't until 1950 that the government decided that the airfield should be made a permanent deployment-airfield.
Only the outline of the airfield remains with single lane farm roads as the airfield has almost been completely returned to agriculture. The control tower has been demolished, but a cluster of Nissen Huts remain on the south side of the airfield close to Langham Lodge . Two further refurbished Nissen Huts are present on the west of original airbase and house the Boxted Airfield Museum. A portion of the original main runway remains in use as a grass airstrip (04/22).
Dar el Koudia Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, in the vicinity of Bizerte. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign. The airfield was used by the 310th Bombardment Group, flying B-25 Mitchells from the field between 6 June and 5 August 1943. Today, the location of the airfield is undetermined, as urban expansion in the Bizerte area has erased evidence of the field.
From March 1944, it returned to the RAF who used it as a fighter airfield for de Havilland Mosquito fighters against German bombers. Following D-Day, the RAF used the airfield for military glider training in preparation for action against Japan. In April 1945 the station was taken over by the Royal Navy (as HMS Hummingbird or RNAS Zeals) who used the airfield for aircraft carrier training. The airfield was closed down from January 1946 and in June it was returned to farmland.
Herzogenaurach Airfield Herzogenaurach was the location of a military airfield beginning in the 1930s. The airfield was originally designed as an airfield by a French architect and constructed by the Deutsche Luftwaffe (Air Force), named Deutsche Fliegerschule (German pilot school). Initially, the post was limited in its use as a Hitler youth training school due to limitations imposed by the Versailles Treaty after World War I. However, fighter pilots soon began training in civilian clothing. In March 1936, the Luftwaffe took official control.
Today, much of the concreted areas of the airfield have been removed for hardcore, with the airfield area being returned to agricultural uses. A surprising number of buildings exist, some on the former airfield, which are being used by agriculture, along with one of T-2 hangars. Others are in the wooded areas south of the former airfield in various states of decay. The perimeter track and runways still exist, although greatly reduced in width, being used as agricultural farm roads.
Rattlesden airfield was built in 1942 as a Class A bomber airfield. The airfield had three intersecting concrete runways, perimeter track and, for USAAF use, hardstands for fifty aircraft and two dispersed, black-painted T-2 hangars. Living and messing sites were on the east side of the field. Situated four miles south of the A14 highway between Stowmarket and Bury St. Edmunds The airfield was opened in 1942 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force.
Sturtivant, P.192 The airfield stayed under RAF control until 1982, when it was purchased by the current owners. Until 2007 it was the base of Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance helicopter. Approximately 150 light aircraft are based at the airfield which, with three runways, is reportedly the largest grass airfield in civilian use in Europe. The airfield holds Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence Number P773, that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flight training.
Fik Airfield (also known as Pik) is an airfield in the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz Afik. The airfield is used for private aviation activity and operated by the Golan Regional Council. Fik has seen traffic drop in recent years, but is used by Elbit Systems to test their Unmanned aerial vehicles. The airfield was the site of Israel's 2001 Kart racing championship, and there is talk of converting it into a race track.
Shortly after its capture, the airfield was turned over to the Luftwaffe. The airfield was initially used primarily as a training base for ground support units. In September 1942, Zerstörerschule 2 (Fighter-Destroyer School 2) (ZS 2) used the base as a training facility for Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter pilots until February 1944.The Luftwaffe, 1933-45 Toul became an operational airfield in July 1944, when Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53) arrived at the airfield with Heinkel He 111 medium bombers.
On 26 October the airfield was declared operationally ready and was designated as Advanced Landing Ground "Y-10", also being known as "Le Culot/East Airfield".Johnson, David C. (1988) U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.IX Engineer Command ETO Airfields, Airfield Layout Shortly after the airfield opened, the 9th AF 371st Fighter Group moved there with P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. remaining until 20 December.
Previously, the airfield had military significance and was called Murmashi airfield. During The Soviet-Finnish war, the 147th fighter aviation regiment was based at the airfield on I-15 bis, I-16 and I-153 aircraft. With the beginning of the great Patriotic war, the 147th fighter aviation regiment, based at the airfield, performed tasks to cover Murmansk and the Kirov railway from German air raids. From July 1941, the regiment received MiG-3 aircraft, which it used until the spring of 1942.
The RAAF resumed responsibility for the maintenance of the airfield in May 1944. The US withdrawal was signalled in June 1944 when the Charters Towers Airfield was classified as a "reserve airdrome". Most of the US facilities at the airfield were turned over to the RAAF in December 1944. The Department of Civil Aviation was advised by the Department of Air in January 1946 that the RAAF planned to retain responsibility for Charters Towers airfield in the post-war period.
The MoD sold the airfield to Westland Helicopters but ensured the Gliding School had a lease for the buildings and right of access to the airfield. This was fine until Westlands started to have a few problems and they started to decrease their operations at Weston. Eventually the airfield was sold to a development company, initially planning to turn it into a theme park. This did not come about as the development company went bust and the airfield was put into receivership.
C-47 Skytrain transports used the airfield frequently.IX Engineer Command ETO Airfields, Airfield Layout On 7 April, Ninth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts arrived at Eschborn. The 371st Fighter Group and the 367th Fighter Group flew combat missions with Thunderbolts until the end of the war in May. The 367th remained at the airfield until mid-July 1945 when the Air Force turned the Eschborn airfield and base over to Army ground forces, which used the facility as an occupation garrison.
The airport was founded in 1932 as a grass strip under the name Vliegveld Welschap (Welschap Airfield). In 1939 the airfield was acquired for use by the Air Force, as concerns over a military conflict with Germany increased. The airfield was quickly captured by German forces during the Battle of the Netherlands and re-used by them under the name Fliegerhorst Eindhoven. The airfield was expanded and improved by the Germans, with three paved runways and numerous hangars and support buildings being constructed.
The airfield was captured by American paratroopers during Operation Market Garden. Damage to the airfield was repaired and the airfield was re-used as an Advanced Landing Ground by both US and British forces under the designation B-78. The airfield was returned to the Royal Netherlands Air Force in 1952. It was home to crews flying the Republic F-84G Thunderjet, Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Northrop NF-5A/B, and finally the General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcon.
Rügen Airport (Regionalflugplatz Rügen), also known as Bergen Airfield or Güttin Airfield (Regionalflugplatz Güttin), (ICAO: EDCGRügen Airport at www.fallingrain.com. Accessed on 14 May 2012.) is the only airfield on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The airfield lies in the municipality of Dreschvitz in its subdistrict of Güttin, about 8 kilometres south of the town of Bergen next to the B 96 federal road. Use of the tarmac runway is restricted to aeroplanes with a maximum weight of 5/7 tonnes.
MiG-29s stationed at Belbek The airfield was first constructed in June 1941, during the third year of World War II. Initially it housed a military fighter aviation unit. Constructed without a hardened runway, after the war the airfield received a concrete runway, but remained exclusively in use by the military. During the second half of the 1980s, after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, the airfield was significantly increased and improved, as the airfield was to be used by him when travelling to the presidential dacha on the southern coast of the Crimea, near the cape of Foros. Subsequently, it was also allowed to use the airfield for civilian purposes.
The construction of the airfield in the village of Alakurtti began shortly before the start of World War II. However, the airfield and village were captured by the 6th Infantry Division of the Land Forces of Finland and the 169th Mountain Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht in August 1941. Before the liberation on September 14, 1944, the military airfield played an important role for Germany: it carried out raids on Kandalaksha and the Kirov Railway. After unsuccessful attempts of the German troops to capture Murmansk, the fighting moved to the south and the airfield received German airplanes. Throughout the war, the airfield was subjected to repeated bombardments by Soviet pilots.
367th Fighter Group - 394th FS P-38 Lightning "Dotties Great Lady" at Beuzeville Airfield (A-6), France Beuzeville/Ste Mère Eglise (Beuzeville) Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Beuzeville-au-Plain in the Normandy region of northern France. A-6 - Beuzeville / Ste Mère Eglise Located just outside Beuzeville-au-Plain, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 7 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
355th Fighter Squadron Lieutenant William B.King before the picture of the P 51B Georgia Peach at Cricqueville en Bessin Airfield (A-2), France Cricqueville en Bessin Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Cricqueville-en-Bessin in the Normandy region of northern France. Located just outside Cricqueville-en- Bessin, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 10 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineer Command, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Chekira Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located near Wadi al `Akarit (Qabis); about 300 km south of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, used by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the Tunisian Campaign. It was used by the 57th Fighter Group, which flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 10-14 1943 during the British Eighth Army's advance into Tunisia from Libya, to which the 57th was attached. When the Americans moved out at the end of April 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned.
Bar Yehuda Airfield (Hebrew מנחת בר־יהודה, minḥat bar-yehuda; sometimes known as Masada Airfield) , named after Israel Bar-Yehuda, is a small desert airfield located in the southern Judean desert, between Arad and Ein Gedi, west of the Dead Sea. Opened in 1963, it is just 4.2 km (2.6 mi) from the Masada fortress access and about one hour and a half drive from Jerusalem, Israel. The airfield is a public concession, mainly used as an alternate airport, and for charter and sightseeing flights. Located at 1,240 ft (378 m) below mean sea level, Bar Yehuda Airfield is the lowest airport in the world.
The airfield was requisitioned by the Fleet Air Arm in 1940 and in April 1941 it became known as Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Machrihanish or HMS Landrail. During the same period, a new airfield was constructed by Bernard Sunley & Sons for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) to the north west of the existing airfield. The new airfield was opened on 15 June 1941 and was known as RNAS Strabane until the summer of 1941, when it took on the names RNAS Machrihanish and HMS Landrail. The original airfield became a satellite station of the new airfield and became known as HMS Landrail II. Throughout the Second World War, Machrihanish was heavily used for training by a wide range of FAA and RAF aircraft and as a base for squadrons disembarked from aircraft carriers.
The airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces IX Engineer Command, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion in late November/early December 1944. Known as Advanced Landing Ground "Y-32", the airfield consisted of a single 5000' (1500m) Pierced Steel Planking runway aligned 12/30. In addition, tents were erected for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump was created for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water; and a minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting was installed.IX Engineer Command ETO Airfields, Airfield Layout Opened on 10 December, the airfield was first used as a resupply and casualty evacuation airfield, with C-47 Skytrain transports flying in and out of the airfield frequently.
Before 1926 the site was used as a military airfield. However, the airfield was too small, and without possibility of extension and being judged difficult to use, the airfield at the site was closed. In 1936, the current airport was built as a grass airfield for the French Air Force, and was used as a flight school. In addition to the military use before World War II, because of the proximity of Paris, the airport was used in the mid-1930s by the postal company Blue Air, which operated a service between Paris-Le Bourget – Nancy – Strasbourg, but this was short lived. After the Battle of France in 1940, the airfield was seized by the German Luftwaffe, and was used as a transport/combat glider airfield during 1943 and 1944.
