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Tallassee Airport Reeves Airport Griel Army Auxiliary Airfield #1
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Tallassee, Alabama
Coordinates	32°28′55″N 085°53′07″W / 32.48194°N 85.88528°W / 32.48194; -85.88528
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Location of Tallassee Airport

Tallassee Airport is a closed airport located 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Tallassee, Alabama, United States.

History

The airport was built about 1941 as one of two satellite airfields to the Army pilot school at Tuskegee Army Airfield. It was designated Griel Army Auxiliary Airfield #1 and was named after the original landowner. Griel Field was not yet built when its parent field (Tuskegee AAF) commenced training operations The field was said to not have any hangars and was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery.

After the war the airfield reverted to private ownership and became Tallassee Airport. Not much is known about the airport, which was closed sometime during the 1970s.

Today, the airfield appears to be part of a light industrial estate. The remains of the runway are clearly visible in aerial photography.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Tallassee Airport, Tallassee, AL

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v t e Airports in Alabama
Primary	Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Dothan Regional Huntsville Intl Mobile Intl Mobile Regional Montgomery Regional–Dannelly
Non-primary	Northwest Alabama Tuscaloosa
Reliever	Bessemer St. Clair County
General	Abbeville Albertville–Brumlik Anniston Arthur Ashland–Lineville Atmore Auburn University–Pitts Bay Minette Bibb County Blackwell Brewton Butler–Choctaw County Callahan Camden Centre Municipal Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Chilton County–Gragg/Wade Clayton Courtland Cullman–Folsom Dauphin Island Demopolis–Sawyer Downer Gulf Shores-Jack Edwards Enterprise Florala Foley Folsom Franklin Geneva Greensboro Grove Hill Guntersville–Starnes Hartselle–Morgan County Headland Huntsville Executive Isbell Jackson Lanett Mac Crenshaw Marion County–Fite Middleton Monroe County Moton Field North Pickens Northeast Alabama Posey Prattville–Grouby Pryor Field Roanoke Robbins Russell Russellville–Pugh St. Elmo Scottsboro–Word Shelby County South Alabama–Benton Sylacauga Talladega Vaiden Walker–Bevill Weedon Wetumpka
Public use	Addison Ardmore Double Springs–Winston County Eutaw Fish River Fort Deposit–Lowndes County Hazel Green Hubbard Landing Jones Lamar County Logan–Samson McMinn Moontown Moundville Pine Hill Ray Reeves Reynolds–North Mobile County Sikes Skyharbor Stevenson Wilcox
Private use	Sharpe
Military	NOLF Barin Birmingham ANGB Fort Novosel Cairns AAF Hanchey AHP Lowe AHP Maxwell–Gunter AFB Gunter Annex CGATC Mobile Montgomery ANGB Redstone Arsenal Redstone AAF St. Elmo AAF NOLF Summerdale
Defunct	Anniston AFB Bates AAF Birmingham AAB/AAF Brookley AFB (Brookely AAF) Brundidge Courtland AAF Craig AFB Anniston AFB Craig AAF Selfield AAF Danelly (Gunter AAF #6) Decatur Field Demopolis AAF Dothan Municipal (Napier AAF #2) Fort McClellan AAF Henderson Moton Field (old) Napier AAF Selma–Selfield Tallassee–Reeves (Griel AAF #1) Taylor (Gunter AAF #5) Troy AAF Tuskegee AAF Van De Graaff

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