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Hanscom is mainly a general aviation airport, the largest in New England. Both runways can accommodate jets, and are used by Hanscom Air Force Base, a defense-research facility next to Hanscom Field. It is a popular training airport, with more than 40 rental aircraft on the field.
Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. [1] The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Field which provides general aviation and charter service.
Hanscom Air Force Base: Lincoln: Massachusetts: Air Force Materiel Command: 66th Air Base Group: Non-flying installation, hosting the Electronic Systems Center, part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. [26] Hill Air Force Base: Ogden: Utah
This is a list of airports in Massachusetts (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Image title: High oblique aerial view, looking south of Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. This joint use civil and military airfield is the US Air Force Electronic Systems Center under the Air Force Material Command.
Westover Field was created by a war-readiness appropriation signed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. It became the largest military air facility in the Northeast during the course of World War II. The post-war Berlin Airlift was based in large part at Westover. It was renamed Westover Air Force Base after that agency's creation and ...
Dow Field (later Dow Air Force Base), Maine, 20 November 1946 – 2 October 1949; Dow Air Force Base, Maine, 1 November 1952; Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, 5 November 1955; Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, 1 July 1959 – 7 July 1987; Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, 25 June 1990 – 18 September 1992; Columbus Air Force Base ...
The longest runway was listed in 1960 as being 3,745 feet (not including overrun). In the 1970s it got an upgraded control tower and it was used for helicopter operations. The air traffic controllers worked in conjunction with their counterparts at the nearby Hanscom AFB. Around 1976 the field was renamed Moore Army Airfield. [2]