That evening the PAVN/VC attacked the airfield again but failed to penetrate the defenses. On 31 January Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment was landed at the airfield. The PAVN hit the airfield with 122-mm. rockets on 1 February but made no further ground attacks. On the evening of 1 February two companies from the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment were flown into the airfield securing its northern perimeter. By 4 February the city had been secured and normal operations resumed at the airfield. Aircraft revetments, 19 July 1968 The airfield was the scene of heavy fighting in April-May 1972 during the Battle of Kontum, part of the PAVN's Easter Offensive. On 21 April PAVN artillery fire damaged an Air Vietnam plane, killing a flight attendant.
The growth of commercial air transport at Southampton Airport some years ago left it with no capacity for general aviation (GA) aircraft. This leaves Lee-on-Solent as the only airfield in southern Hampshire with a hard runway available for general aviation; the nearest alternative in Hampshire being Farnborough Airfield. On 18 October 2007, users were given 30 days notice by the Airfield Manager that the aerodrome would be closed to all existing users except MCA, HPASU and PNGC from 16 November 2007. The closure was successfully challenged by Lee Flying Association which worked with other agencies such as the Civil Aviation Authority and AOPA to develop new operating procedures, an Airfield Manual and an air-to-ground service and the airfield is now operating as a licensed general aviation airfield.
These were disbanded in October 1945: the 338th Company of Telegraph Builders, the 14th Independent Engineer Airfield Construction Battalion and all the Independent Engineer Airfield Construction Battalions. These were disbanded in December 1945: the command of the 1st Area of Air Bases (some were subordinated to command units): the 3006th Cereal Storage, the 2003rd Main Air Force Field Storage and the 7th Field Military Household Storage (). Also, the names of some units were changed: the 73rd Airfield Service Battalion became the 1st Airfield Service Battalion, the 74th Airfield Service Battalion became the 2nd Airfield Service Battalion, and following this rule: 129th Airfield Service Battalion was renamed as the 3rd Battalion, 130th as the 4th, the 483rd as the 5th, the 495th as the 6th, the 513th as the 7th and the 686th as the 8th. Also the 103rd Independent Liaison Aviation Squadron was renamed as the 9th Independent Liaison Aviation Squadron that was subordinated to the Internal Security Corps.
The conferences to open the airport stalled, however, and as a result the airfield was left as it was, without any client/operator running flights to the airfield, save for the occasional business flight.
Eureka was disassembled and returned to Germany. Strong community opposition to the use of the airfield by FedEx Express and UPS Airlines blocked the transition of the airfield to public use in the 1990s.
Airfields were built at Mar, Middleburg Island, Cape Opmarai and a flying boat base at Amsterdam Island. A radar station was also set up at Mar. Cape Opmarai Airfield is now a disused airfield.
The lakes are built on the site of a former World War One Royal Flying Corps airfield (known as West Ayton) that was used by No. 251 Squadron. The airfield was abandoned after 1919.
The airfield is now owned and operated by Andrew Hicks and is referred to locally as Montpelier Airpark.Montpelier Microlights It is the closest ultra-light airfield to town of the three in the area.
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used by Third Air Force as a group training airfield, and later by Air Technical Service Command.
Be'er Sheva is also home to a small airfield, Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport. However the airfield has no commercial operations, though it can be used for private flights; it is operated by Ayit Aviation.
Here is an Mi-8T displayed to SFOR personnel during an inspection at Ćoralići Airfield. A Bosnian Army UTVA-75 light utility aircraft displayed as an artifact at Ćoralići Airfield in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kukum Field remained operational after the war as a civilian airfield until 1969 when Henderson Field was modernized and reopened as Honiara International Airport. The airfield is now part of the Honiara Golf Course.
Part of the filming for the 1967 movie picture "'Robbery" (which was based on the Great Train Robbery) was filmed at the airfield with a number of exterior shots showing parts of the airfield.
United is the second-largest carrier, handling approximately 19 percent of passengers. Currently, all regularly scheduled flights from Eppley Airfield terminate within the United States."Statistics and facts", Eppley Airfield. Retrieved 3/29/08.
"Route Map", East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 9 July 2020. . Skegness Water Leisure Park, north of the town, has its own airfield (Skegness Airfield), with two runways. PPR (Prior Permission Required) is required for landing.
Bosset Airport is an airfield serving Bosset, a village in the Western province in Papua New Guinea. The airfield is located west of Port Moresby, the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea.
Bushnell Army Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield located northeast of the intersection of Route 301 & Walker Avenue, one mile northeast of the town of Bushnell, Florida.
Ledo Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned, having been destroyed by the 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake.
The competitions are freely accessible to public from the public part of the airfield. The access to public visitors on the operation airfield surfaces can be made only under the attendance of the organizing staff.
Nearby is the former airfield of RAF Chelveston. A new memorial to the 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy) who operated out of the airfield, was unveiled in the centre of the village on 26 May 2007.
Nouvion Airfield was a pre-war airport and World War II military airfield in Algeria, located about 5 km west of Camp Militaire d' El Ghomri in Mascara province; about 76 km east of Oran.
Hailakandi Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India, used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned. Hailakandi is a district of the Indian state of Assam.
Sheberghan Airfield is located in the Jowzjan Province in the northwest part of Afghanistan. The airfield is located in a plain adjacent to a river, northeast of Sheberghan, west of Aqchah, and east of Andkhoy.
Kiewit Airfield is a recreational airfield located near Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. It has a single grass runway of 600 m length. It is operated by Aeroclub Kiewit. There is mixed activity of airplanes and gliders.
The site is mainly for farming with the hangars used for various uses. In January 2020, Little Staughton Airfield and Industrial Park applied for planning permission to develop the site to re-open the airfield.
Hullavington Airfield, formerly RAF Hullavington, is next to the village. Most of the airfield is in the neighbouring parish of Stanton St Quintin, along with the associated barracks which were renamed Buckley Barracks in 2003.
Del Monte Field was a heavy bomber airfield of the Far East Air Force (FEAF) located on Mindanao in the Philippines. The airfield was located in a meadow of a Del Monte Corporation pineapple plantation.
For security reasons named Station 174 by the United States Army Air Force, the airfield was later more commonly known as RAF Sudbury. With three runways, the airfield was home to the 486th Bombardment Group.
Whitfield (Tilstock) Airfield is an airfield located in Shropshire, England, close to the village of Prees and east of the village of Tilstock and south of Whitchurch, near the junction of the A41 and A49.
As of 2016 the line is disused however part of the track bed at Wilburton Station will be reused by Sound Transit's light-rail construction. The city once had an operating airfield named Bellevue Airfield.
During the war it was used primarily as a bomber airfield. After the war it was closed in 1946. Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields.
The airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II by IX Air Support Command, Ninth Air Force as a Supply and Evacuation/ Emergency Landing Airfield during March–May 1945.
The postwar history of the airfield is unclear, however it is used today as a civil airport. The large, sprawling wartime airfield is largely in disrepair, with abandoned hardstands and taxiways visible on aerial images.
There is an airport (ICAO LOWZ) with paved runway, as well as a hangar, terminal and tower. Currently, the airfield for sport and private jets will be used. There are plans to rebuild the airfield.
The airfield also has a café and a number of flying schools located near to the control tower. The airfield is currently under threat from developers who want to build 1,600 homes on the site.
Loping Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in the People’s Republic of China, located approximately 3 miles south of the community of Luoping in Luoping County (Yunnan Province).
During Continuation War, Pori airfield was used by Luftwaffe. The aviation equipment depot Feldluftpark 3/XI Pori operating at the airfield was from where Germans dispatched aircraft to the north and carried out major overhauls.
Waikerie airport has a sealed runway and is an operating airfield.
It was reactivated as an airfield support squadron in April 2015.
There is also a small military airfield, RAAF Gingin, located nearby.
The nearest commercial airport is Humberside Airport, another former RAF airfield.
The Milford Air Force Auxiliary Airfield operated just outside of town.
VL Tuisku at the air museum at the Helsinki- Vantaa airfield.
The airfield is now farmland and part of an industrial estate.
Sliven Airfield is a military airport located near Sliven, Sliven, Bulgaria.
Flying and notable non-flying units based at Middle Wallop Airfield.
This airfield is connected with the A1 motorway, Portugal's main highway.
The airfield also provides the island's only public toilet and telephone.
The school will have its own airfield in its permanent location.
The Trona Airport serves the community as a general aviation airfield.
Air service for the village is available at the Peenemünde Airfield.
The Bluefields VOR/DME (ident: BLU) is located on the airfield.
Some of the commuters include Americans from the Wiesbaden Army Airfield.
Sinuiju Airfield is an airport near Sinuiju, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.
There is a glider airfield in the outlying centre of Altfeld.
The special airfield Donauwörth-Genderkingen lies partly in the municipal area.
The river emerges from the hills adjacent to Pudding Hill airfield.
Part of the site remains in use as a private airfield.
Ayr/Sargeant Private Airfield, , is located northwest of Ayr, Ontario, Canada.
A memorial was installed at the airfield site in the 1990s.
Hyesan Airfield is an airport near Hyesan, Ryanggang-do, North Korea.
The squadron achieved combat ready status on 19 March 1943. Ready to support the war effort, the 309th Bombardment Squadron boarded the in April 1943. Twelve days after its departure from the United States, the squadron landed at La Senia Airfield, Algeria. The 309th moved to Mediouna Airfield, French Morocco, on 15 May 1943; Marnia Airfield, French Morocco, on 3 June 1943; and to Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria on 11 June 1943. This is where the squadron acquired its first combat experience on 6 July 1943.
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28947) nicknamed "Maj Mac" of the 36th Fighter Group assigned to Lt MW "Maggie" Magnusson Brucheville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Brucheville in the Normandy region of northern France. Located in the vicinity of Brucheville, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 6 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 843d Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Ground personnel of the 358th Fighter Group prepare to start the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Chunky". Cretteville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Cretteville in the Normandy region of northern France. Located to the southeast of Cretteville, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 23 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
The Eastman Airfield Target (Target 76-14, Korean Airfield, ) is a Range 76 target northwest of the TPECR. The target has a northeastern taxiway loop, characteristic for the former Soviet Air Force base at Jüterbog Airfield in East Germany, and three ramps in front of hangars on the western side of the loop. The other taxiways have a similar layout to Jüterbog, although the runway is about shorter. There are two accompanying SAM sites, one northwest of the airfield, and one northwest just like the original.
The Malden Municipal Airport was an Army airfield and then an Air Force base from 1942 to 1960, as operated by the military and then under civilian contracts. The airfield was used to train pilots to fight in World War II and the Korean War. The Malden Army Airfield Preservation Society (MAAPS) is an organization that works to preserve the past of the Malden Army Airfield. The MAAPS Military Museum is located in the airport's terminal building and MAAPS also maintains a Veterans Wall of Honor.
