Fairfax Airport from south. The runways still exist. The GM Plant is on top of them

Margaret Truman and Harry Truman visiting Fairfax Airport in 1945 as well as a 1950 circa photo of the Fairax control tower set against a USGS map of Fairfax and Kansas City Downtown Airport This image shows that the airport is east of the confluence of Kansas River and Missouri and thus it was originally part of Missouri.

Mitchell production in Kansas City in 1942.

Fairfax Airport was an airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1921 until it closed in 1985 that is most famously associated with the construction of most of the B-25 Mitchell bombers. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 395 pixelsFull resolution (1360 × 672 pixel, file size: 255 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Fairfax Airport in September 2007. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 395 pixelsFull resolution (1360 × 672 pixel, file size: 255 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Fairfax Airport in September 2007. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 563 pixelsFull resolution (3600 × 2534 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 563 pixelsFull resolution (3600 × 2534 pixel, file size: 3. ... Mary Margaret Truman–Daniel (born February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri) is an American writer and the author of biographies, books on the White House and several best-selling mystery novels. ... For the victim of Mt. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Kansas City Downtown Airport, also known as Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, (IATA: MKC, ICAO: KMKC) is an airport in Kansas City, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3000x2302, 1362 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): B-25 Mitchell Fairfax Airport ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3000x2302, 1362 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): B-25 Mitchell Fairfax Airport ... Nickname: Location in Wyandotte, County in the state of Kansas. ... The North American B-25 Mitchell (NA-62) was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. ...

The airport was directly across the Missouri River from Kansas City Downtown Airport and served as an air strip for plane manufacturers and repairs in the city's Fairfax district, as well as postal delivery. Passenger service in the area was handled by its Missouri sister (although Braniff briefly used it). Its IATA designation was KCK. The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ... Kansas City Downtown Airport, also known as Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, (IATA: MKC, ICAO: KMKC) is an airport in Kansas City, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri. ... One of many different airplane livery designs of Braniff International Airlines. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

The airport was used by Harry Truman when he flew back to Missouri during his Presidency. For the victim of Mt. ...

It started as a small strip in 1921 for an American Legion air meet. E.J. Sweeny opened a flying school there in 1925, and it was called Sweeny Airport. In 1928 the Wood Brothers Corporation acquired the airport and renamed it Fairfax. In 1941 the city of Kansas City, Kansas, purchased the airport for $600,000 from the Kansas City Industrial Land Company (a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad which had trains that ran along its edge) . It was to be used by North American Aviation to build 6,608 of the country's B-25 Mitchell bombers during World War II -- more than half of the 10,000 planes built during war. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... North American Aviation was a major US aircraft manufacturer. ... The North American B-25 Mitchell (NA-62) was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

TWA took over the facility after the war to operate an overhaul base for its planes. In the Great Flood of 1951, the overhaul base was destroyed. In order to keep TWA in the metropolitan area, Kansas City, Missouri, built a new airport for TWA away from the river in rural Platte County. That airport, originally called Mid-Continent Airport, was to become Kansas City International Airport. The Twa, also known as Batwa, are a pygmy people who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of central Africa. ... Flooding in northeast Topeka, 1951 In mid-July 1951, heavy rains led to a great rise in the Kansas River and other surrounding areas. ... Airport diagram Airport from the east. ...

Air mail coming to Kansas City in the 1920's was postmarked Kansas City, Kansas, because it was flown into the airport and then trucked to Missouri. In 1950 Mid-Continent Airlines got a lucrative contract to deliver airmail on the North Central Route #106. It operated out of Fairfax. Following the 1951 flood, the airline and mail were moved to the new Kansas City airport in Platte County, Missouri which was named for its postal mailing address of Mid-Continent. Although the airline was to be acquired by Braniff, the new airport was to keep its Mid-Continent name and today still keeps its IATA designation of MCI. Mid-Continent logo Mid-Continent Airlines operated in the central United States through the 1930s and 1940s. ... Airmail imprint on an envelope (Thailand) Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ... Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

The airport's land in the Missouri River bottoms was originally considered part of Missouri because it is east of the approved 1820 border based on the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River in the West Bottoms. However, the river changed course in an 1880 flood, and the area was formally declared part of Kansas by the United States Supreme Court. Locals nicknamed it "Goose Island." The Kansas River near De Soto Kaw River (map) looking southward from middle of Turner Diagonal bridge. ... The West Bottoms is an industrial area immediately to the west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the confluence of the Missouri River and Kansas River. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...

The airport was actually larger area-wise and had longer (and more) runways than the Kansas City downtown airport (which was limited to 2 runways that cris-crossed each other). Its runway configuration shifted from two to three to four and ultimately back to three runways when it closed in 1985. The longest runway 17/35 was 7,301 feet when it closed. The Fairfax Assembly plant was placed right on top of the runways. The edges of the runways are still visible.

The airport formally closed on April 1, 1985 and the land was added to the Fairfax District industrial area. The B-25 plant is now part of the General Motors Fairfax Assembly plant. General Motors Corporation, also known as GM or The General, an American multinational conglomerate corporation, is the worlds largest auto company by annual production volume for 2006, and the second largest by sales volume as of the first half of 2007, behind Toyota Motor Corporation. ... Fairfax Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Fairfax, Kansas. ...

For Hugh A. "Holly" Hollinger his midnight flight from Fairfax Municipal Airport had a special meaning. Which was the reason he scheduled it for exactly midnight. It's like the old song says: "... gonna take a sentimental journey." because as Hollinger opened the throttles wide on his twin Cessna 402 at exactly midnight his wheels were on the concrete runway at least a few seconds into the new day April 1. For Holly that also meant that it had been 45 years to the day when he took for his first solo flight off Fairfax. Hollinger estimated that he had flown more than 20,000 hours off Fairfax, mostly for his employer, Tobin Construction Company. ^{[citation needed]}

As the rubber tires of Hollingers Cessna 402 lifted off the concrete runway at 11:59:59pm, the airport formally closed its runways behind him and on April 1, 1985 the land was added to the Fairfax District industrial area. The B-25 plant is now part of the General Motors Fairfax Assembly plant. General Motors Corporation, also known as GM or The General, an American multinational conglomerate corporation, is the worlds largest auto company by annual production volume for 2006, and the second largest by sales volume as of the first half of 2007, behind Toyota Motor Corporation. ... Fairfax Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Fairfax, Kansas. ...

External links

• Kansas City Kansan profile of airport
• KCPT profile
• Defunct airports of Kansas

Coordinates: 39.148218° N 94.59971° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Thanks to Mark S. Butzin...