Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields

© 2002, © 2014 by Paul Freeman. Revised 4/16/14.

*** Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. ***

On the following pages, you will find information on vanished or abandoned airfields & their unusual histories.

As a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country.

Both for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency,

and also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic has always held my curiosity.

When I'm a passenger on commercial flights,

I've always found myself looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below.

When I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many airports as possible,

to learn a little about each one.

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Please consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & operation of this site.

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This website contains descriptions & images of 1,782 airfields, in all 50 states.

The pages are organized by state:

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Comments about my page? Information you would like to contribute?

Contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com

If you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the story of these airfields, please send them.

If you have photographs to share, a few requests:

JPG format usually works the best.

Higher resolution photos are generally better.

Please specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you know that information).

Other items which can be used to expand the website's coverage:

old aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories.

If you have items such as these & would consider donating them to the website,

please contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com

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www.airfields-freeman.com is proud to announce it was selected as a winner of a 2013 grant from the Wolf Aviation Fund.



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By December 2008 the “Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields” website had ONE MILLION visitors!

Thanks to all who have supported the website with historical material

and financial contributions over the past 15 years.

History of the site:

This site has been on the web since 4/99.

From 4/02-4/14, it had 1,871,300 visitors.

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Sources & other sites of interest:

Web sites:

http://historical.maptech.com/ - Vintage USGS topo maps.

http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp - Vintage aeronautical charts & topo maps.

www.airforcebase.net - Scott's USAF Installation Page.

www.airfieldsdatabase.com - David Brooks' detailed archive of information on southwestern airfields.

Books:

"United States Navy & Marine Corps Bases", Paolo Coletta.

"Forgotten Fields of America", by Lou Thole.

"Richard E. Osborne's World War II Sites in the United States".

"United States Naval Air Stations of World War II", M. L. Shettle, Jr.

"Virginia Airports" by Vera Rollo & Norman Crabill (published by the VAHS).

"Maryland Aloft" by Preston, Lanman, and Breilhan.

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Also, be sure to visit my Home page,

for pictures of the planes I've flown, the flight simulators I've worked on, & my family.

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