List of defunct airports in the United States

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This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the United States.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2012)

Note: A more complete list of abandoned airfields in the US can be found at the website that is cited in many of the entries below.

Alabama

There are at least 68 in the state.

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

Dennis F. Cantrell Field
Lost Bridge Village Airport
Saline County Airport (Watts Field) in Benton
Silver Wings Field in Eureka Springs

California

Further information: California World War II Army Airfields and California World War II Airfields

Alum Rock Airport
Amboy Airfield
Apple Valley Airport
Brown-Fabian Airport
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Capital Sky Park, West Sacramento
Capistrano Airport, San Juan Capistrano
Carmel Valley Airport
Colton Airport, Colton
Crissy Field
Crawford Airport
Culver City Airport, Culver City
Deer Creek Ranch Airport
Del Mar Municipal Airport
Disneyland Helipad
Fontana
Dycer Airport, Gardena
Gardena Valley Airport, Gardena
Gardner Army Airfield
Giant Rock, Yucca Valley
Grand Central Airport
Green Acres, Visalia
Griffith Park Aerodrome
Gelderman Airport
Luebkeman Airport
Hamilton Air Force Base
Hamilton Cove Seaplane Base
Hamilton Army Airfield
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Airfield
Helendale Airport
Hilton Field, Boulder Creek
Hughes Airport
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin
Meadowlark Airport
Milpitas Airport
Mission Airport, San Gabriel
Monrovia Airport, California
Montebello Airport
Vail Airport, Montebello
Natomas Field, Sacramento
Naval Air Station Alameda
North Shore Beach Estates, Salton Sea
Quartz Hill Airport
Rancho California Airport, Temecula
Conejo Valley Airport, Thousand Oaks
Rialto Municipal Airport
Rice Army Airfield
Rosemead Airport, Rosemead
Santa Susana Airport
San Fernando Airport
Skyways Airport
Sierra Airdrome, also called Hastings Airport
Sacramento Sky Ranch
Santa Cruz Sky Park
Sky Ranch, Puente
Spring Valley Airport
Soggy Dry Lake, Lucerne Valley
Tri-City Airport, Loma Linda
Thompson, Murrieta
Valley View, Ridgecrest
War Eagle Field
Willow Creek

Colorado

Avon STOLPort
Breckenridge STOLport
Fort Collins Downtown Airport
Nichols Field (Colorado Springs)
Stapleton International Airport (Denver)
Skyline Airport Watkins, Colorado

Connecticut

Ansonia
Griswold Airport/Hammonasset Airport (N04) in Madison
Johnnycake/Mountain Meadow Airstrip in Burlington
Lakeside Airport
New Canaan
New London–Waterford Airport in Waterford
Rentschler Field
Stamford

Delaware

Rehoboth Beach

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Strawberry Glenn Airport in Boise

Illinois

Arlington NOLF / Arlington Airport
Ashburn Flying Field
Carthage Airport
Chicagoland Airport
Crestwood/Howell Airport
Earlville Airport
Half Day Naval Outlying Landing Field
Hillsboro Municipal Airport
Howell-New Lenox Airport
Machesney Airport
Meigs Field
Naval Air Station Glenview
Ravenswood Airport
Springfield (Commercial) Southwest Municipal Airport
Sky Harbor Airport
Wagon Wheel Airport

Indiana

Action Airpark
Aretz Airport
Butler
Decatur Hi-Way Airport
Dresser Field
Elwood Airport
Emison Auxiliary Army Airfield
Harrold Airport
Michigan City Municipal
O'Neal Airport
Speedway Airport
Stout Army Air Field
Walesboro Auxiliary Army Airfield

Iowa

Hawarden Municipal Airport
Eldora Municipal Airport
Lambert Fechter Municipal Airport
NOLF Linby
Wall Lake Municipal Airport

Kansas

Kentucky

Dale Hollow Regional Airport (Petro Field)
Hardin County Airport (Ben Floyd Field)
Standard Field
Morehead-Rowan County Airport
Breckenridge Army Airfield
Olive Hill Airport
Whitesburg Municipal Airport

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Agawam-Springfield Harbor Seaplane Base in Agawam
Bowles Agawam Airport in Agawam
Braintree Airport
Chatham Seaplane Base in Chatham
Fall River Municipal Airport
Haverhill Riverside Seaplane Base in Haverhill
Merrimac Valley Seaplane Base in Methuen
Monponsett Pond Seaplane Base in Halifax
Naval Air Station South Weymouth
Naval Air Station Squantum
Springfield Airport
Tew-Mac Airport

Michigan

Acme Skyport (closed 1995?)
Allen Airport
Allens Airport
Alma Airport / Sharrard's Field
Anchor Bay Field, a/k/a Fair Haven Field
Au Gres Airport
Austin Lake Airport & Seaplane Base
Aviation Country Club
Baker Airport
Bean Blossom Airport
Beaverton
Berz-Macomb
Big Beaver Airport
Bonnie Field
Brooklyn Airfield
Burns Airport
Burns Landing Field
Calumet-Laurium Airport / Houghton County Airport
Carriage Lane Airport
Coleman A. Young International Airport a/k/a Detroit City Airport
Corunna Airport
Craft's Field
Crystal Falls Airport
David Airfield / David's Airport
Davis Airport
Detroit Army Artillery Armory Airfield, Oak Park
Double JJ Resort Ranch Airport
Douglas Lakeside Airport
Dr. A.L. Haight Airport
Dudley Airport Standish
Erie Aerodrome
Erin Airport
Farmington Hills Airfield
Flat Rock Airport / Maveal Airport / Maveal Brothers Airport
Ford Airport
Fraser Airport
Grand Rapids Municipal Airport / See Kent County Airport
Grand River Airpark & Seaplane Base
Gratiot Airport, a/k/a Packard Field, Greater Detroit Airport or Roseville Field.
Haggerty Field / Detroit Aviation Testing Field
Hance Airport
Hartung Field
Hillsdale Airport
Holly Airport
Houghton County Airport
Ishpeming Airport / Ishpeming-Dexter Airport
John R. Airport
Jonesville Airport / Merchant Field
Krist Port
Leathers Field / Naval Outer Landing Field 24922 Grosse Ile
Loar's Field, Onsted, Michigan
Marks' Field
Marquette County Airport
Marysville Field
Mason Landing Field / Kelleys Airport
Mayes Airport
McEnnan Airport
McKinley Airport
Menominee County Airport
Miller Airport /Nartron Field
Morgan Field
Motor Boat Seaplane Base / Garland's Seaplane Base
Muzzy's Airport / L'Anse Landing Field
Nan Bar Airport / NOLF 27106 / Flat Rock Field
National Airways Airport / National Air Service Airport / National Airport
Oakland-Orion Airport
Oselka Airport
Packard Field, renamed Gratiot Airport in 1940, Roseville, Michigan a/k/a Greater Detroit Airport or Roseville Field.
Haggerty Field / Detroit Aviation Testing Field
Packard Proving Ground Airfield
Plane Haven Airport
Poschke's Harbor Beach Airport
Raco Army Landing Airfield
Ransom Field/Traverse City Ransom Field (closed 1969)
Rexton Airport / D A R Airport
Riverland Airfield
Robbins Airport (Madision Heights)
Saugatuck-Douglas Airport
Salem Airport
Scheidler Field
Sheep Ranch NOLF
Silver Ace Airport / Monroe Airport / Marshall Airport
Smith Airport / Hartsell Air Terminal / National Airport
South Kent Airport
Spencer Landing Field / Spencer Airport / Vernon M Spencer Memorial Airfield / Wixom International Airport
Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport.
Stinson Factory Airfield
Sunglen Airfield
Tackaberry Airport Michigan Airport Directory
Thomas B. Joy Airport
Triangle Airport
Triangle Glider Port
Trott Brothers Airport / Almont Municipal Airport
Utica Airport
Vanderbilt Airport (1st location)
Vanderbilt Airfield (2nd location)
Vanderbilt Airport
Warren Airport, a/k/a Kinally Airport
Washtenaw Airport/ Young Airport
Wings Airport, Mound Road & 18 Mile Road in what is now Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Ypsilanti Airport / Gridley Airport
Yuba Airport

Minnesota

There are at least twenty in the state.

