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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.
Today a modern airport has been built on the site of the former wartime airfield; however most of the area of what was Blythe Army Air Field has been abandoned to the natural landscape being empty and undeveloped. Abandoned runways and concrete parking ramps are visible in aerial photography.
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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.
A third paved runway on the north of the airport is abandoned. The airport also maintains three unmarked turf runways for used by gliders and ultralight aircraft. [2] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 133,492 aircraft operations, an average of 365 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military.
The owner and pilot of the plane was Copas' son in law, and Cline's manager, Randy Hughes. After a stopover at Dyersburg to refuel, Hughes' Piper Comanche crashed on the flight to Nashville near Camden, Tennessee, about 90 miles from the Cornelia Fort Airpark. [13] Runway at Cornelia Fort Airpark as seen in 2018. The facility was closed in 2011.
The abandoned terminal building, including a defunct control tower, sits on the southeast corner of the airport. It is locked and has nothing to offer to visiting aircraft. [5] [6] The airport has one runway, designated as runway 17/35. It measures 4506 x 100 ft (1373 x 30 m) and is asphalt.