Lawson Army Airfield (LSF)

USA / Georgia / Fort Benning South /
 military airbase, military, heliport
The airfield was constructed before 1930 as a balloon landing field for the Infantry School under the name of the Fort Benning Airstrip.

In August 1931, it was renamed after the highly decorated World War I veteran, Captain Walter Lawson, a native of Georgia who had been killed in an air accident. The airfield began large scale modernizing in 1941 when the landing strips were paved.

In the 1960,s the airfield was improved to include two runways, one of which was 8,200 feet long with instrument landing system and ground controlled approach radar.

In the 1990's the secondary runway was closed and the primary runway was lengthened to 10,000 feet.

www.airnav.com/airport/KLSF
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_Army_Airfield
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Coordinates:   32°20'7"N   84°59'22"W

Comments

  • According to airforcebase.net, this was once an air force base. God bless.
  • But it was an Army Airfield first and foremost to begin with, thank GOD.
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