Devil's Track Municipal Airport
Grand Rapids–Itasca County Airport, Gordy Newstrom Field
New York Mills Municipal Airport
Pine City Municipal Airport

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

Aero Haven Airport/Camden County Airport
Asbury Park Neptune Airport
Atlantic City Municipal Airport
Camden Central Airport
Crescent Airport
Li Calzi Airport
Marlboro Airport
Twin Pine Airport
Forrestal Airport
Rudy's Airport
Piney Hollow Airfield

New Mexico

New York

Angola Airport
Ellenville Airport
Floyd Bennett Field (a small portion is still used as a police heliport)
Flushing Airport in Queens
Holmes Airport, aka Grand Central Air Terminal, Grand Central Airport in Queens
McPherson Seaplane Base in Ithaca
Miller Field in Staten Island
Mitchel Field
Monticello Airport
Oneida County Airport
Peekskill Seaplane Base
Roosevelt Field, aka Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, Hempstead Plains Field, Garden City Aerodrome, Hazelhurst Field in Mineola

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Naval Air Station Tongue Point
Bernard's Airport
Willamette Airpark (T-Bird Airport)
Jantzen Beach Seaplane Base
Swan Island Airport (Portland Municipal)
Springfield Airport
Sutherlin Airport
Umatilla Army Airfield

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Abilene Municipal Airport (original)
Amarillo Municipal Airport (original)
An Khe Army Stage Field / Walker Red Fox Airfield (Authon)
Andrau Airpark (Alief)
Arlington Municipal Airport / Midway Airport / Greater Fort Worth International Airport / Amon Carter Field / Greater Southwest International Airport
Bay City Municipal Airport (original)
Bell Helicopter Auxiliary Heliport (Hurst)
Butterfield Trail Airport (North Abiline)
Cameron Airport (Angleton)
Camp Wolters / Fort Wolters Army Heliport (Mineral Wells)
Clear Lake Metro Port (Clear Lake City)
Clear Lake Ranch Airfield (Mankins)
Columbus Municipal Airport (original)
Cuero Field / Brayton Flying Field
D-Bar Ranch Airfield (Sanco)
Dalhart Aux AAF #1 / West Field
Dalhart Aux AAF #2 / Miller Field
Dalworth Airport / Curtiss-Wright Airport /Grand Prairie Municipal Airport / Grand Prairie NOLF /Grand Prairie Army Airfield
Davis Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 (League City)
Dempsey Army Heliport (Palo Pinto)
Denton Field / College Field
Downing Army Heliport (Mineral Wells)
Eagle Pass Army Airfield
Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 / Cueves Field (Spofford)
Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / Barnard Ranch Airfield / Chittim Ranch Airfield (Eagle Pass)
Eagle Pass Municipal Airport
El Paso Municipal Airport (original)
Five-Points Field / Naval Outlying Landing Field 22913 (Watsonville)
Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #1 / Pinto Stagefield (Garner)
Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #2 / Sundance Stage Field (Salesville)
Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #3 / Ramrod Stage Field (Garner)
Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #4 / Mustang Stage Field (Salesville)
Fort Wolters Stage Field #6 / Bronco Stage Field (Garner)
Genoa Airport
Goodfellow AAF / Goodfellow AFB (San Angelo)
Guenther Municipal Airport / Guenther La Grange Airport
Hartlee Field (Denton)
Hensley Field / Dallas Naval Air Station
Hitchcock Naval Air Station
Horizon Airport (West Texas Airport)
Hue Stage Field (Garner)
Hueco Airport (El Paso)
Howard County Municipal Airport (Big Spring)
Jap Lee Airport (Irving)
KFDA-TV Airfield (Amarillo)
Lamesa Field (Arvana)
Laredo Air Force Auxiliary Airfield #2 (Aguilares)
Laredo Municipal Airport (Del Mar)
Link Ranch Airfield (Laredo)
Lite-Flite Ultraport (Katy)
Lou Foote Airport / Highway 77 Airport (Dallas)
Lubbock Army Airfield / Reese AFB
MacGuire Ranch Airfield (El Paso)
Maker Field / Hughes Airport (Abiline)
Mansfield Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 22614
Pampa Army Airfield
Pearland Municipal Airport
Qui Nhon Army Stage Field (Salesville)
Red Bluff Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 (Seabrook)
Reeves Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 / Pampa Air Force Auxiliary Airfield #2
Rhodes Airport / Shallowater Airport
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport (Austin)
S & S Patrol Field (League City)
Skyport Airport (El Paso)
Spaceland Airport / Houston Gulf Airport (League City)
Sugar Land State Prison Airfield
Tarrant Naval Outlying Landing Field / Arlington Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 25811 (Arlington)
Terry County Air Force Auxiliary Airfield / Reese Air Force Auxiliary Airfield (Sundown)
Tim's Airpark / Austin Executive Airpark
U & S Flying Service Airfield / Hamilton Field (Big Spring)
Val Verde County Airport (Del Rio)
Vancourt Army Airfield Aux #6 (Wall)
Victory Field (Vernon)
Vung Tau Army Stage Field
Weiser Airpark (Cypress) KEYQ
Winn Exploration Company Airport (Eagle Pass)

