Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield
National Register of Historic Places

Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield

Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
Listed
October 1, 2008
Type
Structure
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
08000954

About this property

The Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield is a former World War II-era airfield near Newport, Arkansas, United States. The site, now in agricultural use, is located south of the city, northeast of the junction of Arkansas Highway 14 and United States Route 67. It had two runways, which formed an X shape. Each was 40–46 metres (131–151 ft) wide and 1,375 feet (419 m) long, with flanking taxiways. The airfield was built in 1942 as an auxiliary to the main Army Airfield at Newport (now Newport Municipal Airport), and was used for training and military exercises. It was briefly reactivated in 1946–49, but was definitively abandoned sometime before 1964. The airfield site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Location

Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
35.57363, -91.25515

Categories

MILITARYTRANSPORTATION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield listed on the National Register?

Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2008.

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Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1942.

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