Former Naval Air Facility Runways (Columbus, Ohio)
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aviation, historical layer / disappeared object, United States Navy
In May 1942 the Federal government assumed operation of the Curtiss-Wright plant and established a Naval Air Facility at Port Columbus.
The U.S. Navy relinquished control of NAF Port Columbus in March 1946 and Mayor James A. Rhodes formed a metropolitan airport commission headed by John P. Biehn with Francis A. “Jack” Bolton as Superintendent. Bolton, fresh out of the Navy, was the youngest, large-city airport manager in the country at the age of 26.
The U.S. Navy relinquished control of NAF Port Columbus in March 1946 and Mayor James A. Rhodes formed a metropolitan airport commission headed by John P. Biehn with Francis A. “Jack” Bolton as Superintendent. Bolton, fresh out of the Navy, was the youngest, large-city airport manager in the country at the age of 26.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°59'35"N 82°52'40"W
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH/KCMH) 3.7 km
- Rickenbacker International Airport - (LCK / KLCK) 19 km
- 5R and 32L Tarmac 19 km
- Mansfield Lahm Airport (MFD/KMFD) 98 km
- 4R/22L 100 km
- 4L/22R 101 km
- Airborne Airpark (ILN/KILN) 101 km
- Wright Patterson Air Force Base (FFO/KFFO) 108 km
- Dayton International Airport (DAY/KDAY) 118 km
- GE Peebles Test Operation 124 km
- Abandoned town of Wonderland, OH 1.1 km
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH/KCMH) 1.2 km
- Airport Golf Course 1.3 km
- Interstate 270 Exit 37 1.5 km
- Interstate 270 Exit 39 2.7 km
- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens 2.9 km
- Gahanna Woods Park 3.9 km
- Jefferson Country Club 5.4 km
- Civic Park 5.5 km
- Pilate Downs Subdivision 9 km