Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:
Northern Georgia
© 2002, © 2008 by Paul Freeman. Revised 5/23/08.
Carrollton Municipal (revised 7/9/06) - Cumming Airfield (revised 7/9/06) - Gunn Airfield (revised 5/23/08)
Morris AAF (revised 7/9/06) - Parkaire Field (revised 5/23/08)
Rome Airport (added 11/13/04) - Stone Mountain Britt Memorial (revised 11/14/07)
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34.28 North / 85.22 West (Northwest of Atlanta, GA)
Rome Airport, as depicted on the 1929 Georgia Rand-McNally Standard Indexed Map with Air Trails (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
The date of construction of this former general aviation airport is unknown.
The earliest depiction of the Rome Airport which has been located
was on the 1929 Georgia Rand-McNally Standard Indexed Map with Air Trails (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It described Rome as a municipal airport, operated by the Rome Airport Association.
It was said to consist of a 2,450' x 1,900' field.
The Airport Directory Company's 1941 Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
described Rome as a commercial airport, with two sod runways in a "T" shape: 3,000' east/west & 2,000' north/south.
The field was said to have a hangar,
and it was noted not to be usable in wet weather.
A 1943 aerial view of Rome Airport (from the Georgia Aerial Photo Collection, via Chris Kennedy).
The airport appeared to consist of two unpaved runways (oriented north/south & east/west),
along with possibly two hangars southeast of the runway intersection.
The September 1943 Chattanooga Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Rome as a commercial/municipal airport.
Rome Airport was still depicted on the October 1946 Chattanooga Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The Rome Airport evidently closed at some point between 1946-54,
as it was no longer depicted on the August 1954 Chattanooga Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
It had evidently been replaced by the larger Richard B. Russel Airport, north of Rome.
As seen in the 1999 USGS aerial photo, a large industrial facility had been built over the site of the former Rome Airport,
completely obscuring any remaining trace of the airfield.
The site of Rome Airport is located north of the intersection of West Butler Street Northwest & Old Airport Road
appropriately enough.
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33.97 North / 84.4 West (Northeast of Atlanta, GA)
Parkaire Field, as depicted on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
This small general aviation airport was apparently built at some point between 1944-46,
as it was not yet depicted at all on a 1938 aerial view,
nor listed among active airfields in the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Mercer).
According to Robert Brown,
"I know that it was open in 1946 because the Georgia Tech flying club started there.
According to Phil Bonner Jr., "Walt Nix bought the property around 1946 after being a Captain in the Army Air Corps
in which he met a fellow whose dad owned a new company called Piper Aircraft.
Walt became the southeast distributor for Piper and made good money in the aviation boom of the era.
Walt Nix was like an uncle to me & taught my dad Phil Bonner to fly there around 1951 or so."
Ed Leonard recalled, “I took flying lessons as a 17-year-old at Parkaire in 1951.
The next year my father bought a Bellanca & kept it at Parkaire.
Walter & Kitty Nix owned & operated the field during the early 1950s.
Although Walt was a licensed instructor, I took my lessons from his 22-year-old employee, Johnny Orr.
The 2,200' main runway was dirt, but there was, of all things, a paved taxiway along its north side.
Once when I was there, a DC-3 (which did not try to make contact by Unicom) wanted to land.
It kept making approaches to the narrow, somewhat obstructed, paved taxiway.
We tried to wave it over to the dirt runway, and finally succeeded.
The 1,800' cross runway was dirt, and had a LARGE tree partly obstructing the south approach.”
Ed continued, “There were several incidents at Parkaire.
The biggest one was a tornado (!) which damaged the T-hangars & several of the planes.
Another was in fall of 1952 when my father was practicing precision landings,
landed short, turned the Bellanca up on its nose, and broke off one of its (wooden) wings. He was not injured.
Flying was exciting (and inexpensive) in the early 1950s!”
The earliest depiction which has been located of Parkaire Field
was on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It depicted Parkaire as having a 2,200' unpaved runway.
The earliest photo which has been located of Parkaire Field was a 1955 aerial view.
