Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields is an online database detailing information and first hand memories about airports in the United States which are no longer in operation, or are rarely used.
Type of site | Private |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Paul Freeman |
| Created by | Paul Freeman |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | April 1999 |
| Current status | Online |
The website was started by Paul Freeman in 1999 as he had developed an interest on the subject. As of 2015, there are over 2,000 airports chronicled on the site and it has been viewed over 1.7 million times.[1] Freeman continues to edit the site along with a small team of "airfield archeologists" who do primary source research using period aeronautical charts, directories, and related publications. Frequent contributors on the site include Phil Beutel, K.O. Eckland, Christopher Freeze, Chris Kennedy, Bill Larkins, Ron Plante, Brian Rehwinkel, Dann Shively, John Voss, Walter Wells, Jonathan Westerling, and the late David Brooks.[2] In the US, airports close at about a rate of one per week.[3][4]
References
- "Airplanista Aviation Blog: A Labor of Love: How One Website is Keeping the History of Yesterday's Airfields Alive".
- "Open and Closed/Inactive Listing of Airports/Airfields".
- Fontaine, Tom. "Small public airports slowly fading in Western Pennsylvania". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- Schiff, Barry (9 March 2015). "No place to land". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
Bibliography
- Cober, Ray (1 November 2008). "Passionate Pilot Preserves Aviation Past And Present Through Web Site". Airport Journals. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- Pimentel, Dan (22 November 2019). "Travel Back in Time to the Abandoned Airfields Near You". Flying. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
