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Per AirNav - activated 8/1980. Owned and operated by H.G. Bagwell. |
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Per AirNav - activated 2/1979. Owned and operated by Paul J. and Marian C. White. |
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Per AirNav - activated 11/1962. Owned and operated by Philippa Hertrick. |
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Per AirNav - activated 9/1966. Owned and operated by Kennebec Flying Club. |
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Per AirNav - activated 12/1985. Owned and operated by George M. Peacock. One source claims this airport is closed. |
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aka Field of Dreams Airport. Per AirNav - activated 6/2000. Owned and operated by Ramona Bunn. |
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Per AirNav - activated 5/1964. Owned and operated by J.T. Knott, Jr. Services include - Raleigh East Flight Training. |
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The region's first airport opened in 1929 as Raleigh Municipal Airport, south of town. Raleigh's first air transportation hub was established by the Curtiss Wright Flying Service at the present-day location of the intersection of Tryon Road and U.S. 70-401, south of Raleigh. The company leased the property, and built three runways and a hangar. Eastern Air Transport, the predecessor of Eastern Airlines, began passenger and airmail service to Raleigh Municipal Airport in 1932 using Curtiss Kingbird biplanes. They operated two daily trips between New York and Miami. Curtiss Wright Flying Service went bankrupt, and the city leased the property in 1933. The 1934 Department of Commerce Airfield Directory described Raleigh Municipal as having three clay, sand, and grass runways, with the longest being the 3,475' northwest/southeast strip. The hangar was said to have "Raleigh" painted on the roof. The City of Raleigh held the lease until 1940, when it joined in the land purchase for a replacement airline airport, Raleigh-Durham Airport, twelve miles to the northwest. Raleigh Municipal was still listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory, with three asphalt runways (14/32: 2,800' long, 4/22: 2,600' long, and 9/27: 1,800' long), and the operator listed as Justice Aero Company. The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Raleigh Municipal Airport was on the 1972 Charlotte Sectional Chart. It depicted Raleigh as having three paved runways, with the longest being 2,600'. Raleigh Municipal Airport closed in 1972. |
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Was also Raleigh-Durham Army Air Field (see below). The new Raleigh–Durham Airport opened on May 1, 1943 with flights by Eastern Airlines. The passenger terminal was built from materials remaining after the construction of four barracks for the Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command airfield. Eastern Airlines was permitted use of the airfield and began service from RDU to New York and Miami in 1943. These flights stopped in Richmond, Washington, DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia during the four-hour flight to New York. Stops were made in Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Orlando, Vero Beach and West Palm during the six-hour flight to Miami. The three runways the airport had in 1951 are still visible on the southeast side of the airport: 4500-ft Runway 5, 4500-ft Runway 18 and 4490-ft Runway 14. |
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While under construction, the original RDU was taken over in 1942 by the federal government for use during WW-II. The base was designated Raleigh-Durham Army Air Field in January of 1943 with barracks and three runways becoming operational on May 1, 1943. The base served as a training facility for the Army Air Corps until Jan. 1, 1948. |
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Per AirNav - activated 6/1975. Owned and operated by Triple W Enterprises, Inc. |
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