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General William J. Fox Airfield. / 34.74111°N 118.21861°W / 34.74111; -118.21861. General William J. Fox Airfield ( IATA: WJF, ICAO: KWJF, FAA LID: WJF) is a county-owned, public airport in Los Angeles County, California, [ 1] five miles northwest of Lancaster, California, United States. [ 1] Locally known as Fox Field, the airport ...
William J. Fox. Brigadier General William Joseph Fox (December 23, 1897 – April 11, 1993) was a United States Marine Corps officer and engineer. Fox oversaw the construction various military airfields, including Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine, California and Henderson Field in Guadalcanal, both of which he commanded.
On March 17, 1941, the airport was renamed General Mitchell Field after Milwaukee native and air power advocate Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell. [9] On January 4, 1945, Mitchell Field was leased to the War Department for use as a World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Over 3,000 prisoners and 250 enlisted men stayed at the work camp.
Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington–Normal ( IATA: BMI[ 2 ], ICAO: KBMI, FAA LID: BMI) is a public airport in McLean County, Illinois, [ 1 ] three miles east of Bloomington [ 1 ] and southeast of Normal. Owned by the Bloomington–Normal Airport Authority, [ 1 ] it is also known as Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA).
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Aerial view of ATL in 2024. / 33.63667°N 84.42806°W / 33.63667; -84.42806. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL) is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Moffett Federal Airfield ( IATA: NUQ, ICAO: KNUQ, FAA LID: NUQ ), also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California, United States, between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale. On November 10, 2014, NASA announced that it would be leasing 1,000 acres (400 ...
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport ( IATA: MKC[ 2], ICAO: KMKC, FAA LID: MKC) is a city-owned, public-use airport serving Kansas City, Missouri, United States. [ 1] Located in Clay County, [ 1] this facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
This is a list of airports in Georgia (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.