Mitchel Air Force Base - Runways (East Garden City, New York)

USA / New York / Uniondale / East Garden City, New York
 military, runway, place with historical importance, historical layer / disappeared object

This is a visual depiction of the runways at Mitchel Air Force base, which incorporates remnant pieces of actual runway where they still exist. The most prominent pieces shown are those of runway 5/23 (in the upper righthand corner of the picture), which ran from the southwest to the northeast and was Mitchel's longest at almost 5,700 feet. In addition to 5/23, Mitchel had an additional three runways, which were between 4,800 and 4,960 feet in length.

The southwest portion of runway 5/23 is currently used for Hofstra University parking. The northwest portion is used by the Nassau County Police Department Training Academy for vehicle obstacle training.
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Coordinates:   40°43'24"N   73°35'45"W
This article was last modified 5 years ago