Events per year 216 on record 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
01 Fields and flying grounds1903–1918 · 1 OF 1 LISTED Grass fields, army aerodromes and the first flying schools. An airfield is wherever the ground is flat and the farmer agrees.
8 DEC Milestone United States Army becomes the operator.
02 The airport is invented1919–1938 · 7 OF 10 LISTED Terminals, control towers and radio arrive. Capitals are linked by scheduled services, and cities start to build municipal airports.
— Closed Sanderson Field (1919) closes. — Milestone Ford Motor Company becomes the operator. — Closed Anderson Field / Rockwell Field closes. — Milestone Glenn L. Martin Company becomes the owner. — Closed Naval Air Station Rockaway closes. — Milestone City of Los Angeles becomes the owner. — Closed Aérodrome Saint-Louis closes.
03 War1939–1945 · 14 OF 20 LISTED Thousands of military airfields are laid down in six years. Many of today’s airports began as one of them.
— Closed Toronto Aerodrome closes. — Closed Willowdale Airfield closes. — Closed Ashburn Airport closes. APR Milestone United States Army Air Forces becomes the owner. — Closed Kingston Airfield closes. — Milestone United States Navy becomes the owner. — Milestone United States Army Air Forces becomes the operator. — Closed Fort Allen Airport closes. — Closed Leaside Aerodrome closes. — Closed Gakona Landing Strip closes. — Closed Hicks Field (1917) / Camp Taliaferro Field #1 closes. — Closed Presidio County Airport closes. 1 JAN Closed RCAF Station Dafoe closes. 30 APR Closed Paradise Field closes.
04 Postwar and the jet age1946–1969 · 27 OF 37 LISTED Wartime fields pass to civil use and piston airliners fill them. From 1958 jets need longer concrete runways, and airports move further from the cities they serve.
— Closed Thunderbird Field 1 closes. — Closed Alhambra Airport closes. — Closed Watsonville Airport (1938) closes. — Closed Swan Island Airport closes. — Closed Bushnell Army Airfield closes. — Milestone Baltimore becomes the owner. — Milestone Lubbock becomes the operator. 18 AUG Milestone United States Air Force becomes the operator. 18 SEP Milestone United States Air Force becomes the owner. — Closed Milford Auxiliary Airlfield closes. — Closed Albuquerque Airport (1928) closes. 5 MAY Closed Industrial Airpark closes. — Closed Richards Field closes. — Closed Lancaster Airport closes. 2 MAY Milestone County of Inyo becomes the owner. MAY Closed Roosevelt Field closes. — Closed Monrovia Airport closes. — Closed Pyote Air Force Base closes. — Closed Sherman Field closes. — Closed Former Santa Maria Municipal Airport / Hancock Field closes. — Closed RCAF Station Aylmer closes. 25 JUN Closed Mitchel Field closes. SEP Milestone Martin Marietta becomes the owner. — Closed Casey (Camp de Base) Airport closes. — Closed Lowry Field closes. — Closed Bernard Airport closes.
05 Wide bodies1970–1989 · 40 OF 43 LISTED The 747 makes mass travel ordinary. New sites are chosen for size, not proximity.
— Milestone Listed as Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. — Milestone Maryland Aviation Administration becomes the operator. — Milestone Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission becomes the owner. — Closed Deer Park Airport closes. — Closed Greater Southwest International Airport-Amon Carter Field closes. — Closed Machesney Airport closes. — Closed National Wildlife Refuge Airport closes. 20 SEP Milestone State of Maryland becomes the owner. 6 OCT Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places contributing property. 30 DEC Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Milestone Lansing becomes the owner. — Milestone National Aeronautics and Space Administration becomes the operator. — Milestone Lansing becomes the operator. — Closed San Clemente Naval Auxiliary Air Station closes. 23 SEP Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 19 OCT Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 11 APR Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 10 DEC Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Hamp Airport closes. — Closed Gettysburg Airport (1942) closes. — Closed Paul Hoberg Airport closes. 22 NOV Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Flushing Airport closes. 5 APR Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Fairfax Municipal Airport closes. 4 FEB Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 14 FEB Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Maple Airport closes. — Milestone Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority becomes the owner. 7 JUN Milestone Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority becomes the owner. 7 JUN Milestone Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority becomes the operator. — Closed Cartierville Airport closes. — Closed Hamilton Field closes. — Closed Boulder City Municipal Airport / Bullock Field closes. 10 NOV Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Meadowlark Airport closes. — Closed Antioch Airport closes. — Closed Dodgeville Municipal Airport closes. 1 JAN Milestone Listed as Listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
06 Built on water1990–2009 · 54 OF 63 LISTED In East Asia, where there is no land left, it is made: airports on artificial islands and reclaimed sea. Elsewhere, old city airports close.