Eschwege Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany in the northwest part of Eschwege (Hessen); approximately 170 miles southwest of Berlin. Fliegerhorst Eschwege was used during World War II by the German Luftwaffe as a transport and support airfield. It was seized in early April 1945 by the United States Army and used as a Ninth Air Force combat airfield until the end of the war in Europe. It was closed in January 1946 and was used as a displaced persons camp until 1949.
During the Second World War, Harestone Moss, close to Whitecairns was set up as a decoy site for RAF Dyce airfield. This was to trick the Luftwaffe into thinking that this was Dyce airfield at night. decoy Airfield with bunker entrance shown also The decoy was bombed on several occasions, two craters are still present today. :3 Aug 1940 :3 Nov 1940 :5 Dec 1940 :18 July 1941 This decoy site had a bunker that housed a generator used to power the dummy airfield lights.
Royal Air Force Station Lichfield also known as Fradley Aerodrome, was an operational training station from 1940 until 1958. It was situated in Fradley, north east of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. The airfield was the busiest airfield in Staffordshire during World War II. The airfield supported its own units as well as providing safe haven for many more. It was a control point for all aviation traffic that passed through the Birmingham area during the war and saw more aircraft movements than any other Staffordshire airfield.
Balchik Airfield is an airfield in Balchik, Bulgaria. It is considered a "certified airfield" by the Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. The airfield accepted its first international civil flight (a small private jet from Prague airport) on May 3, 2012. Located on the Black Sea coast, north east of Varna. Home to a Krilo from 2 Army Polk in June 1941 and later 5 Bf 109Es of the Galata Fighter Orliak. Home to the 2nd Sqn of the 15th Fighter Air Regiment, 2nd Air Defence Division until 1994.
La Vallon Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France,It is located 13 km north of Istres in Bouches-du-Rhône. La Vallon was an all- weather temporary sod airfield built by USAAF XII Engineer Command. The runway was in length, wide, and aligned 13/31. The airfield was equipped with an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.
Royal Air Force Ripon (also known as Royal Flying Corps Ripon) was a First World War airfield maintained by the Royal Flying Corps in the city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. The airfield was home to No. 76 Squadron which was employed on Home Defence (HD) in the United Kingdom. The airfield was created when the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) commandeered the southern half of Ripon Racecourse in 1916. After the end of the First World War, the airfield was returned to horse-racing.
Upon its release from military use, in June 1956, Marconi leased part of the airfield and within ten years had taken over most of the surviving buildings. Today, the northern half of the former airfield has been turned into a quarry, with the vast majority of the land in the northwest of the airfield being excavated. The perimeter track of the airfield has been reduced to a single track agricultural road. However, some of the loop hardstands still remain in the southwestern quadrant of the field.
Land for the airfield was purchased as a result of Dallam and Hartley Country issuing a bond in 1942 for the purchase of more than 3,000 acres of land southwest of Dalhart for an Army Air Corps training airfield. Construction proceeded on the new army airfield and Dalhart Army Airfield opened in May 1942. While under construction the command's temporary headquarters operated from a tent city in Amarillo. During the summer of 1942 three runways were laid down along with a large parking ramp and taxiway system.
The War Assets Administration turned the military airfield to civil control, and was reused starting at some point in 1949 as a civilian airport. Rice was depicted as an active public-use airfield on the March 1952 San Diego Sectional Chart. The chart depicted Rice as having a 5,000' paved runway. The status of the Rice airfield evidently changed to a private airfield at some point between 1952–55, as that is how it was depicted on the September 1955 San Diego Sectional Chart.
It was announced on 2 July 2013 that the airfield had been sold to a company belonging to local aviation enthusiast, Geoffrey Lynch, by Morgan Stanley for an undisclosed price. Morgan Stanley had become the owners when they purchased the portfolio of loans which owned the airfield from the Irish National Asset Management Agency. Wilkins was retained by Lynch following the purchase and continues to manage the airfield. Lynch has stated that he intends for the airfield to continue in use and plans expansions.
Carney Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. It is located near Koli Point about six miles from Henderson Field, close to the Metapona River to the east and the Naumbu River to the west. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
Nha Trang Air Base (also known as Camp McDermott Airfield and Long Van Airfield) was a French Air Force, Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF), United States Air Force (USAF) and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield used during the Vietnam War. It is located on the southern edge of Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa Province.
Kauhava Airfield (; ) is an airfield located in Kauhava, Finland, north of Kauhava town centre. The airfield used to be a military airport until the end of 2014, owned and operated by Finavia. Training Air Wing of the Finnish Air Force was based at the airport. In May 2014, Finavia announced that it would sell the airport properties to Kasvuyrittäjät Oy.
Carlson's raiders, along with troops from the U.S. Army's 147th Infantry Regiment, were to provide security for 500 Seabees as they attempted to construct an airfield at that location. Halsey, acting on a recommendation by Turner, had approved the Aola Bay airfield construction effort. The Aola airfield construction effort was later abandoned at the end of November because of unsuitable terrain.Peatross, pp.
It was activated on 11 January 1942 as Troy Auxiliary Airfield, a satellite airfield for the United States Army Air Forces Maxwell Field near Montgomery. It was known as Maxwell AAF Aux No. 4 - Troy (aka Troy No. 5). The airfield also conducted basic flying training throughout the war. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer.
The Airport Core Programme was the most expensive airport project in the world. Shek Kong Airfield, located near Yuen Long, is a military airfield for the People's Liberation Army, which is of limited operating capabilities due to surrounding terrain. The only aircraft operating on the airfield are PLA's Z-9 helicopters, which is the license- built version of the Eurocopter Dauphin.
During World War II, Kingman was the site of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield. The Kingman Army Airfield was founded at the beginning of WW II as an aerial gunnery training base. It became one of the USAAF's largest, training some 35,000 soldiers and airmen. The airfield and Kingman played a significant role in this important era of America's history.
Bourn Airfield viewed from Broadway in October 2013 Bourn Airfield was constructed for RAF Bomber Command in 1940 as a satellite airfield for nearby RAF Oakington. Now the Rural Flying Corps uses part of the runway for light aircraft; small industrial developments occupy other areas of the site. On Bank Holidays, Bourn Market uses much of the old runways for stalls.
Established as Immokalee Army Airfield, activated on July 5, 1942. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces East Coast Training Center (later Eastern Training Command). Was an auxiliary to Hendricks Army Airfield and was an AAF Specialized Pilot Training School (4-Engine) for B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers. Also provided flexible gunnery training for Buckingham Army Airfield near Fort Myers.
Under British rule, During the period of World War II, Ashoknagar Kalyanagarh was site of a British Royal Air Force Airbase. The site that became Ashoknagar Kalyanagarh was a RAF airfield known by the name of Baigachi Airfield. Four RAF hangars still stand, the remnants of a bygone era. After World War II, the airfield and hangars went into disuse.
A Blackburn Skua in target tug markings. On 3 September 1939 all civilian flying in the UK was prohibited. The airfield lay unused for a while, before being requisitioned by the Air Ministry and occasionally used by communications aircraft during armament testing at a nearby range. The Research Development Flight used the airfield to help develop balloon cable cutters and airfield rocket defences.
During World War II it was the home of 109 Squadron (Mosquito bombers) and 582 Squadron (Lancaster bombers) at RAF Little Staughton. The airfield is now largely used for other purposes but retains a recently listed Control tower. In January 2020, Little Staughton Airfield and Industrial Park applied for planning permission to develop the site to re-open the airfield.
Opened in 1928 as a civil airport, in 1943 the airport was leased by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary airfield of Sarasota Army Airfield. III Fighter Command used Lake Wales Army Airfield for fighter training of replacement personnel. The Army improved the facility which included the construction of the two present 4,000-foot runways. No permanent units were assigned.
Until the mid-1990s, the 662nd training regiment of the 22nd school of air gunners-radio operators, (military unit 15435), which was armed with aircraft L-39, An-2, was also based on the airfield. , An-24 HRV. The now inactive Runway 2000 meters long is located between the city and the airfield (the former airfield Kansk (Central) , closed in 1990s).
The airfield was constructed by the Royal Australian Air Force as an emergency landing strip for Vunakanau Airfield and consisted of an unpaved 4,700 foot single runway during World War II. The airfield was captured during the battle of Rabaul in 1942 by the Imperial Japanese and was extensively modified and expanded. Lakunai was later neutralized by Allied air bombing from 1944.
The city has a public transport system with 3 bus lines serving 60 stations in and around the city. Prijedor also has an airfield in the north- eastern part of the city in the area of Urije. The airfield has a fleet of light aircraft and sailplanes. The airfield also serves as the home of the city's renovated Parachuting club.
But Airfield was built by the Imperial Japanese Army beginning on February 6, 1943. Initially the field consisted of one runway that was 1200m x 80m. Australian forces captured the airfield in April 1945, repaired the runway and continued to use the airfield. By the end of the war the runway had been expanded to over 1500m and 29 revetments.
Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield (ICAO: EDLZ), located in the Sauerland region close to Soest and the Möhnesee, between the A 44 and B 1, is now a civilian airfield. It is rated/approved as a "special landing site". These are often used by aero clubs. Unlike a commercial airfield, only the operators and (upon request also third parties) may take off and land.
With the most complex equipment of that time, they built many military facilities, including air services for troop mobility, logistic hub, and defense base. Numerous airfields were built at Biak, including Boroku Manuhua Airfield in Boroku County and Sorido Airfield in Samau town. Mokmer Airfield's runway was extended to 3,000 X 40 m. This airfield was used by the Royal Australian Air Force .
The airport was constructed in 1942 and was commissioned in January 1943 as Leesburg Army Airfield (AAF). It was used as a United States Army Air Forces training airfield by the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics at Orlando Army Air Base. The airfield was closed after the end of World War II and turned over to the City of Leesburg.
Constructed in 1938, Kendari II Airfield, which was located 27 km from the eponymous city, increased the military significance of the Southeast Celebes Region exponentially. Upon its completion, Kendari II was considered as the best airfield throughout the Dutch East Indies, if not the entire Southeast Asia.Womack (2016), pp. 123 The airfield had three runways and additional space for expansion.
Before the building of an airfield, Greenham Common was a massive piece of common land. It was used for troop movements during the English Civil War and in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. In late 1943, Greenham Common airfield was turned over to the USAAF Ninth Air Force. An American advance party soon arrived to ready the airfield for the incoming units.
Tokubetsu kōgekitai, or kamikaze units, were sent from Mobara Airfield to the IJN Kokubu Air Corps in present-day Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture to attack American forces off Okinawa. The United States confiscated the airfield shortly after the surrender of Japan in 1945. Remains of the runway, approximately ten airfield structures, and a tunnel are now on the property of the Mitsui Chemicals.
