Boardman Airport

Boardman Airport
File:Boardman Oregon pano.jpg Airplane and hangar at Boardman Airport
IATA: none ICAO: - FAA: M50
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Port of Morrow
Location	Morrow County, near Boardman, Oregon
Elevation AMSL	396 ft / 120.7 m
Coordinates	45°48′53.3700″N 119°49′13.80″W
Website	Port of Morrow
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 4,200 1,280 Asphalt

Boardman Airport (FAA LID: M50) is a public airport 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of the city of Boardman in Morrow County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Boardman Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights at the Boardman Bombing Range. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).

See also

• Lexington Airport

Further reading

• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for M50
  • AirNav airport information for M50
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for M50