North American Farms Airport is a private airport, located 5.6 miles east of
Malone, Florida
Malone is a town in Jackson County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,959 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Malone is located in northern Jackson County at .
Florida State Road 2 runs through the center of town as 8th Avenue, leading ...
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Overview
Opened in March 1992, the airport is used for crop dusting operations and the owner's private use.
History
Originally constructed by the
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
in 1943 as one of four auxiliary airfields for the pilot training school at
Marianna Army Airfield. Its original designation was Bascom Auxiliary Army Airfield #3. The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5'000 foot runways, each with a parallel taxiway.
The airfield was apparently unmanned, had no buildings nor any permanent units assigned. It was used for emergency and for touch-and-go landings as part of the pilot training school. With the end of World War II and the closure of Mariana AAF, the airfield was closed and abandoned.
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With the reopening of Mariana AAF as Grahm Air Base in 1950 as a contract pilot training school, Bascom was rehabilitated as an auxiliary airfield for Grahm (Grahm #1) and was used for emergency landings. It was closed again in 1961 with the final closure of Grahm AB and again abandoned.][
Today, only a section of the north/south runway of the former airfield's runway is in use, the asphalt surface being in marginal condition. The remainder of the airfield has had either the asphalt and concrete removed with the east/west runway lying derelict. It is not open to any general aviation.][
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See also
* Florida World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Florida for antisubmarine defense in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters, attack planes, an ...
References
Abandoned Airports: Bascom Auxiliary Army Airfield
External links
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Airports in Florida
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida
Transportation buildings and structures in Jackson County, Florida
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