Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
Website type | Private |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Paul Freeman |
| Creator | Paul Freeman |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | April 1999 |
| Current status | Online |
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields is a website detailing information and first hand memories about airports in the United States which are no longer in operation, or are rarely used.
The website was started by Paul Freeman in 1999 as he had developed an interest on the subject. In 2015, there were over 2,000 airports chronicled on the site and it had been viewed over 1.7 million times.[1] In the US, airports close at about a rate of one per week.[2][3]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Pimentel, Dan (April 2013). "A Labor of Love: How One Website is Keeping the History of Yesterday's Airfields Alive". Airplanista. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ Fontaine, Tom (28 June 2010). "Small Public Airports Slowly Fading in Western Pennsylvania". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ Schiff, Barry (9 March 2015). "No Place to Land". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- Aguiari, Moreno (30 September 2025). "Exploring America's Forgotten Airfields: Paul Freeman and the Story Behind Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields". Vintage Aviation News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- Boyd, Grant (5 October 2021). "On the Hunt for Diamonds in the Rough". Flying. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Cober, Ray (1 November 2008). "Passionate Pilot Preserves Aviation Past and Present Through Web Site". Airport Journals. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- Pimentel, Dan (22 November 2019). "Travel Back in Time to the Abandoned Airfields Near You". Flying. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.