38°52′N 77°03′W / 38.87°N 77.05°W
Washington Airport | |
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 Hoover Field (bottom and left) and Washington Airport (right) at the foot of Highway Bridge in 1932 | |
| Summary | |
| Owner | Funkhouser, Fahy, et al. (late 1927-February 1928) Seaboard Airways (February 1928-June 1928) United States Air Transport (June 1928-March 1929) Atlantic Seaboard Airways (March 1929-June 1929) Federal Aviation Corporation (June 1929-July 17, 1993) National Aviation Corp (July 17, 1933-August 2, 1933) |
| Serves | Washington Metropolitan Area |
| Location | Arlington County, Virginia |
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Washington Airport was the second major airport to serve the city of Washington, D.C., in the United States. Located in Arlington, Virginia, near the intersection of the Highway Bridge and the Mount Vernon Parkway (where The Pentagon's south parking lots, Metrobus bus bays, and a portion of Interstate-395 now exist).[1] The first airport to serve the city was Hoover Field, a private airfield constructed in 1925. Washington Airport, a private airport triple the size of Hoover Field, was built literally across the road in late 1927. The airfield suffered from short and unpaved runways, numerous life-threatening obstructions around the field, poor visibility (due to a burning garbage dump adjacent to each field), and poor drainage. Washington Airport nearly went bankrupt in 1933, and it was auctioned off to a new owner. The new owner also owned Hoover Field, and merged the two into a single airfield, Washington-Hoover Airport.
Washington-Hoover Airport closed in 1941 when Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport), a replacement facility, was opened.
- ^ Peck, 2005, p. 8.