It depicted the field as having 2 unpaved runways,
with 3 rows of T-hangars on the northwest side of the field.
In 1959, a meeting was held at at Parkaire Field to reorganize the North Georgia Soaring Society (NoGass).
The Club purchased a Schweizer 2-22 for the sum of $2,000.
A flying fee of 3 cents/minute & a tow fee of $1.00 / thousand feet was established.
The operator of Parkaire, Walter Nix, agreed to let the club operate at Parkaire Field.
Parkaire had evidently gained a paved runway at some point between 1955-60,
as a 1960 aerial view depicted a paved northwest/southeast runway.
Several buildings & hangars had also been added along the north side of the field.
There were a total of a dozen light aircraft visible on the field.
In the Spring of 1962 the North Georgia Soaring Society's 2-22 was flipped & destroyed in a windstorm at Parkaire
and as a result, flying activity by the soaring club was severely curtailed.
In the late Spring of 1962 the NoGass Club & MGSA Club were merged
and continued to operate from Parkaire Field under the MGSA name.
Later members of the club constructed a new airfield at Monroe, GA airport,
and moved their operations there,
as suburban development was beginning to encroach on Parkaire Field.
Parkaire had evidently gained a paved runway at some point between 1954-62,
as the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Parkaire Field
as having a 2,200' asphalt Runway 12/30 & a 2,000' sod Runway 18/36.
The operator was listed as Walter Nix.
A 1964 street map (courtesy of Robert Brown) still depicted Parkaire as having two runways.
Joe Price recalled, “In 1968 I experienced my first small plane flights from its runway
in the local Civil Air Patrol squadron’s Aeronca L-16
and in Noel DeChar’s clipped-wing Piper J-3.”
A 1968 aerial view depicted Parkaire at perhaps the zenith of its popularity,
with over 30 light aircraft visible on the field.
A circa 1970-71 photo (courtesy of Joe Price) of students around an unidentified aircraft at Parkaire Field
from North Springs High School’s 1971 yearbook.
According to Joe, “The American Field Service did its annual spread there in late 1970 or early 1971.”
Parkaire was still depicted as an active airfield on the 1971 Atlanta Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert Brown),
which depicted the field as having a single 2,200' paved runway.
According to Phil Bonner Jr., "Walt Nix… sold the airstrip around 1972."
A Summer 1972 photo by Robert Brown of “Gordon Dunnagan's Stearman from PDK visiting Parkaire to shoot landings.
If you've ever been to PDK you'll understand why it wasn't practical to shoot landings in a Stearman there.”
The 1972 Flight Guide (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Parkaire Field as having a single 2,200' paved Runway 12/30,
as well as a parallel taxiway on the north side leading to a long ramp.
A total of seven buildings were situated on the north side of the ramp.
The last photo which has been located showing Parkaire Field in operation was a 1972 aerial view.
A total of 25 light aircraft were parked at the northwest corner of the field.
Parkaire Field was closed at some point during 1972.
A series of August 1972 photos of the abandoned Parkaire Field by Joe Price.
Joe recalled, “I motorcycled to the site on August 27, 1972,
shot the black & whites, then had the presence of mind to map the shoot.
The photos show a distinct ghost town quality;
the overgrowth suggests it had been abandoned since spring of that year, possibly before.”
The top picture depicted the main operations building.
Joe observed, “The office was on the right next to the fuel pumps.
Building 'C' is in the background, but I don’t know what its use was.”
The second picture is of the main operations & maintenance building.
The third picture is of the southern end of Hangar 2 (note “Parkaire Field” painted on the roof.
The last picture is of Hangars 1 & 2.
A layout by Joe Price of the arrangement of Parkaire Field as it existed in August 1972.
According to Robert Brown, "Parkaire was replaced by Parkaire Mall.
Davidson Rd was the access road to the airport & the runway ran parallel to it.
When the mall was first built,
there was a section of runway still visible but the original mall was torn down and replaced by a new one
and the whole area has been developed more."
