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Falmouth Airpark is a public-use airport and residential airpark located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Falmouth, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is privately owned by Falmouth Airpark Homeowners Association. The airport grew to superscede the Coonamessett Airport which was located in close proximity to the Otis Air National Guard Base and closed in the 1960s.
Providence Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Seekonk, Massachusetts.
Eastham Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century. The airfield was described as being located in a small field off Herring Brook Road in Eastham, Massachusetts.
Coonamessett Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Hatchville, Massachusetts. It is now part of the Pheasant Area at the Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area.
Camp Framingham is a former Massachusetts National Guard camp that existed in 1873 to 1944 in Framingham, Massachusetts, also called Camp Dalton or Fort Dalton until 1898. The camp was used by all units of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as their summer training ground. The camp also contained a state arsenal where weapons and equipment was stored and issued to units. Fort Dalton was a training battery from 1883 to 1898, 138 feet (42 m) long with two 10 in (254 mm) Rodman guns and four siege mortars. Camp Framingham was used as a mobilization station during the Spanish–American War, in June 1916 during the Mexican border call-up and in the summer of 1917 during World War I. Other names for the camp in the Spanish–American War were Camp McGuinness and Camp Dewey. From May 1942 to December 1943, Headquarters, 181st Infantry Regiment was stationed with its companies serving on coast patrol duty for the Eastern Defense Command in New England. In 1948, Camp Framingham was transferred from the Military Division to the Massachusetts State Police. Today, the Massachusetts State Police and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency utilize portions of the former camp.
Braintree Airport was an airport located in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts from 1948 to 1968. The airport was used for general aviation purposes until encroaching residential development forced its closure.
Robbins Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Bolton Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Clinton, Massachusetts.
Acushnet Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Acushnet, Massachusetts.
Brockton Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Clark Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Hanover, Massachusetts. During the time it was closed during World War II, the Pilgrim Ordnance Works was located to the west of the airport.
Dennison Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.
Haverhill Riverside Airport & Seaplane Base was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The airport was owned and operated by William Slavit, or Capt. Red Slavit as people used to call him. The airport code for Haverhill river side airport was MA04. Here is a link to an info article about it http://airportnavfinder.com/airport/MA04/. Red Slavit died in 2008.
Lowell Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Lowell, Massachusetts. The airport hosted the Moth Aircraft Corp. of Lowell, where 179 de Havilland Moth planes were manufactured under license between 1929–1931.
Bowles Agawam Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Agawam, Massachusetts.
Grafton Airport was a private airfield that was operational during the mid-20th century in Grafton, Massachusetts.
Leicester Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Leicester, Massachusetts.
Pine Hill Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Westboro Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Boston Metropolitan Airport was an airfield in Canton, Massachusetts, on the northeast side of Neponset St just southeast of the Neponset River. In the 1930s it had four gravel runways. The May 1956 sectional chart shows one 2100-ft turf runway; the airport isn't on the December 1956 chart.
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- ↑ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northeastern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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