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Chicago Landmark. The Palmolive Building. Show map of Chicago metropolitan area Show map of Illinois Show map of the United States Show all. Location. 919 N Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, US. Coordinates. 41°53′59.41″N 87°37′25.94″W. / 41.8998361°N 87.6238722°W / 41.8998361; -87.6238722.
Mail and air carrier operations Charles Lindbergh's last pay check as an RAC Air Mail pilot. A Robertson DH-4 used on the CAM-2 Air Mail route. On April 15, 1926, Robertson Aircraft started Contract Air Mail service over route CAM-2 from Lambert Field to Chicago, with stops in Springfield, Illinois and Peoria, Illinois; Charles Lindbergh was employed as chief pilot for the service.
Little Falls/Morrison County Airport. / 45.94972°N 94.34750°W / 45.94972; -94.34750. Little Falls/Morrison County Airport ( ICAO: KLXL, FAA LID: LXL ), also known as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Little Falls, a city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was designed and built to compete for the ...
Lindbergh encouraged the building of the airport and agreed to lend his name to it. The new airport, dedicated on August 16, 1928, was San Diego Municipal Airport – Lindbergh Field, with 140 Navy and 82 Army planes involved in a flyover. The airport was the first federally certified airfield to serve all aircraft types, including seaplanes.
STL is located 14 miles (23 km) northwest of downtown St. Louis in unincorporated St. Louis County between Berkeley and Bridgeton. The airport provides nonstop service to airports throughout the United States and to the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and Europe. In 2019, it served nearly 16 million passengers.
Added to NRHP. 1989-10-25. Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is a 569-acre (2.3 km 2) Minnesota state park on the outskirts of Little Falls. The park was once the farm of Congressman Charles August Lindbergh and his son Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Their restored 1906 house and two other farm buildings are within the park boundaries.
The first regular air mail service started in July 1928. In February 1929, the field was licensed as the first municipal airport in Michigan. It was named Lindbergh Field in honor of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. Airline service came to Kalamazoo in May 1944.