Airport in Tanacross, Alaska
Tanacross Air Base is a former United States Army airfield located one nautical mile (2 km ) south of the central business district of Tanacross , in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska .
History
Constructed 1943, activated 20 September by Air Transport Command as Station #16, Alaskan Wing, later 1464th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. It was auxiliary to Ladd Army Airfield for Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft. The facility was designated Tanacross Air Base in July 1944. Its mission was servicing Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft from United States. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force , then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945 and closed; it was turned over to War Assets Administration for disposition in 1946.
Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and redeveloped as Tanacross Airport . One of the hangars at the site later became the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks .
See also
References
^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for TSG PDF
public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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Tanacross ABLocation of airport in Alaska
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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