Parkaire was no longer depicted at all on the April 1974 Atlanta Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
A 1978 aerial photo appeared to show no trace remaining of the airport.
As seen in the 2005 USGS aerial photo, the outline of the southern portion of the former airport property is still recognizable,
but there are no other elements of the former Parkaire still remaining extant.
The site of Parkaire Field is located southeast of the intersection of Lower Roswell Road & Davidson Road.
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34.25 North / 84.2 West (Northeast of Atlanta, GA)
What would later become the Cumming Airfield was still depicted as a "drag strip"
on the October 1975 Atlanta Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
According to drag racing historian Bret Kepner,
the Cumming Airport "is one of those extremely rare examples
of a dragstrip being converted into an airport instead of vice versa.
It was built in 1962 & opened as Forsyth County Drag Strip;
it closed in the late 1960s & was reconfigured into a small airstrip."
Phil Bonner Jr. recalled, "My dad drove funny cars and landed his airplane at Cumming Dragway
as Lamar Sexton was also a friend & owner of the dragstrip."
It was labeled "drag strip" on the 1964 USGS topo map,
the October 1975 Atlanta Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy),
and the April 1980 Atlanta Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
At some point between 1980-93, the former drag still was apparently reused as an airfield.
As depicted in the 1993 USGS aerial photo,
the airfield consisted of a single 3,200' asphalt Runway 9/27,
which was still painted at the time with runway markings.
The Cumming Airfield apparently closed at some point between 1993-98,
as it was depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 World Aeronautical Chart.
Bret Kepner said in 2003, "it remained active until just recently,
when one of our group visited the site to find it in the midst of redevelopment as a subdivision."
Unfortunately old airfields seem to “attract” housing,
as this 2005 aerial photo shows that the former Cumming Airfield has been redeveloped as a housing development,
while the surrounding property remains largely undeveloped.
The site of Cumming Airfield is located southwest of the intersection of Hurt Bridge Road & Watson Road,
5 miles northwest of Cumming, GA.
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33.73 North / 84.16 West (East-southeast of Atlanta, GA)
Gunn Airport, as depicted on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
This county airport was apparently built at some point between 1945-54,
as it was not yet depicted on the April 1945 Birmingham Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of the airfield which has been located
was on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It depicted the field as having a 2,000' unpaved runway.
The earliest photo which has been located of Gunn Airfield was a 1955 aerial view.
It depicted the field as having a single unpaved northeast/southwest runway.
Two rows of T-hangars sat on the northwest side of the field,
near which were 2 light aircraft.
Gunn apparently gained a paved runway at some point between 1954-60,
as the 1960 USDA aerial photo (courtesy of David Henderson) depicted the field as having a single paved runway,
with 4 rows of T-hangars on the northwest corner of the field.
The 1961 Great Smoky Mountains World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Gunn as having a 2,000' hard-surface runway.
The 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Gunn as having a single 2,100' asphalt Runway 8/26.
The operator was listed as George Gunn.
Fred Bieser recalled, "I have memories of going to Gunn Airfield with my dad when I was young.
It looked to me to be the world's most dangerous airport.
It seemed to be short, bumpy & with trees way too close to the runway.
My dad had known of a local doctor who had taken his girlfriend for a ride in his Mustang (this was in the early 1960s)
and balled it up in the trees at the end of the field."
Gunn was described on the 1964 Savannah Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
as having a single 2,100' hard-surfaced runway.
Tom Abarr recalled, “I began hanging out at Gunn Field around 1967.”
An August 1969 photo by Tom Abarr of a Cessna “170 that has been ripped from its tiedown,
blown across the driveway, and is resting against the fence abutting George Gunn's back pasture Gunn Field.”
This was from a tornado that hit Gunn Field.
Tom Abarr recalled, “About 1970, Mr. Gunn leased the airport to Johnny Allison (not the race car driver),
who subsequently sub-leased to Harold Dean.
Mr. Dean ran Dean Aviation, Inc., a flight school that was FAA & VA approved.
