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While most of the Boca Raton Army Air Field was deactivated in 1946, more than 800 acres (3.2 km 2) were retained as the Boca Raton Air Force Auxiliary Field. Another 85 acres (0.34 km 2 ) were used in the 1950s for a secret project to produce stem rust spores for possible use as a biological agent against wheat production in the Soviet Union .
Boca Raton Airport. The Boca Raton Airport (BCT) is a general aviation airport immediately adjacent to Florida Atlantic University and Interstate 95. It has a control tower which is staffed from 0700 to 2300. The Boca Raton Airport is publicly owned and governed by a seven-member Authority appointed by the City of Boca Raton and the Palm Beach ...
Boca Raton Army Air Field was a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of the 1940s borders of Boca Raton, Florida. During World War II , it operated the only training for the then new and secret technology of radar .
This is a list of airports in Florida (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 airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Boca Raton Army Airfield, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northeast of Boca Raton; 3501st Army Air Force Base Unit (Technical School, Radar) Airfield became: Boca Raton Airport (IATA: BCT, ICAO: KBCT, FAA LID: BCT) Station became: Florida Atlantic University
It is also the primary airport for most of Palm Beach County, serving the suburbs and cities of Boca Raton, Wellington, Boynton Beach, Jupiter, and Palm Beach Gardens. It is the third busiest airport in the Miami metropolitan area after Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport.
It serves as a primary airport for the Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, and Boca Raton areas, and a secondary airport for parts of Miami and areas north of Boca Raton. The airport is a base for Allegiant Air and JetBlue – as well as for Spirit Airlines, which has its corporate headquarters located in nearby Miramar. [4]
Boca Raton Army Air Field, located on the present-day site of the Boca Raton Airport and Florida Atlantic University (FAU), opened in October 1942. Compromising more than 800 buildings and 4 runways, the airfield at its peak accommodated more than 100,000 personnel trained there or flew to destinations in Europe or the Pacific Ocean, dwarfing ...