Oostmalle Airfield is located south on the territory of Oostmalle, close to the hamlet of Salphen, and the forest of Blommerschot. This airfield is currently used for recreational purposes (Gliding). There was some talk of using this airfield as an alternative for the Airport in Deurne should it have to close. Each year the international Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle is organised in Oostmalle.
The navy flying school was looking for a new airfield location, since the Kløvermarken airfield they used at the time was to be closed soon due to the expansion of Copenhagen. A suitable area of around was found at Lundtofte. In March 1917, approval was given for the purchase of at the site and budget for construction of airfield facilities was reserved.
Aviation in the island of La Gomera started in the 1950s, when a private airfield was constructed. Its name was "El Revolcadero" and it was situated in Tecina. This airfield had a runway (09-27), an hangar and a small stand which was used as control tower. The airfield was for the owner's private use and for emergencies and fumigation works.
The airport opened in April 1943 named Johns Island Army Airfield. Initially it was an auxiliary to Columbia Army Air Base as an unmanned emergency landing airfield. On 31 March 1944, jurisdiction was transferred to Charleston Army Airfield when Charleston was reassigned to Air Transport Command. It served as an emergency landing base with no permanent structures being used for transatlantic flights.
The airport was opened in October 1943. It was built by the United States Army Air Force, and known as Hartsville Army Airfield. It was used as an auxiliary training base for Florence Army Airfield, located 18 miles southeast. It was built as a bomber airfield, and supported A-20 Havocs, and later A-26 Invaders which were based at Florence.
In 1976 the Scottish National Museum of Flight was opened on the site of the former RAF station's technical site. Each summer the museum hosts an airshow. It is one of the few airfield-based airshows in the UK where fixed wing aeroplanes can't land at the airfield. The airfield is largely used for agriculture but the runways and taxiways are largely intact.
Fanrock is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Indian Creek. Fanrock was home to one of the most unusual airports in the United States.Swope Farm Airfield Swope Farm Airfield was a private airfield on a hillside of W.O. Swope's farm. It had a slope of 11% and it was sharply curved at the high end.
Construction of the airfield began in 1925 between the villages of Speckenbüttel and Weddewarden, north of the harbour area of Wesermünde. In the immediate surrounding area there were no buildings. A year after construction began the airfield was taken into service. In 1927 German airline Lufthansa opened a support facility at the airfield and opened services to the German Frisian islands and Helgoland.
McCook Army Airfield, 1944, looking northeast McCook Army Airfield, 1944, looking northwest McCook Army Airfield was activated on 1 April 1943. It is located nine miles (14 km) northwest of McCook, a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States and is southwest of North Platte, Nebraska. It was constructed in 1943 . The site is bordered on all sides by level farm ground.
The entire air regiment is waiting for messages from Arkhiptsev about the coordinates of the airfield, in order to fly out of it to bomb. Arkhiptsev is looking for an airfield, but again five enemy fighters attack him from ambushes. Arkhiptsev uses up all his ammunition, Sobolevsky is killed. The fighters surround the plane and want to force him to board their airfield.
Bodmin airfield is situated on the edge of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, just off the main A30 dual carriageway. Bodmin airfield is operated by the Cornwall Flying Club and has a clubhouse, with lunchtime bar and restaurant. CFC Ltd have five instructors and four aircraft, including two Cessna 152. The airfield is also home to Cornwall Aviation Services, an aircraft maintenance business.
Today the location of the school is known currently as Arizona Christian University. The campus still contains many original airfield buildings, including the airfield control tower (which has been restored), barracks, and one large airplane hangar.
The suburb is connected to other neighbourhoods by Kyiv's municipal and .Routes of buses, trolleybuses, trams, timetables, Kyiv // Portal of journalists. There is an airfield Sviatoshyn Airfield where is located Antonov Serial Production Plant, formerly Aviant.
Straight Corporation was reported to have licensed an airfield at Pouts Field, Swalecliffe in 1938. The location of this airfield is unclear, and apart from some pleasure flights, no other aviation activity has been reported there.
Childress Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield, located 4.8 miles west of Childress, Texas. It operated as a Bombardier training school for the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 until 1945.
191; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. Binbrook is close to the site of Binbrook Airfield, originally opened as RAF Binbrook; the airfield housing is now the new village of Brookenby.
The true cause of the disaster could not be established. Crew: Efimov, Usov, Isaenko, Yerknapishyan, Rybaltovsky, Moskalenko - died. 10.06.1998, the plane crash Su-24. The aircraft was driven from the airfield of Chernyakhovsk to Veretie airfield.
Gorham got lost while returning from the mission. He tried to land at Lesina Airfield. The airfield had no lights and Gorham crash landed into Lake Lesina. The P-51 burst into flames but Gorham survived.
Hōfu Airfield's origins appear to begin as a World War II airfield, as its runway pattern is indicative of wartime fields built in that era. It was the main Royal Australian Air Force base during the early part of the occupation of Japan and was repaired by No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF. From September 1947 the United States Air Force's 347th Fighter Wing (All Weather) based F-61 Black Widow night fighters at the airfield as part of the air defense of Japan, but moved shortly afterwards to Ashiya Airfield. The 347th later stationed new F-82 Twin Mustangs at the airfield in October 1948, moving them to Ashiya in May 1949.
When the United States entered World War II, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley were important in the war effort. The original airfield near Palm Springs became a staging area for the Air Corps Ferrying Command's 21st Ferrying Group in November 1941 and a new airfield was built ½ mile from the old site. The new airfield, designated Palm Springs Army Airfield, was completed in early 1942. Personnel from the Air Transport Command 560th Army Air Forces Base Unit stayed at the La Paz Guest Ranch and training was conducted at the airfield by the 72nd and 73rd Ferrying Squadrons. Later training was provided by the IV Fighter Command 459th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron.
The airfield was established in 1943 as Ellensburg Army Airfield and manned by the 302d Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron. Though planned as a fighter airfield for Fourth Air Force, it was taken over by Air Technical Service Command as a maintenance and supply depot, supporting transient Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Alaska for subsequent transfer to the Soviet Union. The airfield had one auxiliary field, located at , which is now abandoned, though remains of a runway are still visible in aerial photography. Military use ended in February 1945, and the airfield was turned over to War Assets Administration for subsequent transfer to Kittitas County for development into a civil airport.
The facility was originally constructed during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces and named Aiken Army Air Field. The airfield was constructed with three 5'000 foot bituminous runways in an "A" pattern. No known auxiliary airfields were constructed. The airfield and station opened on 24 December 1942AFHRA Document 00169020 as a satellite airfield of Morris Army Airfield, North Carolina. On 23 June 1943 the airfield was formally activated and the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Group arrived.AFHRA Document 00169021, and Maurer, Maurer (ed.), ‘’Air Force Combat Units of World War II’’, Office of Air Force History, Washington, DC, 1961 (reprint 1983) Two subordinate units, the 97th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron and 19th Liaison Squadron arrived the previous day.
East Common just outside the village of Seaton Ross was requisitioned for use as a grass airfield in November 1940. In late 1940 the airfield was used by Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys of 10 Squadron as a relief landing ground for RAF Leeming. The airfield soon closed for re-development as a standard RAF Bomber Command airfield with three concrete runways and three hangars. Handley Page Halifax aircraft landing at RAF Melbourne during World War II The first user of the re-built airfield was again 10 Squadron but by this time operating the Handley Page Halifax four-engined heavy bomber, little time was wasted before the aircraft were used on operational sorties from Melbourne.
The IX Engineer Command moved the 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion to Toul airfield on 14 September 1944. The airfield was relatively intact, and began clearing the airport of mines; destroyed Luftwaffe aircraft, and repairing operational facilities for use by American aircraft. Subsequently, it became a USAAF Ninth Air Force combat airfield, designated as Advanced Landing Ground "A-90" Toul-Croix De Metz the next day.IX Engineering Command ETO Airfields General Construction Information Under American control, Toul-Croix De Metz was initially used as a resupply and casualty evacuation (S&E;) airfield, with C-47 Skytrain transports using the airfield frequently, carrying in supplies and moving wounded personnel to hospitals in the rear.
La Sebala Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located about 1 km north of Cebalat; 15 km north-northwest of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield constructed by Army Engineers using compacted earth for its runway, parking and dispersal areas, not designed for heavy aircraft or for long-term use. The airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 52d Fighter Group between 21 May and 30 July 1943, flying combat operations with P-40 Warhawks over Sicily and Italy, as well as taking part in the Pantelleria reduction. After the 52d moved to Boccadifalco on Sicily, the airfield was closed and dismantled.
Lee Flying Association history In May 2008 the closure decision was reversed. From 1 April 2011, the airfield was leased to the British aircraft manufacturer, Britten-NormanBritten-Norman under its airfield operations subsidiary, Fly BN.Fly BN Britten-Norman established corporate offices at the Daedalus Airfield site as well as a manufacturing base for its subsidiary Britten- Norman AircraftBritten-Norman Aircraft and MRO facilities for two other subsidiaries, BN DefenceBN Defence and BN Aviation.BN Aviation Now managed by Fly BN on behalf of the airfield's new owner, the Homes and Communities Agency, the airfield was prepared for licensed operations. In August 2011 the government announced that the airfield would host an enterprise zone named the Solent Enterprise Zone.
Chalgrove Airfield, looking southwards down the length of one of the runways with Chalgrove village behind. With the end of military control, Chalgrove Airfield was leased by the Ministry of Defence to Martin-Baker in July 1946 for the development and testing of ejection seats. Although most of the hardstands have been removed over the years, all of the runways and perimeter track exist and are still in use by Martin-Baker. Two of the wartime T2 hangars are in use as part of the airfield and the Monument Industrial Estate site just to the south-east of the airfield contains some old USAAF buildings that were once part of the airfield.
And at the airfield Plesetsk formed the aviation commandant's office, which is also part of 33 OTSAP. In August 2015, the aviation commandant's office of the Plesetsk airfield was reassigned to 7050 base of the Northern Fleet.
Salekhard Airport is an airport in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia located north of Salekhard. It is a civilian airfield, handling medium-sized airliners. It is also a designated emergency airfield for commercial airliner cross-polar routes.
After entering Fort Bliss, the highway bypasses Biggs Army Airfield to the north and east, and meets Spur 601 east of the airfield, before leaving at an intersection with US 62/US 180 in Southeast El Paso.
Thirty six dispersal places were situated around the perimeter track in addition to which the bomb store was located on the northern edge of the airfield and four main hangars also formed part of the airfield infrastructure.
Midland Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield, located 8.4 miles west-southwest of Midland, Texas. It operated as a Bombardier training school for the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 until 1945.
329Maurer, p. 330Maurer, pp. 331–332 The wing and its groups were located at various bases in the Foggia Airfield Complex in Apulia. The wing's first combat mission, against an airfield near Orvieto, was flown in February.
But Airfield, also known as But West to the Japanese and But Drome to the Allies, is a former World War II airfield near But, Papua New Guinea. It was primarily used for light and medium bombers.