— Closed Grumman Bethpage Airport closes. 21 MAY Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Milestone Ames Research Center becomes the owner. 12 JUL Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Bristol Field Airport closes. — Closed Chancerelles Airport / Bowen Field closes. 1 JUL Milestone Ames Research Center becomes the operator. — Closed Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex closes. — Closed Commodore Decatur Airport closes. — Closed Glenview Naval Air Station closes. 18 FEB Closed Fall River Airport closes. — Closed Action Airpark closes. — Closed Alameda Naval Air Station closes. — Closed South Weymouth Naval Air Station closes. — Closed W H Bramble Airport closes. — Closed Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex closes. 3 JUN Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 20 NOV Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Fulton-Itawamba County Airport closes. — Closed NASA Crows Landing Airport closes. — Closed El Toro Marine Corps Air Station closes. 10 JUN Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 22 JUN Closed Austin Robert Mueller Municipal Airport closes. — Milestone County of Stanislaus becomes the owner. 14 DEC Closed Punta Aguila international Airport closes. 3 AUG Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Cayo Coco Airport closes. — Closed Teufel's Farm Strip closes. — Closed Youngstown Executive Airport closes. 18 MAR Closed Santiago Municipal Airport closes. 1 APR Closed Houston Gulf Airport closes. — Closed Chicago Meigs Airport closes. 11 MAR Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 26 MAR Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 7 JUL Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Ingeniero Fernando Espinoza Gutiérrez Airport closes. — Milestone MET – Montreal Metropolitan Airport becomes the owner. 2 JUN Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 21 JUL Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. — Closed Shirley Airport closes. — Closed Tok Airport closes. — Closed Fort Collins Downtown Airport closes. — Closed Herrera Airport closes. — Closed Redvers Airport closes. — Milestone Ak-Chin Indian Community becomes the owner. 17 NOV Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 1 JAN Closed Griswold Airport closes. — Closed J-Z Airport closes. — Closed Liberty County Airport closes. 22 JAN Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 2 OCT Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 31 DEC Closed Blaine Municipal Airport closes. — Closed Tallahassee Commercial Airport closes. — Closed Arnold Air Force Base closes.
07 Hubs2010–2026 · 36 OF 42 LISTED Gulf and Asian hubs grow to the top of the rankings. Historic fields become parks and housing.
1 JUL Closed San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport closes. 27 AUG Closed Casco Cove Coast Guard Station closes. 1 OCT Closed Panama City-Bay Co International Airport closes. 16 DEC Milestone Listed as Listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. — Closed NAS/JRB Willow Grove closes. — Closed Cornelia Fort Airpark closes. 30 SEP Closed Brooks Air Force Base closes. — Closed Haysfield Airport closes. — Closed Samaná El Portillo Airport closes. 29 AUG Closed Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport closes. 23 JAN Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 1 JUL Milestone Connecticut Airport Authority becomes the owner. 30 NOV Closed Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport closes. 31 DEC Closed Hardwick Field closes. — Closed Propst Airport closes. 1 FEB Closed Sabana de La Mar Airport closes. 10 NOV Milestone Planetary Ventures becomes the operator. — Closed Diego Jiménez Torres Airport closes. — Milestone Space Florida becomes the operator. 31 JAN Closed Dennis F Cantrell Field closes. — Closed Joshua Sanford Field closes. 1 APR Closed Waterville / Kings County Municipal Airport closes. 30 JUN Closed Suburban Airport closes. 4 MAY Milestone Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place. 15 MAY Closed Horace Williams Airport closes. 10 OCT Closed Sloulin Field International Airport closes. 3 NOV Closed Weiser Air Park closes. AUG Closed Aeronut Park Balloonport closes. 1 MAR Closed Stroudsburg Pocono Airport closes. JUN Closed Spitfire Aerodrome closes. 30 NOV Closed Buttonville Municipal Airport closes. — Closed Pittsburgh Northeast Airport closes. APR Closed Downsview Airport closes. 18 SEP Closed Tanner Hiller Airport closes. 2 OCT Closed Codrington Airport closes. 27 DEC Closed Piney Pinecreek Border Airport closes. FROM WIKIDATA AND THE FAA AIRPORT REGISTER · THE BEST-KNOWN FEW OF EACH KIND IN EACH YEAR · COUNTS AND THE CSV ARE THE WHOLE TABLE