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Leighton Auxiliary Field is a former facility of 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 ...
located in
Leighton, Alabama Leighton is a town in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as " The Shoals". At the 2020 census, the population was 665. Leighton has been hit by several tornado ...
. Constructed after 1941 as an auxiliary to the nearby Courtland Army Air Field, it was turned back into farmland after the war.


See also

* Alabama World War II Army Airfields *
List of airports in Alabama This is a list of airports in Alabama (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...


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{{Coord, 34, 39, 27, N, 087, 29, 40, W, display=title Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Alabama Transportation buildings and structures in Colbert County, Alabama Former installations of the United States Army 1941 establishments in Alabama Transportation in Colbert County, Alabama