Porac Airfield was a World War II airfield located at Porac to the east of the Porac River in the province of Pampanga on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It was closed after the war.
The 83d flew B-25 Mitchell medium bombers from the airfield. The airfield most likely was constructed from compacted sand with tents being used as support facilities. Today it is unrecognizable, being taken over by the desert.
Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Zaghwan province, Tunisia, located about 3 km northeast of Sainte-Marie du Zit and 17 km east-northeast of Zaghouan, and 50 km south of Tunis.
Tantonville Airfield is an abandoned World War II United States Army Air Forces military airfield in France, which was located in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle approximately north of Mirecourt and south-southeast of Neuves-Maisons.
The base is abandoned but the airfield and docks are still clearly visible on satellite images. On the ground, the airfield bitumen runway is still intact although overgrown with weeds, and the control tower is fully intact.
During the Korean War the USAF designated the airfield as K-19.
There are no remains of the former military airfield and civil airport.
Hawker Airfield (ICAO:YHAW) is a regional airport located at Hawker, South Australia.
Following the Armistice with Germany the airfield was closed by December 1919.
The airfield was as a landing area during the First World War.
In 2012 the airfield is still in use as a private airstrip.
Its headquarters and airfield is Casement Aerodrome located at Baldonnel, County Dublin.
Lomlom is deserved by Lomlom Airport, the only airfield of Reef Islands.
The airfield saw some military activity during WWII, but closed in 1946.
Schalkenmehren also has a small airfield for both motorized aircraft and gliders.
In 1936 the Poltava airfield became a base for Soviet military aviation.
The squadron was inactivated on 1 April 1949 at Ashiya Airfield, Japan.
After the attack, the survivors were flown off and the airfield abandoned.
On August 21, 1942, they married at the Tuskegee Army Airfield chapel.
Saint-Inglevert Airfield is located at Saint-Inglevert, south west of Calais.
Echeverria Field is an abandoned airfield, located approximately west of Wickenburg, Arizona.
There is access from Airfield Way/Squadron's Approach, off South End Road.
Fuel services at the airfield include bowsers for Jet A1 and AVGAS.
The group moved to La Vieille Airfield, France, on 15 August 1944.
Permission is required prior to landing. The airfield was established May 1958.
The gamebook The Secret Airfield Game (1986) was based on this novel.
Uiju Airfield is an airport in Uiju County, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.
Moffett Federal Airfield - Naval Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Toxic Remediation started.
Today the airfield is located on private land primarily used for agriculture.
Concepción has a gravel airfield of 1,900 m length (Airport-Code CEP).
The range is served by its own airfield, Delamere Range Facility Airport .
Today, this unit is the 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield.
The airfield is disused and is currently open land used for farming.
A squadron of aeroplanes standing in a row on the airfield Dübendorf.
The airfield has been turned into Perdiswell Park and Ravenmeadow Golf Course.
The airport is the largest general aviation airfield in South West England.
Fath Air Base is a military airfield near Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran.
Today, the airfield is used primarily by local light aircraft and gliders.
Domeyko Airfield (, ) is a public use airport located near Domeyko, Atacama, Chile.
There does not appear to be any remains of any airfield buildings.
London/Watson Airfield, , is registered aerodrome located north of London, Ontario, Canada.
Xingning Air Base is a military airfield 5 km west of Xingning.
Capaccio Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Italy, located about 7 km west of Capaccio in southern Italy. Its precise location is undetermined It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 27th Fighter Bomber Group between September and November 1943 flying A-36 Apaches during the Italian Campaign. From Capaccio, the unit supported ground troops, harassed enemy supply lines, patrolled beaches and provided cover for invading forces at Salarno Harbor. The airfield was dismantled when the 27th moved north to Guado Airfield in central Italy.
Messina Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located just to the west of Messina in Sicily. It was a temporary field built by the Army Corps of Engineers used as part of the Allied invasion of Italy. The airfield was primarily used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during 15–16 September 1943, flying combat operations with P-40 Warhawks. When the 57th moved out to Reggio on the Itralian mainland the airfield was closed and dismantled.
The base was used by the Japanese as an auxiliary airfield. It was in this aerodrome complex of Clark, Floridablanca, Porac and Mabalacat airfield where the scheme to employ "kamikaze" fighters was first conceived and launched. In January 1945, the USAAF re-established a presence at the airfield when the United States Sixth Army cleared the area of Japanese forces. The 312th Bombardment Group (19 April-13 August 1945) based A-20 Havocs and the 348th Fighter Group (15 May-6 July 1945) based P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs at the airfield.
Remicourt Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located West of Remicourt,Two French "escadrilles" were stationed at a "Noirlieu" airfield - 4 km west of Remicourt, in July - September 1918, which might be the same airfield as the later American one, half way between the two villages... In 1935, the French Armée de l'Air set up an operational airfield in "Remicourt", this time probably just south of the village, as some clues show on later aerial pictures in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
With the end of military control, most of the airfield was reverted to farming. The eastern section, including part of the main runway and a section of perimeter track, is now Seething Airfield which is home to the Waveney Flying Group. They have built three hangars and a clubroom and the airfield is active most days of the week. To the south of the airfield, on some of the former dispersed barrack and communal sites, several of the old living quarters and associated buildings are still in existence.
La Vieille Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located in the commune of Saint Georges d'Elle in the Normandy region of northern France. Located at the " Hameau Lavieille " - Saint Georges d'Elle ( to the northeast of the commune),at the foot of the Hill 192 at 10 km of Saint Lô; the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 31 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 818th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Attlebridge airfield had runways of 1,220, 1,120 and 1,080 yards length but, when the base was earmarked for USAAF use, these were extended and the airfield was enlarged to meet heavy bomber requirements. The main E-W runway was increased to 2,000 yards and the others to 1,400 yards each. The perimeter track was also extended and the number of hardstands was increased to fifty. In enlarging the airfield, several small, country roads were closed in the parish of Weston Longville, in which the larger part of the airfield was sited.
From Gardner Army Airfield the United States Army Air Corps's Western Flying Training Command started training the needed pilots. To support the training of the many pilots, Gardner Army Airfield operated a number of auxiliary airfields. Some auxiliary fields were no more than a landing strip, others were other operation airfield that supported the training at the Gardner Army Airfield. The Vultee BT-13 Valiant and Boeing-Stearman Model 75 were the most common planes used for training at Gardner Army Airfields, but large bombers were trained also.
The From Minter Army Airfield the United States Army Air Corps's Western Flying Training Command started training the needed pilots. To support the training of the many pilots, Minter Army Airfield operated a number of auxiliary airfields. Some auxiliary fields were no more than a landing strip, others were other operation airfield that supported the training at the Minter Army Airfield. The Vultee BT-13 Valiant and Boeing-Stearman Model 75 were the most common plane used for training at Minter Army Airfields, but large bombers were trained also.
Originally used in 1941 as a decoy site for RAF Docking, construction of this Class A airfield began in October 1942, with the station being provided with accommodation for 2,951 male and 411 female staff. The airfield had 36 loop type hardstandings, two T2 hangars and one B1 hangar. By December 1943 the airfield had passed to 100 Group, although it did not immediately become operational as consideration was given to upgrading the airfield to Very Heavy Bomber Standard. In the event, this did not take place, with RAF Sculthorpe being selected for upgrade.
After active combat ended, on 22 September 1945, the squadron moved to Seoul Airfield, Korea for occupation duty as part of the 308th Bomb Wing, assigned to the 315th Air Division of Far East Air Forces. The unit moved to Kimpo Airfield, on 7 January 1946 where the it converted to the very long-range P-51H Mustang. The squadron was reassigned to Nagoya Airfield, Japan in March 1947 and later moved to Itazuke Airfield, Japan in August 1948. It became a subordinate unit of 475th Fighter Wing on 10 August.
Located just north of Vanino, it is a major military naval airfield that has 63 hardened areas. The airfield is designated by CAICA as Kamenny Ruchey, but Russian topographic maps indicate the nearby settlement northeast of the airfield is Mongokhto, which is also synonymous with the military base. The airfield was a joint Soviet Navy base with the 143 MRAD (143rd Naval Aviation Division), flying Tupolev Tu-16, Tupolev Tu-22M, and the 310 OPLAP (310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft.
Originally intended as a fighter station for RAF Fighter Command, RAF Leiston airfield (actually located in Theberton) was allocated to the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 22 September 1942 and designated Station 373 (LI). The airfield was constructed to Class A airfield standards between September 1942 and September 1943 by John Mowlem and Company Ltd. and first occupied by the USAAF in October 1943. Leiston's proximity to the coast meant that the airfield was used on many occasions by battle-damaged aircraft returning from operations over Europe.
Mourmelon-le-Grand Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France. It lies approximately 1 mile (2 km) east-southeast of Mourmelon-le- Grand and 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Paris. The airfield was a semi- permanent facility built by the USAAF in the Champagne region west of Monte Carnillet which was a fiercely contested region of the World War I Western Front. The 6000' (1830 m) Pierced Steel Planking runway of the airfield supported fighter and transport aircraft from September 1944 through the end of the war in Europe.
The three fields were: Kornasoren Airfield/Yebrurro Airfield, located toward the northern end of the island; Kamiri Airfield, on the northwestern edge of the island; and Namber Airfield, on the west coast of the island. Of these, Kornasoren was unfinished at the time of the battle. Noemfoor was also used as a staging area for Japanese troops moving to reinforce Biak, which was invaded by the Allies in May 1944 as part of their westward advance along the northern New Guinea coast. Japanese barges could travel from Manokwari to Noemfoor—about —during one night.
The next paratrooper landing at Sola took place May 9, 1945. This time, it was British and Norwegian troops that recaptured the airfield. Northrop F-5A of 718 Squadron based at Sola in the early 1970s 330 Squadron was the first Norwegian squadron to land after the war. The squadron had been founded in Britain during the war and Sola was the first airfield to host Norwegian war-planes after the war. Squadron 330 was later disbanded, but the airfield remained as the biggest military airfield in the country up to the 1960s.
Majuro Airfield was originally established by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in 1942 . The island was captured on 31 January 1944 during Battle of Kwajalein by the V Amphibious Corps' Marine Reconnaissance Company and the 2nd Battalion, 106th Infantry Regiment who found it to be unoccupied. The 100th Naval Construction Battalion began to improve the airfield creating a coral-surfaced by runway covering most of Delap Island. By mid-March the airfield was in limited operation and by 15 April the airfield, taxiways, aprons, housing, shops, and piers were fully operational.
Marikina Bridge, a vital economic link to Manila, was formally opened in 1934. During the construction of the train line, not far from Marikina Railway Depot, Marikina Airfield was completed and used for civilian airfield. The runways were subsequently converted into the road known today as E. Rodriguez Avenue and E. Santos Streets, and the airfield stands today as Paliparan Subdivision. In 1936, the train line was completely abandoned, while the airfield became primarily used by the Japanese during World War II. After the war, neither was rebuilt.