The school provided flight instruction from primary to advanced
using a fleet of C150's, C172's, a C182, Mooney Statesman, and a Beech B95 Travelair.
I started working for Mr. Dean in 1970 as counter clerk, fuel jockey,
floor sweeper, etc., and soloed in 1971 at age 16.”
A 1971 airfield directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
described Gunn as having a parallel taxiway on the north side of the runway,
leading to a ramp area with four rows of t-hangars.
The remarks said, "Due to obstructions in approach, landings are limited to pilots familiar with airport."
In the words of Chris Kennedy, "I got a kick out of the comment about limited landings.
I wonder how you get familiar with an airport without landing there?"
A circa 1971 aerial photo by Tom Abarr, “that I took as I turned final for Runway 26 in a Cessna 150.
You can see the taxiway & T-hangars just to the north of the runway.
Trees were very close to the approach end of Runway 26, which had an uphill slope.
Taking off on Runway 9 could be an adventure, downhill aiming for the trees,
but not as much of one as taking off from Runway 26 on a hot day; uphill all the way!
We did not fill fuel tanks during the summer & paid close attention to density altitude & gross weights.”
The last photo which has been located of Gunn Airport was a 1972 aerial view.
It depicted an amazing number of aircraft at such a small airport – a total of at least 43 light aircraft.
Tom Abarr recalled, “The flight school stayed quite busy with returning Vietnam War vets.
George Gunn took the field back from Allison around 1974, ran everybody off & sold the property.
He retired to Florida.”
The precise date of closure of Gunn Airfield has not been determined.
Fred Bieser recalled, "I remember watching the runway being dug up to make way for the subdivsion."
Jon Berndsen recalled, “In the early 1970s Gunn Field was closed
and my glider club, Mid Georgia Soaring Association,
bought the large 50x50 hangar that was there (depicted on the north end of airport in the diagram),
dismantled it, and re-erected it at the Monroe (GA) Airport.”
A 1978 aerial view showed that all of the hangars & other airport buildings had been removed.
It appeared as if the runway pavement had been removed as well,
but the property was otherwise not yet redeveloped.
Gunn Airfield was no longer listed among active airfields in the 1982 AOPA Airport directory.
"Gunn Airfield" was still depicted on the 1983 USGS topo map.
Note that the depiction of the 4 hangars was erroneous, as photos showed they had all been removed since at least 1978.
A circa 2001 aerial photo showed that the site of the former airport had been completely redeveloped with housing.
As can be seen in the 2005 USGS aerial photo,
the site of the former airport had been completely redeveloped with housing.
Jon Berndsen reported in 2005, “That old hangar is still being used by MGSA to this day [at the Monroe Airport] to house its fleet of sailplanes.
So, a little piece of Gunn Field lives on today.”
The site of the former airport is located northeast of the intersection of Covington Highway & Panola Road.
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Carrollton Municipal Airport, Carrollton, GA
33.6 North / 85.05 West (Southwest of Atlanta, GA)
Carrollton Airport, as depicted on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
Photo of the airport while open has not been located.
The date of construction of this former general aviation airport is unknown.
It was apparently built at some point between 1945-54,
as it was not yet depicted on the April 1945 Birmingham Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of Carrollton Municipal Airport which has been located
was on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It depicted Carrollton as having a 2,300' unpaved runway.
Carrollton Airport apparently gained a paved runway at some point between 1954-60,
as the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted the field as having a 3,100' paved Runway 13/31 & a 2,300 unpaved Runway 2/20.
A taxiway led to a hangar on the west side of Runway 13/31,
and a ramp just south of the runway intersection had a few small hangars.
The 1961 Great Smoky Mountains World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Carrollton Airport as having a 3,100' hard-surface runway.
The 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Carrollton
as having a 3,100' asphalt Runway 14/32 & a 2,300' sod Runway 3/21.
The operator was listed as Carroll Flying Service.
Carrollton Airport was still listed as an active airfield in the 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy).
Carrollton Municipal Airport was apparently closed at some point between 1971-75,
after it was replaced by the new West Georgia Regional Airport, a few miles west.
