Beacon Field Airport

Summary

Beacon Field Airport was an airport located in the Groveton area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, from the 1920s until its closure in 1959. One of the nation's earliest private airports, and particularly in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, it received its name because it was the location of an airway beacon used to guide early airmail pilots. It later became a popular training site, complete with FBO, for pilots learning to fly after World War II on the G.I. Bill.

Beacon Field Airport
A historic marker denotes the site of Beacon Field Airport, today the Beacon Hill Mall.
Summary
Airport typePrivate (closed)
OwnerReid, Lehman families
LocationFairfax County, Virginia
Elevation AMSL249 ft / 76 m
Coordinates38°46′20″N 077°05′00″W / 38.77222°N 77.08333°W / 38.77222; -77.08333
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
? 2,313 705 Macadam
? ~2,000 ~600 ?
Source: [1], [2]

The site, originally an antebellum estate called City View, is now the location of a shopping center.

See also edit

  • Hybla Valley Airport, a nearby associated defunct airport
  • Washington-Virginia Airport, a prominent, privately owned and operated airport in the Washington D.C. area from 1947 to 1970

External links edit

  • BeaconFieldAirport.com: website about the airport
  • Abandoned & Little Known Airfields (Virginia page)