Payne Field | |
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West Point, Mississippi | |
![]() Payne Field - parked Curtiss JN-4 Training Aircraft, 1918 | |
Coordinates | 33°39′56″N 88°38′57″W / 33.66556°N 88.64917°W |
Type | Primary pilot training airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | ![]() |
Condition | abandoned fields |
Site history | |
Built | 1917 |
In use | 1918–1920 |
Battles/wars | ![]() World War I |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Training Section, Air Service |
Payne Field is a former World War I military airfield, located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north-northeast of West Point, Mississippi. It operated as a training field for the United States Army Air Service between 1918 until 1920.
The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1917 after the United States entry into World War I.[1] It was the first airport constructed in Mississippi.[2]