Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis

(Redirected from Hyannis Army Airfield) Former military airport in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States (1942–1945) For the current civilian use of this facility and airport information, see Cape Cod Gateway Airport.

Barnstable, Massachusetts in United States

Coordinates

41°40′10″N 70°16′49″W / 41.66944°N 70.28028°W / 41.66944; -70.28028

Site information

Owner

United States Department of Defense

Operator

United States Navy

Open to
the public

Site history

Built

1942 (1942)

In use

1945 (1945)

Fate

Turned over to civilian use

Battles/wars

World War II

Airfield information

Elevation

18 metres (59 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
6/24	1,219 metres (3,999 ft) Asphalt
9/27	1,219 metres (3,999 ft) Asphalt
15/33	1,219 metres (3,999 ft) Asphalt

Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis was a United States Navy facility located in Hyannis, Massachusetts operational from 1942 to 1945. It existed as an auxiliary air facility of Naval Air Station Quonset Point.

History

From 1942 to 1943, the facility was operated by the United States Army Air Forces as Hyannis Army Air Field and operated Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft on anti-submarine patrols under the operational control of Westover Field. In 1943. the United States Navy took control of the facility and trained many aviators.

Redevelopment

Today, the field operates as Barnstable Municipal Airport.

References

^ "Massachusetts Naval Air Bases, Coast Guard Bases, Military & Auxiliary Air Fields 1923-1945". Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

External links

v t e Airports in the Cape and Islands Area
Primary	Barnstable Nantucket Provincetown Martha's Vineyard
Military	Joint Base Cape Cod Otis ANGB
General aviation	Cape Cod Chatham Falmouth Katama
Private	Canapitsit Muskeget Island Tuckernuck
Heliports	Brant Point Camp Edwards Cape Cod Canal Cotuit David Libby Falmouth Hospital Fuller House Marstons Mills North Bay North Chatham Seapuit Wayne
Seaplane bases	Cuttyhunk Harbor Long Pond Marstons Mills Woods Hole
Closed	NAS Chatham Clifton Coonamessett Eastham East Harwich NAAS Martha's Vineyard NAAF Hyannis NAAF Nantucket No Man's Land NA Skymeadow Trade Wind

v t e Airports in Massachusetts
Primary	Boston–Logan Barnstable–Boardman/Polano Hanscom Field Nantucket Memorial Provincetown Martha's Vineyard Worcester
Non-primary	New Bedford
Reliever	Beverly Lawrence Norwood Memorial
General	Chatham Fitchburg Gardner Great Barrington–Koladza Mansfield Marshfield–Harlow Turners Falls Harriman–West Northampton Orange Pittsfield Plymouth Southbridge Westover Minute Man Taunton–King Westfield–Barnes
Public use	Cape Cod Cranland Falmouth Hopedale Industrial Park Katama Merrimack Valley Monponsett Pond Myricks Plum Island Spencer Sterling Tanner–Hiller
Private use	Canapitsit Crow Island Metropolitan Muskeget Snow Tuckernuck Ware
Military	Barnes ANGB Joint Base Cape Cod Otis ANGB Camp Edwards Heliport CGAS Cape Cod Westover ARB
Defunct	Acushnet NAAF Beverly Bowles Agawam Bolton Braintree Brockton Boston–Metropolitan NAS Chatham Clark Clifton Coonamessett Crosman USAR Center Fall River Grafton Hatfield–Pilgrim Haverhill–Dutton Haverhill–Riverside NAAF Hyannis Leicester Lowell Marlboro NTS Marblehead NAAS Martha's Vineyard Moore AAF NAAF Nantucket NAAF New Bedford No Man's Land NAF Oxford Pine Hill Providence–Seekonk Revere Robbins CGAS Salem Saugus NAS South Weymouth Springfield NAS Squantum CGAS Ten Pound Island Tew-Mac Trade Wind Westboro

USAAF Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command in World War II

Command

I Bomber Command (First Air Force, 1941–42)

Wings

Groups

Squadrons

Antisubmarine	1st 2d 3d 4th 6th 7th 8th 9th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 22d 23d 25th
Other	2d Search Attack 3d Search Attack 4th Search Attack

Airfields

United States	Dover (Delaware) Drew (Florida) Jacksonville (Florida) Key West (Florida) Lantana (Florida) Miami (Florida) Orlando (Florida) Savannah (Georgia) Grenier (New Hampshire) Atlantic City (New Jersey) Fort Dix (New Jersey) Mitchel (New York) Bluethenthal (North Carolina) Cherry Point (North Carolina) Charleston (South Carolina) Hyannis (Massachusetts) Otis (Massachusetts) Westover (Massachusetts) Langley (Virginia)
Newfoundland	Gander Torbay
Caribbean and South America	Batista (Cuba) Guantanamo (Cuba) Zanderij (Suriname) Vernam (Jamaica) Carlsen (Trinidad)
Europe	Dunkeswell (England) Podington (England) St. Eval (England)
North Africa	Port Lyautey (Morocco)

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