The new West Georgia Regional Airport was depicted on the October 1975 Atlanta Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy),
but the former Carrollton Municipal Airport was depicted as an abandoned airfield.
According to Mike Carpenter (who has lived in Carrollton since 1967),
the building west of the runway is a hangar once owned by Southwire,
since it had the name of that company written all over it.
The terminal was located just north of the southeast end of the runway,
up until the late 1970s when it was serving as a driving range shop.
After the ballfields were built the terminal was torn down, in the 1980's.
The buildings adjacent to the southeast runway end are modern buildings not related to the airfield.
There was up to the late 1980's a small control tower located west of the runway midpoint.
It was used in the 1980's for a truck driver training facility.
The property adjacent to the south side of the airport was previously a fairgrounds,
but it is now occupied by a shopping mall.
In the 1998 USGS aerial photo, the areas of the two runways were still cleared,
although most of the pavement of Runway 14/32 had been removed.
It is no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on the 2002 aeronautical charts.
In the 2004 aerial photo, the areas of the two runways still remained recognizable,
and the former hangar still remained standing (the white building just west of the former runway intersection).
The site of the Carrollton Municipal Airport is located
northwest of the intersection of Route 166 & Airport Road (appropriately enough),
adjacent to the fairgrounds to the south.
Thanks to Lee Parmeter for pointing out this field.
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Morris Army Airfield (AGD), Forest Park, GA
33.62 North / 84.34 West (Southeast of Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport)
Morris AAF, as depicted in the 1959 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)..
This military airfield was located on the property of Fort Gillem, also known as the Atlanta General Depot.
The Depot was built in 1941,
and specialized in repairing equipment for the Engineer & Ordnance Corps.
It also expanded into aircraft maintenance in the post-WW2 era.
No airfield at this location was yet depicted on the August 1954 Birmingham Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy),
nor on a 1955 aerial photo.
According to Thomas Houston, the airfield at Morris AAF originally was a grass strip.
Its was evidently established at some point between 1955-58.
Thomas Houston worked on the construction of the paved runway at Morris AAF in 1958.
"At the time the airfield was built,
the Atlanta General Depot was an aircraft rework & maintenance facility for all Army Aircraft in Third U. S. Army.
The fixed-wing aircraft that were stationed at the field & were transitory there
were the Cessna O-1 Birddog, the deHavilland U-3 Otter, the deHavilland U-6 Beaver,
the deHavilland CV-7 Carribou, and the Beech U-8 Seminole.
The rotary wing aircraft that were there were the Hiller OH-23, the Bell H-13,
the Piasacki CH-21, the Sikorsky CH-25, CH-37, and CH-41."
Houston continued, “As I recall it was a very short strip.
A Bird Dog (Cessna O-1) could get in & out OK but Seminole was very tricky.
Of Course the Otter & the Beaver could get in & out easilly.
I don't know when the grass strip was built.
It was less than 2,000' long , and the Southern Railroad telegraph wires were across the South end.
The new strip made life a lot easier for the Army Aviator of that day!
One incident I remember, was that they had to go to Fort Benning to pick up a 1957 Chevrolet sedan with a Mohave helicopter.
They had hauled 1956 Chevrolets in them before but not a 1957.
The Airfield Ops Officer Major asked to borrow my Government 1957 Chevy sedan
to try to load to be sure that the nose doors would close on the helicopter,
before they made the trip to Benning. It worked with 2 inches to spare.”
The 1959 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Morris AAF as having a single 3,000' paved Runway 3/21,
with a taxiway leading to a ramp on the southwest side with a single building (a hangar?).
A 1960 USDA aerial photo of Morris AAF (courtesy of David Henderson)
depicted the field as having a single paved Runway 2/20,
with a hangar on the west side of the field.
A closeup of the 1960 aerial view depicted a total of 17 aircraft on the ramp at Morris,
including 3 fairly large helicopters with 5-bladed rotors.
Morris AAF, as depicted on the 1961 Great Smoky Mountains World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)..
