ONZ Runway-Circle Remnants
USA /
Michigan /
Gibraltar /
World
/ USA
/ Michigan
/ Gibraltar
World / United States / Ohio
runway, abandoned / shut down
The long-abandoned area was a novel runway design allowing takeoff / landing from any direction across the circle. It dates from the facility's earliest years as a Naval Air Station. The runway circle remnants are now crossed-over by modern taxiways.
World War II era photo shows the vee of side runways which are now the only ones used.
World War II era photo shows the vee of side runways which are now the only ones used.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°6'6"N 83°9'42"W
- Bru Mon Yacht Club / Former 1870's Michigan Central Railway Ferry Docks 4.8 km
- Former alignment of Wright Street 20 km
- Former Postum Cereal/General Foods Rail Sidings 25 km
- Abandoned Essex Terminal Downtown Railway Factory Branch 26 km
- Former Farmer Jack Distribution Center 31 km
- Packard Automotive Plant 33 km
- Ford Highland Park Plant 35 km
- Highland Park Renaissance High School 35 km
- Northland Center (closed) 39 km
- Michigan State Fairgrounds 39 km
- Grosse Ile Municipal Airport - (KONZ) 0.3 km
- Former McLouth Steel Gibraltar Plant 3.6 km
- Grosse Ile 4.6 km
- Lake Erie Metropark 5.4 km
- Ford Flat Rock Car Assembly Plant 7.4 km
- Riverview Highlands Golf Course 7.7 km
- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area 10 km
- Limestone Quarry 11 km
- Oakwoods Metropark 14 km
- Huron Charter Township, MI 17 km