1956

Airfields in 1956

82 EVENTS LISTED88 ON RECORDERA 04
19551957

Timeline

82 events · 11 months
During the year
OpenedRotterdam The Hague Airport opens.
RTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNL
OpenedBeauvais-Tillé airport opens.
BVABeauvais-Tillé airportFR
OpenedTurku Airport opens.
TKUTurku AirportFI
OpenedLhasa Gonggar International Airport opens.
LXALhasa Gonggar International AirportCN
OpenedHobart International Airport opens.
HBAHobart International AirportAU
OpenedSolidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport opens.
SZZSolidarity Szczecin–Goleniów AirportPL
OpenedBratsk Airport opens.
BTKBratsk AirportRU
OpenedRAF Akrotiri opens.
AKTRAF AkrotiriCY
OpenedAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport opens.
KERAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportIR
OpenedBaotou Donghe International Airport opens.
BAVBaotou Donghe International AirportCN
OpenedIshigaki Airport opens.
JP-3590Ishigaki AirportJP
OpenedWilliams Lake Airport opens.
YWLWilliams Lake AirportCA
OpenedOmak Airport opens.
OMKOmak AirportUS
OpenedTanagra Air Base opens.
LGTGTanagra Air BaseGR
OpenedBalen-Keiheuvel Airfield opens.
EBKHBalen-Keiheuvel AirfieldBE
OpenedColmar-Meyenheim Air Base opens.
FR-1239Colmar-Meyenheim Air BaseFR
OpenedVoghera-Rivanazzano Airfield opens.
LILHVoghera-Rivanazzano AirfieldIT
OpenedNáměšť Air Base opens.
LKNANáměšť Air BaseCZ
OpenedKluczewo Air Base opens.
PL-0253Kluczewo Air BasePL
OpenedVilshofen Airfield opens.
EDMVVilshofen AirfieldDE
OpenedBöhlen Airfield opens.
EDOEBöhlen AirfieldDE
OpenedGünzburg-Donauried Airfield opens.
EDMGGünzburg-Donauried AirfieldDE
OpenedFällfors Air Base opens.
SE-0106Fällfors Air BaseSE
OpenedBlagoyevo Air Base opens.
UA-0026Blagoyevo Air BaseUA
OpenedPudozh opens.
RU-10065PudozhRU
OpenedGiles Airport opens.
YGLSGiles AirportAU
OpenedJermuk Airport opens.
AM-0011Jermuk AirportAM
ClosedRAF Attlebridge closes.
GB-0103RAF AttlebridgeGB
OpenedBexbach Glider Field opens.
EDRXBexbach Glider FieldDE
ClosedRAF Croft closes.
GB-0583RAF CroftGB
ClosedRAF Thorpe Abbotts closes.
GB-0612RAF Thorpe AbbottsGB
January
OpenedSouth Jersey Regional Airport opens.
LLYSouth Jersey Regional AirportUS
OpenedLa Belle Municipal Airport opens.
X14La Belle Municipal AirportUS
OpenedHillside Airport opens.
63KHillside AirportUS
OpenedThree Lakes Municipal Airport opens.
40DThree Lakes Municipal AirportUS
OpenedDuflo Airport opens.
NY10Duflo AirportUS
February
OpenedBath Alum Airport opens.
9VA0Bath Alum AirportUS
OpenedBalakovo Airport opens.
BWOBalakovo AirportRU
April
OpenedTwin Bridges Airport opens.
U61Twin Bridges AirportUS
OpenedCopper Basin Airport opens.
0U2Copper Basin AirportUS
OpenedMurphy Airport opens.
1U3Murphy AirportUS
OpenedArnolds Airport opens.
36KYArnolds AirportUS
OpenedCPTPA Headquarters Airport opens.
ID84CPTPA Headquarters AirportUS
DisasterTWA Flight 400.
PITPittsburgh International AirportUS22 killed
DisasterNorthwest Orient Airlines Flight 2.
SEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUS5 killed
OpenedCapitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport opens.
CIXCapitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International AirportPE
May
OpenedSedona Airport opens.
SDXSedona AirportUS
OpenedOcean Reef Club Airport opens.
OCAOcean Reef Club AirportUS
OpenedCooperstown-Westville Airport opens.
COPCooperstown-Westville AirportUS
OpenedNeil Armstrong Airport opens.
AXVNeil Armstrong AirportUS
OpenedMeyer Riverside Airpark opens.
OG34Meyer Riverside AirparkUS
OpenedDamxung Air Base opens.
CN-0033Damxung Air BaseCN
June
OpenedMarion County Rankin Fite Airport opens.
HABMarion County Rankin Fite AirportUS
OpenedOzark-Blackwell Field opens.
71JOzark-Blackwell FieldUS
OpenedSoest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield opens.
EDLZSoest-Bad Sassendorf AirfieldDE
OpenedTradewind Agricultural Airport opens.
8TE8Tradewind Agricultural AirportUS
OpenedClarissa Municipal Airport opens.
8Y5Clarissa Municipal AirportUS
Disaster1956 BOAC Argonaut accident.
KANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportNG32 killed
July
OpenedIsle Private Airport opens.
MY72Isle Private AirportUS
DisasterUnited States Air Force Flight 441/13.
WRIMc Guire Air Force BaseUS
August
OpenedNartron Field opens.
MI31Nartron FieldUS
OpenedBailes Airport opens.
7R9Bailes AirportUS
OpenedHustons Airport opens.
IN93Hustons AirportUS
OpenedLumpkin County Wimpys Airport opens.
9A0Lumpkin County Wimpys AirportUS
September
OpenedSummit Airport opens.
KEVYSummit AirportUS
OpenedDinsmore Airport opens.
D63Dinsmore AirportUS
OpenedLee Vining Airport opens.
O24Lee Vining AirportUS
OpenedMartin Municipal Airport opens.
9V6Martin Municipal AirportUS
OpenedB & L Farms Airport opens.
11FAB & L Farms AirportUS
OpenedWilliams Airport opens.
IL52Williams AirportUS
OpenedEast Kansas City Airport opens.
3GVEast Kansas City AirportUS
OpenedRetalhuleu Airport opens.
RERRetalhuleu AirportGT
OpenedHamm-Lippewiesen Airfield opens.
EDLHHamm-Lippewiesen AirfieldDE
October
OpenedNewton Municipal Airport opens.
TNUNewton Municipal AirportUS
OpenedWadsworth Municipal Airport opens.
3G3Wadsworth Municipal AirportUS
Disaster1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash.
LHRLondon Heathrow AirportGB4 killed
OpenedLeutkirch-Unterzeil Airfield opens.
EDNLLeutkirch-Unterzeil AirfieldDE
November
OpenedAddison Airport opens.
ADSAddison AirportUS
OpenedShelbyville Municipal Airport opens.
KGEZShelbyville Municipal AirportUS
OpenedSheldon Regional Airport opens.
KSHLSheldon Regional AirportUS
December
OpenedSidney Municipal Airport opens.
KSCASidney Municipal AirportUS
OpenedAmana Airport opens.
C11Amana AirportUS

Not listed: 6 events at airfields without a Wikipedia article, mostly openings from the FAA register. The whole year as CSV

FROM WIKIDATA AND THE FAA AIRPORT REGISTER
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