Haysfield Airport

Haysfield Airport - MD24 was an airport located in Howard County, Maryland

Haysfield Airport

Haysfield
Summary
OwnerAlfred Bassler
OperatorAlfred Bassler
ServesClarksville, Maryland
LocationClarksville, Maryland
Opened1974
Closed2012
Occupants27
Elevation AMSL128 m / 420 ft
Coordinates39°14′N 76°56′W
Map
MD24
Location of airport in Maryland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 732 2,400 Grass

History

Haysfield Airport started operations in 1974.[1] The airport was founded by Alfred Bassler. Bassler's father owned a large strategic parcel and airfield where Howard Research Associates intended to build the development of Columbia, Maryland. Bassler exchanged land to avoid capital gains for a 504-acre Hayland farm in nearby Clarksville, Maryland where he established Haysfield Airport and a tree nursery.[2] At its peak the airfield hosted 50 aircraft onsite. The airfield faced regular zoning battles throughout its history.[3][4] There were efforts to convert the airport to public use, but the NSA and Maryland Aviation Administration opposed the plan.[5]

After the September 11th attacks, a series of highly restrictive airspace changes now called the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area overlapped the field slowing business.[6] In 2013, the airfield closed by the Bassler family corporation in a 5 to 3 vote in order to create the 159 unit Walnut Creek housing development.[7]

See also

References
  1. "MD24 - Haysfield Airport". SkyVector. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. Barnhardt, Laura (19 May 1996). "Farmers: town's forgotten pioneers In 1960s, they sold land to Rouse, making Columbia possible". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. "Bassler wins appeal for airfield zoning". The Baltimore Sun. 9 June 1982.
  4. "Zoners allow airstrip amid corn fields". The Baltimore Sun. 28 July 1975.
  5. Nelson, Erik (January 5, 1995). "Pact for new airport would keep Haysfield rustic". The Baltimore Sun.
  6. "Baltimore-Area Flight Limits Frustrate Pilots, Choke Small Airports' Business". Tribune Business News. 21 July 2003.
  7. Holzberg, Janene (19 December 2013). "Clarksville's Basslers say goodbye to family farm, Haysfield Airport". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 14, 2016.


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