The Jodhpur Flying Club was set up by Maharaja Umaid Singh in the 1920s at a small airfield near his Chittar Palace ( Umaid Bhavan Palace ) in Jodhpur. Through the next 3 decades, the airfield grew in stature, being used as an airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. The airfield was later upgraded in 1950 after the formation of the Royal Indian Air Force (that later became the Indian Air Force). Jodhpur was home to the IAF's Air Force Flying College until the 1965 war.
The Luftwaffe bombed the airfield in August 1940 as well as other sector airfields in the area, including Biggin Hill, Hornchurch and North Weald, as part of a concentrated effort against the airfields and sector stations of No. 11 Group RAF. A total of 4,000 bombs were recorded as falling within two miles (3 km) of the airfield over a fifteen-month period, although only two were recorded as hitting the airfield itself.Edwards 1987, p. 69 Under the leadership of the station commander, Group Captain Stanley Vincent, the airfield was camouflaged to resemble civil housing.
Stoke has a private unlicensed airfield, home to stoke flying club and previously part of Medway Microlights, now home to TwoTwoFly and a number of private microlights and social clubs. There is a current very active flying school based at the airfield teaching students to fly flex wing and fixed wing microlights. Stoke airfield is renowned in the aviation community as being a particularly challenging airfield to fly from. It is unique in its topography as it is situated parallel to marshes of the river Medway on one side of the runway.
Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer at the airfield, but PT-17 Stearmans and P-40 Warhawks were also assigned to training. In November 1942, Royal Air Force training ended at Miami and the airfield became a primary (stage 1) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command). The civil instructors were retained under USAAF control by the 323d Flying Training Detachment. Pilot training at the airfield apparently ended on May 30, 1944, with the reduced demand for new pilots.
The former military airbase is now designated a special airfield and can be used by fixed-wing aircraft with a weight of up to 5.700 kg, helicopters, motor gliders and ultralight fixed-wing aircraft. Since 2001, the airfield is equipped with a hangar, offering storage possibilities for 15 aircraft. Refuelling is not possible at the airfield. Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield is the venue for the annual Southside Festival, a music festival established in 2000, usually held over three days in June, and drawing about 50,000 spectators every year.
Taking the Japanese by surprise, by nightfall on 8August the 11,000 Allied troops—under the command of Major General Alexander Vandegrift and mainly consisting of U.S. Marines—had secured Tulagi and nearby small islands as well as an airfield under construction at Lunga Point on Guadalcanal. The airfield was later named Henderson Field by Allied forces. The Allied aircraft that subsequently operated out of the airfield became known as the "Cactus Air Force" (CAF) after the Allied codename for Guadalcanal. To protect the airfield, the U.S. Marines established a perimeter defense around Lunga Point.
The following day, the 6th Pursuit Squadron moved to Batangas Airfield, while Lt. Gozar was left behind with some of the men in Nichols Airfield. On December 12, a force of 27 bombers and 17 fighters targeted Batangas Airfield, and in this aerial battle the PAAC received its first casualty, Lt. Cesar Basa. The 6th Pursuit Squadron returned to Nichols Airfield on December 13 with 4 remaining P-26s. The following day another Japanese bombing raid came, and only one aircraft from the 6th Pursuit Squadron was able to scramble, with Lt. Gozar as pilot.
The 5th ERS remained active, and it conducted many rescues until the end of hostilities. The airfield was also used until the end of the war as an operational training airfield for North American P-51 Mustang pilots.
Malmsheim Airfield is located in the southern German state of Baden- Württemberg, north-east of the city of Renningen's borough of Malmsheim. It consists of an air force base with a reserve concrete runway and a glider airfield.
The airfield has poor infrastructure; one runway of 1742 meters length and 21 meters width, and there is only an area of 3,600 m² for aircraft movement and parking outside the runway. Helipads are available at the airfield.
The airfield as camouflaged during World War II The airfield was originally designed to be used by RAF Maintenance Command but was handed over to Coastal Command in November 1939. It had a satellite at RAF Hornby Hall.
The earliest known depiction of the airfield was on the July 1970 Air Force Tactical Pilotage Chart. The 1982 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Airport Directory described the Tonopah Test Range airfield as having a single paved runway.
The asphalt runway was extended and expanded to reach the present size of 910x25 m. As of fall 2013, Lesnovo airfield has three hangars, traffic tower, restaurant and hotel. In 2011 the airfield registered over 5000 aircraft movements.
As the island transitioned to an occupation stage, the Army Air Corps assumed control of the airfield and set up permanent airfield and air warning facilities. The Argus Unit returned to a staging point for rest and replacements.
Drachten Airfield (Dutch: Vliegveld Drachten) is a small general aviation airfield in the Netherlands located in the province of Friesland, northeast of Drachten. It has one runway, 08/26, with an asphalt/concrete surface and a length of . Customs services are available upon request to allow international flights. The airfield was constructed in the 1950s by the Philips electronics company, which has a factory in Drachten.
Dow Army Airfield, July 1944. Around 1950, the facilities on the south side of the airfield were razed and a new Air Force Base built on the north side of the main runway. Just before World War II, the United States Army Air Corps took over the base, renamed it Godfrey Army Airfield,www.flybangor.com and placed it under the 8th Service Group, Air Service Command.
Punta San Francisquito Airfield is a public airfield located in Punta San Francisquito, Municipality of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, on the Gulf of California coast. The airfield is used solely for general aviation purposes. It has two runways, one with asphalt pavement and the other with packed dirt surface. Pavement (16-34) is not maintained and can be broken, packed dirt (15-33) is fully operational.
Koli Airfield (also known as Bomber 3 Field) is a former World War II airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, located near Koli Point, eight miles east of Henderson Field, close to the Metapona River to the east and the Naumbu River to the west. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
By April 1945 the airfield was again operational hosting fighter and transport aircraft. The airfield became a staging area for flights and air missions against Japanese forces in Northern Luzon by April and Okinawa by June 1945. After the war, the airfield was converted into a civilian airport. The airport became one of the stops of the Breitling DC-3 World Tour held in 2017.
During World War II the airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces and opened in October 1943. It was assigned to Third Air Force. It was used to train pilots as an axillary airfield to the group and replacement training center at Key Field, Mississippi. With the end of the war in September 1945, activities at Demopolis Army Airfield were diminished.
When the Germans arrived, they took over the airfield and built more hangars. During the war, the airfield was subject to regular bombing. In June 1916 Bavarian aerial reconnaissance unit Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Aviation Battalion) 5b arrived at La Brayelle, but left in October after hangars were destroyed during heavy bombardment. Jasta 11 was mobilised at the airfield on 11 October 1916, equipped with Albatros D.III fighters.
Saratov South was a former air base in Russia located 8 km southwest of Saratov. And was a military airfield during the Cold War with 17 parking stands and tarmac space. It later served as a Yakovlev factory airfield. Google Earth high-resolution imagery from the 2004-2005 time-frame showed one Yak-42 and a couple of general aviation propeller planes, indicating the airfield remained operational.
In addition, the B-26 Marauder 394th Bomb Group was assigned to the airfield. The bombers also attacked bridges and German-controlled airfields in occupied areas. After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied armies, the airfield was used as a resupply and casualty evacuation airfield for several months, before being closed on 2 December 1944. The land returned to agricultural use.
Helm Field also called Lemoore Auxiliary Army Airfield A-7 is a former US Army Airfield use for training during World War 2. Helm Field was location in the town of Coalinga, California, 70 miles south of Fresno. Helm Field had two 3,000 foot runways, one oriented east/west and one oriented northwest/southeast. The Airfield was on a 773 acres site of form farm land.
The Army built a 3,000-foot square asphalt landing mat and a few wood support buildings. The most common plane used at the airfield was the Vultee BT-13. After the war, on 19 June 1947, the airfield was transferred to the Glenn County. County of Glenn used the Airfield as civilian airport till 1970, after the closure the site was returned to farmland.airfields-freeman.
Orconte Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Orconte in the Marne department of northern France. Located probably north of the commune, it was a United States Army Air Force temporary airfield established during the Northern France Campaign in September 1944. Its primary use was for P-47 Thunderbolt fighters of the Ninth Air Force 354th Fighter Group.
As the sandy soil with a layer of hardpan was too infertile for the desired grass-covered airfield, plenty of peat and dung was used as fertilizer. The airfield was connected to roads, among them the Reichsstrasse 3 (today B3). A concrete ring road surrounded the area. Wooden huts were erected on the airfield, housing air traffic control, crew quarters, a mess hall and a military hospital.
The airfield became an occupation garrison by the Air Force, being designated as Army Air Force Station Kitzingen. The airfield was turned over to Air Technical Service Command, becoming the home of various engineering units, and the 10th Reconnaissance Group, which used Kitzingen as a base of operations, flying mapping and damage assessment photo-recon flights from the airfield during late 1945 and most of 1946.
The airfield is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Chipping Ongar; about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of London. Opened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a bomber airfield. After the war it was closed in 1959 after many years of being a reserve airfield.
Army Air Field Concrete Bunker The airfield and all of its real estate was auctioned off in 1960 to private parties. In 1970 Dateland was subdivided into 3,300 lots leaving the airport intact. One owner was going to subdivide the airport area into lots and build small lakes. The airfield was apparently reopened as a private airfield at some point between 1971–77, however it was closed.
Lotus Europa at the Malaysian Motor Show 2010. Interior of the Lotus Cars factory at the former Hethel Airfield. In 1966 Lotus Cars moved into a purpose built factory on the site of the airfield and developed portions of the runways and taxiways as a test track for their cars. The factory and engineering centres cover of the former airfield and use of runway.
After sending out the destruction orders, Halkema and a few staff officers drove to Oelin Airfield to hand over command to his successor. At the airfield, he saw a plane that circled above the airfield several times before leaving without making a landing attempt.Nortier (1982), pp. 82 As Halkema drove to Oelin, part of his staff had begun to embark on the ships Irene and Otto.
A Vickers-Armstrongs shadow factory assembling Wellingtons, was situated at Byley but close to the airfield. The completed aircraft would be towed from the factory to the airfield for their first flight and onward delivery. In July 1942 1531 Flight was formed as a Beam Approach Training Flight using the Airspeed Oxford. Aircrew were taught the techniques of the-then new airfield approach aid.
Two intersecting runways of Nukufetau Airfield formed an "X" shape. B-24s were based at the airfield. The Marine Attack Squadron 331 (VMA-331) also flew Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from Nukufetau. After the war the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to its owners, however as the coral base was compacted to make the runway the land now provides poor ground for growing coconuts.
Te Kowhai Aerodrome is a privately owned airfield located near the township of Te Kowhai in the Waikato region of New Zealand. It was the home of the microlight aircraft manufacturer Micro Aviation NZ until the death of the company's founder, Max Clear, in 2011. The airfield was sold by the Clear family in August 2016 to an operating and development company called TK Airfield Land Ltd.
