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Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields is a website detailing information and first hand memories about airports in the United States which are no longer in operation, or are rarely used. The website was started by Paul Freeman in 1999 as he had developed an interest on the subject.
Texas: 1911–1945: Fort Sam Houston: Dodge City Army Air Field Kansas: 1942–1945: Stanley Feed Yard Gardner Army Airfield California: 1941–1945: Farmland George Field Illinois: Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport: Harris Neck Army Air Field Georgia: 1942–1944: Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge: Hobbs Army Airfield New ...
It was described as having two 5,000 ft bituminous runways: 13/31 & 4/22, and the operator was listed as the FAA. It was closed in the mid-1960s, but listed as an emergency airfield. The airport was reopened as a civil airport (owned by Riverside County) at some point between 1966 and 2002. However, as of 2002 it was all but abandoned.
The land was broken into parcels & sold in April 1963. A portion of the former airfield was purchased in 1963 by a local businessman, who leased a runway on a year-to-year basis to the "Rod Benders", a hot rod club to use the runway for drag races. The club could not make any permanent improvements at the property.
MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A small plane overshot the runway while landing at a Texas airport over the weekend and struck a car driving along a nearby road, injuring one person, authorities said.
In 1982 a Texas Historical Commission historical marker was placed near the site, at the intersection of TX 152 & Farm to Market Road 1474. All that remains of Pampa Army Airfield today is the concrete water tower, a single hangar, and a broken parking apron. The runways, taxiways, and most of the streets of the administrative area are gone.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas (82 P) Pages in category "Defunct airports in Texas" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.