Utah

Vermont

Fair Haven Municipal Airport
Robin's Nest Airport (North Windham Airport)
Miller Airport

Virginia

Beacon Field Airport
Falls Church Airpark
Hartwood Airport
Hoover Field
Parnell Airport (Richmond)
Pungo NOLF
Tappahannock Municipal Airport
University of Virginia Airport / Milton Field (Charlottesville)
Virginia State Police Airport (Richmond)
Washington Airport
Washington-Hoover Airport
Washington-Virginia Airport

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Rice Lake Municipal Airport
Aero Park Airport
Westosha Airport

Wyoming

Insular areas

American Samoa

Leone Airfield

Guam

Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll Airport

Midway Atoll

Henderson Field

Palmyra Atoll

Northern Mariana Islands

North Field

Puerto Rico

Fictional

Betio Airfield, an airport appearing in the video game Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts; its name is written on the third campaign level
Verdant Meadows Airfield, an airstrip based on Davis–Monthan Air Force Base and appearing in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Sandy Shores Airfield, an airfield based on Amboy Airfield and appearing in the video game Grand Theft Auto V

References

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Freeman, Paul (October 31, 2021). "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Alabama". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields.
Freeman, Paul (March 12, 2020). "Anniston Army Airfield / (Original) Talladega Airport, Talladega, AL". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
"National Register of Historical Places - ARIZONA (AZ), Coconino County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
Freeman, Paul. "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Central Michigan". www.airfields-freeman.com. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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^ Airman's Information Manual, Part 3. p. 34.
^ Freeman, Paul (December 31, 2018) . "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwestern Michigan". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^ Freeman, Paul (November 2, 2018) . "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Eastern Michigan". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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Berz-Macomb Airport Our Airports
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Grand Rapids – Itasca County Airport (GPZ) Gordy Newstrom Field Unicom
Freeman, Paul. "Newport Naval Air Facility, Gould Island, RI". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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v t e Airports in the United States
States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Territories	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands
Other	Serving Washington, D.C. Minor Outlying Islands
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Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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