Franklin Field Airport (F72)

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Unattended airport mostly used by students

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www.sacairports.org/franklin/
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"In November of 1942, the U.S. Department of War (U.S. Government) acquired the 640+ acre site for use as an auxiliary military airfield to Mather Field. These 640+ acres included land that now constitutes the Franklin Field Airport, the RCCC facility, and adjacent
agricultural land.

"Originally, Franklin Auxiliary Field No. 6 comprised four runways, three of which described an equilateral triangle whose sides were approximately 4,000 feet long. The fourth runway bisected the triangle in a more or less north-south direction. The runways were designated by the letters A, B, C, and D. Only runways B and D remain in use today.

"The was used mainly for pilot training. We understand that in addition to trainers, such as AT-6, AT-17, and UC-78 aircraft, B-25s flew in and out of the airport, presumably also on training flights.

"The entrance to the airfield was by way of an approximately 600-foot-long paved road located in the southeast comer of the site and accessed from Bruceville Road. The same road provides access today. At least five wooden structures built along the access road served as barracks and ancillary support buildings for student pilots; their concrete slab foundations are still visible."

Read more here: www.corpsfuds.com/reports/INPR/J09CA0809inpr.pdf