Former Creeds Naval Outer Landing Field (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

USA / Virginia / Virginia Beach / Virginia Beach, Virginia
 airport, Second World War 1939-1945, military, closed / former military
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Commissioned on April 5, 1943 and Decommissioned on October 15, 1945

Former Navy airfield used by pilots training at NAS Norfolk during WWII.

Currently used by the Virginia Beach Police Department as their vehicle training course.
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Coordinates:   36°36'15"N   76°0'22"W

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  • This airfield was also used as a dragstrip in the early 1980's. It was known as Creeds dragstrip. I competed here in the first Virginia - North Carolina grudge match.I lost in the second round to a dodge roadrunner. Good times...
  • Sorry Plymouth Roadrunner
  • Also known as Creeds Field. Probably constructed during the 1930's under one of President Roosevelt's work plans of his "New Deal".
  • It was a dragstrip in the 1960's also.
  • It was constructed by the Navy beginning in summer 1940 and commissioned in April 1943 as Creeds Naval Outer Landing Field, an auxiliary field for NAS Norfolk. It was a training and support base for Wildcats and Avengers used on escort carriers for convoy patrol. The navy constructed two practice bombing targets to the east side of the runways which have since been removed.
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