During 1919, dozens of Sopwith Snipes were stored at the airfield, some direct from the manufacturer, and were all burned. In 1920 the RAF relinquished the airfield and civilian flying started. The airfield was named Canterbury Airport. though it was usually referred to as Bekesbourne Aerodrome even in official papers such as aircraft registration documents where that name is given as the "Usual Station".
Hughes is an outer rural locality of Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the war-time airfield, the Hughes Airfield , which was named after W A Hughes who was the Director of Mines in the Northern Territory before the Second World War. Hughes Airfield was recently resurfaced by the Northern Territory Government and is sometimes used by water-bombing aircraft during bushfire season.
Saint-Leu Airfield was a military airfield in Algeria, near the city of Bettioua, about 45 km northeast of Oran. During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 319th Bombardment Group during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 319th flew B-26 Marauder medium bombers from the airfield between 11 and 18 November 1942.
19th Bombardment Group attacking Japanese-held Lae Airfield, New Guinea on 26–27 June 1942. Boeing B-17E Fortress 41-2633 (Sally) in Foreground. This aircraft was damaged by a storm in April 1945. Afterwards it was flown to Brisbane, Australia for scrapping in May 1945 Lae Airfield is a former World War II airfield and later, civilian airport located at Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Radio-controlled flying is an activity at the park. A private sporting club, the Wyoming Valley RC Flyers, leases a southern section of the park at the Model Airplane Airfield. The club flies radio- controlled aircraft on an estimated of open meadows. The airfield includes a pavilion, landing strip, fence separating spectator areas from airfield- operation areas, picnic tables, and a gravel access road.
During World War II, "Lingayen Airfield" was located at the town of Lingayen, parallel to the beach running roughly east to west along Lingayen Gulf. The airfield was also known as "Lingayen Aerodrome" or "Lingayen Field". The airfield was built prior to the war by the Americans (possibly Philippine Army). It was used as a landing field by US pilots flying familiarization flights in North Luzon.
The first airfield at Chièvres was established in 1914 by the Germans during their occupation of Belgium in World War I. The current airfield was built by the Belgian Army in the 1930s, and at the end of 1939, the Belgian military began converting Chièvres into a diversion airfield. It was captured during the Battle of Belgium by the invading German Wehrmacht in May 1940.
Gambiut was an airfield of Regia Aeronautica. Axis forces captured Gambut on 17 June 1941, after the Battle of Tobruk. This was a significant blow to the Allies as the airfield had been used to provide air- support to the Allied forces besieged at Tobruk. The airfield saw use by the German Luftwaffe until its recapture by the New Zealand 4th Infantry Brigade on 25 November.
From 1955, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) used part of the airfield to serve the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at nearby Harwell. Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields and for a housing development known as Wellington Gate, after the RAF Vickers Wellington, a British bomber which flew from Grove airfield during the Second World War.
Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1 km northwest of Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer in the Normandy region, France. The airfield was located only 3.5 kilometers from the Normandy Gold landing beach, and when it opened the frontline was not much further away. Over the first month of its existence the frontline only moved to 19 kilometers (11 miles) away.
A Second Tactical Air Force Spitfire Mark IX landing at B3/Ste Croix-sur-Mer. Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Airfield was constructed by a Royal Engineers Airfield Construction Group just after D-Day. The group built a 3,600 foot runway and dispersal areas using SMT, while communications facilities were provided by equipment installed in vehicles. Being a temporary airfield, its facilities were basic, but adequate.
In November 1944, three Dakotas from No. 34 Squadron were detached to the airfield, prior to staging north of Australia. No. 87 Squadron launched the last Australia- based operational RAAF mission of World War II from Coomalie Creek. The airfield was abandoned after World War II and is now in private ownership. Part of Leg 9 of The Amazing Race 9 was conducted at Coomalie Creek Airfield.
Between spring 1943 and summer 1944 the airfield hosted I.Gruppe/Schlachtgeschwader 10 (I./SKG 10) with Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is unclear when the airfield was liberated, or when it was put into service by the Allies, but it must have been around August/September 1944. On 2 February 1945 the airfield became home to RAF 21 Squadron, 464 Squadron (RAAF) and 487 Squadron (RNZAF).
The city of San Jose passes a resolution stating that if the federal government decided to discontinue its operation of Moffett Federal Airfield, the airfield should become a civil airport for the long-term benefit of Santa Clara County. After transfer of the property to NASA local Mountain View and Sunnyvale community leaders formed a Community Action Committee (CAC) to recommend uses at Moffett Federal Airfield.
Alone behind enemy lines once more, the group decides to attack the Airfield themselves but a combination of poor planning and bad luck causes them to fail. They return, depressed, to Hell. Soon after, through sheer luck, the group find themselves perfectly positioned to attempt another attack on the Airfield. This time they succeed and manage to destroy a majority of planes on the airfield.
On 1 September 1939 the airfield was requisitioned by the government for military use and was renamed RAF Clifton. It was host to a flight of Whitley Bombers. Following an upgrade in status, the airfield became host to reconnaissance aircraft such as the Westland Lysander and the North American Mustang. The airfield also contained a large civilian staffed repair facility for the Halifax bomber.
About east of the village is the former RAF Upper Heyford airfield. The RAF used the airfield from the 1920s as a bomber station, then in the 1950s assigned to the USAF. Since its closure in 1994 the airfield has been converted into a substantial industrial and commercial estate. The runway, once the second longest in Europe, is used to store new cars awaiting delivery to dealers.
Pont du Fahs Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, which was located approximately 6 km west-southwest of El Fahs, and 55 km southwest of Tunis. A Luftwaffe-held airfield prior to the Operation Torch landings, it was the home of the 5.(Pz.)/Schlachtgeschwader 1, flying Henschel Hs 129 ground attack aircraft. It was captured by British parachute infantry forces on 29 November 1942.
As HMS Corncrake the airfield was used by the Fleet Air Arm for squadrons working up for carrier duty. On 13 November 1945 the airfield was closed and placed on Care and Maintenance. By 1947, with no further use made of the site it was abandoned. The airfield was sold to developers in March 1960, and is in use for several popular caravan parks.
They remained until 15 February until moving east. The Twelfth Air Force 86th Fighter Group and its 525th, 526th, and 527th Squadrons operated P-47 Thunderbolts from the airfield between late February to mid-April 1945 before moving east to a captured Luftwaffe airfield at Braunshardt, Germany (Y-72) near Darmstadt. After the 86th moved out the airfield was manned by the 98th Service Squadron.
Opened in 1943, the airport was constructed by the United States Army Air Forces. Known as Harris Army Airfield, the airfield was a primary (stage 1) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command). It was operated under contract to Cape Institute of Aeronautics, Inc., with the civil instructors under the USAAF 73d Flying Training Detachment.
Tilstock airfield in 1952 with an Auster AOP.6 of 663 (AOP) Squadron Royal Air Force on a weekend exercise Construction of an airfield was completed by mid-1942, the airfield opening on 1 August that year,Smith 1981, p. 193. with a classic three concrete runway RAF "star" arrangement. The name "Whitchurch Heath" was used until 1 June 1943, when RAF Tilstock was adopted.
Kelz Airfield is a former World War II military airfield in Germany. It was located about 2 miles north of Vettweiß (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 315 miles southwest of Berlin. The airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces during March 1945 as a temporary Advanced Landing Ground as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany. It was closed in July 1945 and dismantled.
Already two years after its inauguration, the airfield was rented out for civilian use. Air shows and aerobatics were organized on the site and planes took off from the airfield to drop flyers, display advertising banners and to distribute newspapers. In 1921 smuggling flights took off from Lundtofte, smuggling Danish silver coins to Sweden. After lawsuits, the company that exploited the airfield went bankrupt.
After World War II, the Danish Military police used the airfield for training. The last motorized flights took off in 1949. Throughout the 1950s the airfield was only used for flying model aircraft and gliders And on September 13, 1959, the last flights, with gliders, took off from Lundtofte. In 1961, the last airfield buildings were demolished and construction of the DTU buildings started.
It was established sometime in the 1920s. It is known that Army Air Corps units trained at the airport during the 1930s. Later, during World War II, the airport was used an auxiliary training airfield for Minter Field Army Airfield, and Lemoore Army Airfield, California. It was released to civil use at the end of the war, and was the municipal airport for the local area.
On April 22, 1943, Malabar had four asphalt runways. The earliest chart depiction which has been located of the Malabar airfield was on the July 1943 Orlando Sectional Chart.Chris Kennedy It depicted "Malabar (Navy)" as an auxiliary airfield. It was an active military airfield, labeled "Malabar (Navy)", on the 1949 Orlando Sectional Chart,according to Chris Kennedy and described as having a hard- surface runway.
2006 USGS photo of what was Dodge City Army Airfield The airfield & its buildings were subsequently reused for a variety of commercial purposes. Today, the Stanley Feed Yard occupies the site. There is little left of the World War II Dodge City Army Airfield. The unused facility slowly deteriorated over the years, and in the early 1990s, the concrete runways and taxiways were progressively removed for farming.
Malmsheim Airfield is a military airfield with an adjacent glider airfield. The nearest major airport is Stuttgart Airport. The Black Forest Railway (Stuttgart - Weil der Stadt) is currently used as Line S6 of the S-Bahn Stuttgart and has stops in Renningen and Malmsheim. For 2010, it is planned that the Rankbachbahn (via Magstadt and Sindelfingen to Böblingen) will be re-commissioned as Line S60.
Reid River Airfield is a World War II airfield located to the south of the Reid River near Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Disused since the war as an airfield, the former base is private property used for mustering cattle and horses. An arch marks the western edge of the strip, easily accessible from the main road. With permission of the owner, visitors can tour the strip.
Piardoba Airfield officially closed on 26 September 1945, being turned over to the British colonial government. The postwar history of the airfield is unclear, however today the large, sprawling wartime airfield is abandoned and in disrepair, with abandoned hardstands and taxiways visible on aerial images. Little no wartime structures still exist, although it appears that some small villages have taken over the former billeting areas.
The airfield's origins are undetermined. Göllheim was captured by the United States Army in March 1945 as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The airfield was repaired by IX Engineering Command, Ninth Air Force into an Army Air Forces advanced Landing Ground, designated Y-66. Air Force units used the airfield as a casualty evacuation and combat resupply airfield by the IX Air Service Command.
At above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures in length. Nanyuki Airfield is a government-owned, privately leased airfield, serving private and commercial air operators. The airfield handles mostly small, light, single- engine aircraft and some twin engined aircraft. Most traffic through Nanyuki is routed from Nairobi, carrying tourists to Mara Serena Airport, Samburu Airport, Laikipia, Lewa and Meru.
The foundation of Drem as an airfield, precedes the creation of the Royal Air Force (RAF) as by 1916, an airfield had been established under the name West Fenton Aerodrome. From 1916 to 1917, No. 77 Home Defence Squadron, Royal Flying Corps operated from Drem and in April 1918, No. 2 Training Depot Station opened. Between April and 14 August 1918, the American 41st Aero Squadron under the command of Lieutenant Warren C. Woodward was temporarily located at Drem together with an aero repair flight company. The Americans called the airfield "Gullane" in its official history. The squadron transferred to St Maixent in France and arrived at its operational airfield of Romorantin on 29 August 1918. By November 1918, West Fenton had been renamed Gullane Aerodrome and with the post-war demobilisation the airfield was vacated in 1919. From 1933 to 1939, the airfield saw only occasional use by visiting squadrons. It was at this time, while stationed there in 1934, that Victor Goddard had his paranormal vision of the airfield as it might appear in the then future 1939.
Wounded personnel can be brought to the advance airfield to be evacuated for more complete hospital care at the rear. Shorter-range aircraft such as fighters can stage from an advance airfield to escort longer-range bombers in formation.
The formation's headquarters was located at Elmendorf Airfield, from 15 January 1942; then Davis Army Airfield, August 1943 – 18 December 1945, and, after being reformed as Eleventh Air Force, at Elmendorf Air Force Base from 9 August 1990 onwards.
The US military invested more than $5 million in airfield improvements by the time the facility was returned to the City of Charlotte in 1946. The airfield was used by the Third Air Force for antisubmarine patrols and training.
These were Lysanders of No. 26 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, used for photo-reconnaissance sorties over occupied Europe. No. 51 Wing arrived at the same time, and the airfield was provided with anti-aircraft and searchlight batteries for airfield defence.
The location of the Bloodhound missile stands are still visible in aerial photographs. ;RAF Sandtoft A Lancaster Bomber dispersal airfield, taken over by the USAF in 1957. Part is now a commercial airfield, the rest is under industrial use.
In 1811 it became a market town. In 1944 the German army had a military airfield built at the edge of the village. During the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1944 the Soviet air force took over the airfield.
342 The first aircraft–glider combination took off from the airfield at 17:50, with the second following at 18:10; after circling the airfield several times the two combinations headed out across the North Sea towards their objective.
Zeltweg Air Base, now known as Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser, is a military airfield in Styria, Austria near Zeltweg. It is the main airfield of the Austrian Air Force. It was also used as a motor racing circuit in the 1960s.
Camp Devens Airfield, as it was called later, was operated by the Army. A second runway was established the following year. Approximate dimensions were said to be . In 1934, it was marked as an auxiliary airfield to the Navy.
Smyrna Army Airfield – 1945 Sewart Air Force Base (1941–1971) is a former United States Air Force base located in Smyrna, about 25 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee. During World War II, it was known as Smyrna Army Airfield.
Rückingen was first mentioned in 1173 as "Rukkingin". Langendiebach was first mentioned in 1226 as "Dyppach". In 1937 the Luftwaffe built an airfield known as Langendiebach Fliegerhorst. World War II limited plans to expand it into a larger airfield.
Pameungpeuk between 1920 and 1940. Photo by Thilly Weissenborn. It contains the Puskesmas DTP Pameungpeuk Hospital and the Pameungpeuk Airfield and Space Center. The airfield was the home base of 4V1G-VI Coastal Patrol Squadron, with Lockheed 212 planes.
Brunei International Airport is the main entry point to the country. Royal Brunei Airlines is the national carrier. There is another airfield, the Anduki Airfield, located in Seria. The ferry terminal at Muara services regular connections to Labuan (Malaysia).
There are more than a dozen golf clubs in the Riding including the cliff-top course at Flamborough. The Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club is based at Bridlington, and flying and gliding take place from Pocklington airfield and Eddsfield airfield.
The airfield is the home of Brimpton Airfield Ltd. which has over 80 members. The strip has over 20 resident aircraft. The strip has in the early 2000s expanded, seeing a taxiway and aircraft hangars south of the runway.
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was known as Forney Army Airfield until 1998. It was attached to Fort Leonard Wood and was part of the Army Service Forces.
That day, the RAF targeted the Abbeville-Drucat airfield. On 13 January, Galland mistakenly shot down and killed Unteroffizier Johann Irlinger from 6. Staffel over the Abbeville airfield. Galland had misidentified the Bf 109 G-4 as s Spitfire.
Hobbs Army Airfield was an airfield used during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces Air Training Command as part of the Western Flight Training Center. It is located in the vicinity of Hobbs, New Mexico.
On June 26, 1941, the first known air victory was won over the airfield 147th Fighter Aviation Regiment in World War II (the regiment was based at the airfield Murmashi): senior lieutenant L.I. Ivanov, piloting I-15bis, shot down a German bomber in an air battle near the Afrikanod airfield, He-111. In the future, the airfield was used by combat aircraft Karelian Front. From June 1 to July 1, 1942, the 835th Fighter Aviation Regiment was based at the airfield on Hawker Hurricane (“Hurricane”) fighters. Also at the aerodrome from 1941 to November 10, 1943, 609th Fighter Aviation Regiment was based on the Hurricane and LaGG-3 fighter planes. In 1943, the 137th short-range aviation regiment was based at the airfield from 258th mixed aviation division on airplanes Boston-3, for exemplary performance of command assignments renamed 114th Guards Middle Bomb Aviation Regiment.
The Group supported the Normandy invasion in Jun 1944 by escorting gliders on D-Day and attacking ground targets such as bridges, railways, and German gun positions in northern France The Group moved to Cricqueville Airfield in France in June 1944, to Gael Airfield in August 1944, Orconte Airfield, in September 1944, and Rosieres En Haye Airfield, in December 1944. The 354th received a second Distinguished Unit Citation for destroying a large number of enemy aircraft on the ground an in the air in support of the airborne attack on Holland in September 1944. The Group participated in the Battle of the Bulge from December 1944 to January 1945 supporting ground forces and supported the crossing of the Rhine between February and May 1945. The Group moved into Germany in April 1945 to Ober Olm Airfield (Y-64) then to Ansbach Airfield and to AAF Station Herzogenaurach in May 1945.
Ockham Common, to the north-east of the village, is the site of the disused Wisley Airfield,Google Hybrid Map of Wisley Airfield which has a paved runway (RWY 10/28). As late as 1972, this airfield was in service as a satellite fit-out and flight test centre for Vickers and latterly the British Aircraft Corporation, linked to their main factory and airfield at nearby Brooklands,Google Hybrid Map of Brooklands Airfield Weybridge, capable of taking aircraft as large as the VC10. Although the airfield is disused, the aviation connection remains: it is the location of OCK,OCK VOR a VOR navigational beacon which anchors the South West (SW) Arrival Stack for London Heathrow Airport (ICAO: EGLL / IATA: LHR), which along with Biggin Hill, Kent (BIG – SE Arrivals), Bovingdon, Hertfordshire (BNN – NW Arrivals) and Lambourne, Essex (LAM – NE Arrivals) are London's main holds.
Wenzendorf airfield lies about 2 km to the southeast of the main village.
To Bad Dürkheim's north-east lies a recreational airfield, the Flugplatz Bad Dürkheim.
The airfield was assigned USAAF designation Station 146. Its ID Code was "SE".
Part of the original airfield is now operated as the civilian MoD installation.
The RAF presence ceased in August 1943. The airfield was extended during 1943.
The islands are served by Robinson Crusoe Airfield, located on Robinson Crusoe Island.
Overboelare Airfield () is a private use airport located near Geraardsbergen, East Flanders, Belgium.
Juniper Airport , is a private airfield located northeast of Juniper, New Brunswick Canada.
Chipman Airport , is a private airfield located southwest of Chipman, New Brunswick, Canada.
Troops from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment assisted with the protection of Kandahar Airfield.
25 The Dutch established another airfield at Kotawaringin, 350 kilometers to the west.
The former airfield/airport has been dismantled and is now used for agriculture.
Wredeby Airfield is an aerodrome located in Kouvola, Finland, about southwest of Anjalankoski.
On km marker 2.2 there is the Puerto Madryn aero-club and airfield.
The airfield may have reverted to some civilian use since the Cold War.
From 1998-2003 Church Fenton was the RAF's main Elementary Flying Training airfield.
An RAF Regiment detachment eventually took over airfield defence from the RAF groundcrew.
In the 1990s, the airfield was featured in the BBC Television series "Airport".
The 348th Fighter Group was inactivated at Itami Airfield on 10 May 1946.
The airfield there also serves as a second national hub for international flights.
The old airfield is now used by the Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club.
There is a flourishing ultralight and microlight flying school at the airfield today.
There is a territorial (domestic) airfield in Fakahina which was inaugurated in 1985.
The nearest airports for public transportation are Eaglescott Airfield and Exeter International Airport.
The current Kudat Airport is built on part of the Japanese-built airfield.
With the end of military control the airfield has become a turkey farm.
Lethbridge (J3 Airfield) Aerodrome is an aerodrome located northeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
On the plateau above Rüsselbach the gliding airfield of Lauf-Lillinghof is situated.
The site of the accident was in a field adjacent to Felthorpe Airfield.
The airfield duly closed on 31 October 2019 and its future is uncertain.
The unit stayed until 13 July 1957. The airfield closed in September 1957.
The secondary airfield, known as "Fighter Two" is now the local golf course.
Following the war, the airfield was rebuilt and refitted for the air force.
The attack was launched against Japanese positions on Kiska. The airfield on Adak was renamed "Davis Army Airfield" in honor of Colonel Everett S. Davis, the first Commander, Eleventh Air Force, killed in an aircraft accident on 28 November 1942.
Langenlonsheim Airfield (or Flugplatz Langenlonsheim in German) is a small airfield in Langenlonsheim, Germany. It has a single grass runway in the direction 01 / 19 with a length of 450 meters (1,476 feet). Prior permission is required for visiting aircraft.
Vestvolden follows the western border of Hvidovre Municipality. Avedøre Airfield from 1917 is Denmark's oldest preserved airfield. Strandengen ("The Beach Meadow") is grazed by cattle and sheep in the summer time. Other green spaces include Kystagerparken, Lodsparken, Mågeparken and Rebæk Søpark.
Nearby are the towns of Newbury, Thatcham and Reading. Neighbouring villages are Aldermaston, Midgham, Beenham, Woolhampton and Padworth. Aldermaston Wharf falls within three parishes—Padworth, Aldermaston and Beenham. A small private airfield can be found at the nearby Brimpton Airfield.
Memorial To Aircrew. Memorial to aircrew killed during take off 19 Dec. 1944 in a field near the end of the runway more info on the airfield. With the end of military control, the main airfield buildings, hangars, control tower, etc.
The airfield has been the subject of numerous disputes between the adjacent residents, who wish to continue using it to operate personal aircraft, and the airfield owners, who allegedly intend to redevelop the property for non-aviation-related commercial purposes.

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