Newport State Airport - Newport Air Park

USA / Rhode Island / Middletown / Forest Avenue
At the turn of the 20th Century the site was home to Aquidneck Park, a horse racing track. Wealthy summer residents such as William K Vandebilt, John Jacob Astor and I Townsend Burden would occasionally race automobiles of various types there.

The airport site was acquired by the state in July 1960, and construction of the runways and taxiways was completed by September 1967.


www.globalair.com/airport/airport.aspx?aptcode=KUUU
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_State_Airport_(Rhode_Island)
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Coordinates:   41°31'52"N   71°16'53"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago