Leadville Municipal Airport

Leadville Army Airfield
Part of Army Air Force Training Command
Lake County, near Leadville, Colorado
1999 image of mobile home park (lower right) on the southeast of the airfield built on the end of an old runway (faintly discernible).
Coordinates39°16′59.98″N 106°19′59.98″W / 39.2833278°N 106.3333278°W / 39.2833278; -106.3333278
TypeArmy Airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
(Third & Second Air Forces)
Site history
Built1942[citation needed]
In use1943-1944

Leadville Municipal Airport (Leadville Army Airfield c. Aug 1943-5)[1] was a Colorado World War II Army Airfield "adjacent to Highway No. 24"[2] and named for Leadville, Colorado, 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast.[citation needed]

  1. ^ http://forum.armyairforces.com/m_153039/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#153098 ArmyAirForces.com Forum: AAF Ground Commands, Stations, & Bases
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meager was invoked but never defined (see the help page).