College Park Airport | |||||||||||
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 College Park airport operations building with the Aviation museum on the right. | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission | ||||||||||
| Location | College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1909 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 48 ft / 14.6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°58′50.1″N 76°55′20.3″W / 38.980583°N 76.922306°W | ||||||||||
| Website | collegeparkairport | ||||||||||
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  CGS Location of airport in Maryland  CGS CGS (the United States) | |||||||||||
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College Park Airport | |||||||||||
| Nearest city | College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Built | 1908 | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 77001522[1] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 1977 | ||||||||||
College Park Airport (IATA: CGS, ICAO: KCGS, FAA LID: CGS) is a public airport located in the City of College Park, in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is the world's oldest continuously operated airport.[2] The airport is located south of Paint Branch and Lake Artemesia, east of U.S. Route 1 and the College Park Metro/MARC station and west of Kenilworth Avenue.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Grier, Peter (2009). "The College Park Century". AIR FORCE Magazine. 92 (September): 86. Retrieved 18 Sep 2009.