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Hartford–Brainard Airport (IATA: HFD, ICAO: KHFD, FAA LID: HFD) is a towered public airport three miles (5 km) southeast of downtown Hartford, in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority. [ 1 ]
A fledgling organization fighting to keep Hartford-Brainard Airport open ramped up the pressure Thursday arguing the push for closing the century-old airfield is coming without any solid plan for ...
Bradley Field, 2 miles west of Windsor Locks; Now: Bradley International Airport (BIAP), Bradley Air National Guard Base (BANGB) Brainard Field, 2 miles south-southeast of Hartford; Now: Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD) Bridgeport Army Air Field, 3 miles southeast of Stratford; Now: Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR)
CT: The 103rd Airlift ... Brainard Field, Hartford, Connecticut, 1 November 1950; Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 1 June 1951 – 6 February 1952;
This is a list of airports in Connecticut, grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some privately owned 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.
Brainard Field, named after Hartford Mayor Newton C. Brainard, was dedicated on June 12, 1921. In 1927, 25,000 gathered there to greet Charles Lindbergh after his return from an historic flight to Paris. Brainard was the principal airport for the Greater Hartford region until Bradley International Airport opened in 1952. Today categorized it as ...
Bradley International Airport (IATA: BDL, ICAO: KBDL, FAA LID: BDL) – historically known as Bradley Field – is a public international airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Owned and operated by the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) , [ 2 ] it is the second-largest airport in New England .
However, after the opening of Brainard Field in Hartford in October 1922, efforts were immediately launched to secure the Air Service unit of the 43d Division for the State of Connecticut. Rhode Island, apparently without a great deal of argument, soon relinquished its claim and the squadron was reassigned to Connecticut as the 118th ...