Evergreen Field
Evergreen Field (FAA LID: 59S) was a public-use airport located five miles (8.0 km) east of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.[1] It was located northeast of the intersection of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard & Southeast 136th Avenue.[2] The airport was founded in 1946 by Wally Olson. Since 1964 it was home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club (NWAAC) and the Evergreen Fly-In. A residential airpark was established adjacent to the airport in 1968. After Olson's death in 1997, his family continued to operate the airport until closing it in July 2006.[3][4][5]
Evergreen Field (closed 2006) | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Olson Family Trust | ||||||||||||||
Location | Vancouver, Washington | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 312 ft / 95 m | ||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
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The property was reportedly being sold for $15 million to a developer, but the $215 million redevelopment deal fell through in 2007.[6][7]
Facilities
Evergreen Field covered an area of 68 acres (28 ha) which contained two runways: 10L/28R with an asphalt pavement measuring 2,155 ft × 40 ft (657 m × 12 m) and 10R/28L with a turf surface measuring 2,000 ft × 100 ft (610 m × 30 m).[1]
References
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for 59S PDF, effective 2006-06-08.
- Evergreen Field Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine at Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
- "Was this the last antique fly-in for Evergreen Field?". General Aviation News. 2001-08-27. Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- "After 60 Years, Vancouver's Evergreen Field Shuts Down". Aero-News Network, Inc. 2006-07-04.
- Thomas Ryll (2006-07-16). "Final Flight". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- Shelly Strom (2004-12-17). "Mixed-use project planned at Evergreen Airport". Portland Business Journal.
- "Developer scraps $215 million project for former Evergreen Airport". Washington Real Estate. 2007-07-28.
External links
- Wally Olson/Evergreen Airpark - photos and remembrances