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Woodville |
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Per AirNav - activated 1/2013. Owned and operated by Coastal Farm Service, LLC. |
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The original location of the Elizabeth City Municipal Airport was southeast of the town, on the opposite side of the road from the eventual location of the present-day Elizabeth City CGAS / Municipal Airport. It was apparently built prior to 1935, as it was depicted in its original location on the 1935 Regional Aeronautical Chart. Elizabeth City Airport was described in The Airport Directory Company's 1937 Airports Directory as being located 2.5 miles southeast of the town, on the west side of the Weeksville Highway. It was described as having two landing strips in an "L" shape, with the longest being 2,700' northeast/southwest strip. However, at some point between 1942-43, Elizabeth City Airport apparently was relocated a few miles west to its second location (southwest of the town of Elizabeth City). See next entry. |
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1942-43, the Elizabeth City Airport apparently was relocated southwest of the town, from its original location. The earliest depiction of the field at this location which has been located was on the September 1943 Norfolk Sectional Chart. The April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields described Elizabeth City Airport as having a 3,800' unpaved runway. The 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Elizabeth City Municipal Airport as having three 4,000' turf runways: 18/36, 4/22 and 14/32. The operator was listed as Coastal Aviation, Inc. The 1971 airfield directory depicted Elizabeth City Municipal as having three unpaved runways, with the longest being the 4,400' Runway 4/22. The Elizabeth City Municipal Airport was apparently closed at this location at some point between 1973-75. The "new" airport opened in 1972. See next entry. |
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Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City |
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Was Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Regional Airport. The airport opened in 1972 and is shared with and owned by the U.S. Coast Guard. The military portion of the facility, known as Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, operates HC-130J Hercules and MH-60T Jayhawk aircraft. USCG owns and operates all runways and a majority of the taxiways. The Pasquotank County Airport Authority owns and operates the FBO, civilian terminal, and associated taxiways. |
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Weeksville |
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Per AirNav - activated 10/1940. Owned and operated by James T. Fletcher. |
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Per AirNav - activated 10/1970. Owned and operated by R. Brent Meads |
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The U.S. Navy started the construction of the Weeksville Lighter Than Air (LTA) air station on August 6, 1941, and completed construction in 1942. Naval Air Station Weeksville was operational from 1941 to 1957. NAS Weeksville's airships played a vital role in German U-boat spotting during WW-II, helping to minimize losses to east coast shipping. The last Navy blimp departed Weeksville in 1946. In 1947, Weeksville became an operational blimp base again, with the arrival of four new blimps. During the Korean War, Weeksville was used for extensive anti-submarine warfare (ASW) blimp operations, hosting a fixed-wing Carrier Air Group, and hosting ASW helicopter squadrons. Budget cuts to the Navy's LTA program in the mid-1950s resulted in the closure of NAS Weeksville as an active naval installation in 1957, when it was decommissioned. In 1959, the facility was used for design testing of communications satellites as part of NASA's Project Echo. In 1966, the decommissioned Weeksville facility was sold to Westinghouse, for use in their blimp operations. In 1989, Westinghouse transferred its blimp operations to TCOM, which subsequently built commercial airships at Weeksville which have operated as "Bud One," "Fuji," and "Met Life." |
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