Morris AAF was depicted as an active airfield on the 1971 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert Brown),
which described the field as having a single 3,000' paved runway.
Morris AAF was evidently closed at some point between 1971-74,
as it was labeled "Closed" on the April 1974 Atlanta Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
The closure of this airfield was no doubt ensured by its location,
a mere four miles east of what has become one of the world's busiest airports,
Atlanta's Hartsfield International.
Thomas Houston said, "After the airfield was closed, they used the runways to store mobilization trailers.
There were inklings that FAA didn't want the airfield there before we finished it.
The mission was moved to Lawson Field at Fort Benning."
As seen in the circa 2001 aerial view of the airfield,
it still consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway, along with a ramp & a hangar.
A 2004 photo by Chris Ness, looking southwest at Morris AAF.
Note in comparison to the 2001 aerial photo that the field's hangar has already been removed.
Brian Fasano reported in 2005, “I flew over it last week, and it was full of RV's & campers.”
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Stone Mountain Britt Memorial Airport (00A), Stone Mountain, GA
33.81 North / 84.12 West (East of Atlanta, GA)
Stone Mountain Airport, as depicted on the 1964 Savannah Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss).
The date of construction of this former general aviation airport is unknown.
It was apparently built at some point between 1962-64,
as it was not yet depicted on the August 1962 Birmingham Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of Stone Mountain Airport which has been located
was on the 1964 Savannah Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss),
which depicted it with a 3,000' hard-surfaced runway.
Travis Britt recalled, “I was raised at the Stone Mountain Britt Memorial Airport (no relation to the name).
I was born in 1964.
My earliest memory of Stone Mountain Airport was as a small child.
My father, Benny, was a sky diver and used to jump there.
This would probably have been somewhere around 1967 or 68 that I first remember being at Stone Mountain Airport.
He then restored a PT-19 at Stone Mountain Airport which he completed in 1969.
From that time, I was at the airport almost every day.
Stone Mountain Airport is a place that is very dear to my heart.
The reason that it was called Stone Mountain Britt Memorial Airport was to honor the memory of Mamie Britt.
She was the wife of the founder of the airport Mark Britt.”
A circa late 1960s photo by Robert Brown of a P-51D Mustang which came through Stone Mountain Airport,
pictured near the gas pumps.
A 1971 photo by Robert Brown of a Cessna 195, N195RE, at Stone Mountain Airport.
Robert remarked, “No prize for guessing how the airport got it's name.”
The 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury)
listed the operator as Stone Mountain Aviation Inc.
According to Travis Britt, airport owner Mark Britt “owned the property until the mid 1980's
when he sold it to a partnership that was trying to save the airport from its eventual demise.
Until this time the airport was always known as Stone Mountain Airport.
Stone Mountain Aviation was the Fixed Base Operator that operated the airport under a lease agreement with Mark.”
The 1993 USGS photo shows a total of 52 aircraft visible parked outside on the field – obviously a well-used airport.
The field consisted of a single paved 2,700' runway, a crosswind grass runway,
taxiways, a ramp & several hangars.
Stone Mountain Airport was closed in 1996,
when it was converted into a parking lot
for the tennis & aquatic Olympic events being held at the adjacent Stone Mountain Park.
After the games, the airport owners decided that it would be too costly to reopen the airport,
and the airport site was reused as the parking lot for the Tennis Center.
As seen in the 2002 USGS aerial photo,
all of the former airport buildings had been removed,
although the paved runway & taxiway still remained intact.
A circa 2002-2005 aerial photo looking north at the south end of the former Runway 35,
with the runway markings still visible (although X'd out).
A 2006 aerial view looking south at the south end of the former runway at Stone Mountain, by Graham Watkins.
A small portion of the former runway has been newly repaved,
and a small shelter has been constructed on the former taxiway
(presumably for radio-controlled model airplane flying?).
A 2007 aerial view by Robert Morris looking northeast at the remains of the Stone Mountain runway.
Thanks to Paulo Santos for information about Stone Mountain.
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