World War II Bases

World War II Bases There were numerous WWII bases in the United States, many of which are long gone. The United States had a large number of bases during WWII.

Many of them are long gone. This page will be an ongoing project as there are numerous ones out there. This page will basically have maps and photos of how the bases looked during the WWII era.

07/22/2026

Part Six: Texas – Wyoming
(Vermont and West Virginia had no Army airfields.)

This is a multi-part attempt to list ALL the main and sub bases the Army Air Corps ever had at one point in its inventory during WWII from 1939-1945!

December 1943 was the peak month with 322 main bases, and another 139 sub bases for a grand total of 461 bases. In addition, minimally developed flight strips were counted in that inventory.

However, the overall number of airfields is bigger than 461 as the Army relinquished some airfields before that date, and acquired new ones after that date. Civilian flight schools are not included, unless the Army owned them at one point.

This exercise is like trying to keep track of every student a high school ever had over a 6 year period; whether they graduated or not. It’s also like trying to organize a high school reunion, and trying to find people. This is where one also has to contend with people legally changing their maiden name over time. Some airfields have had multiple names.

This is an evolving document. The tricky part is discerning if some airfields ever achieved at least sub-base status at one point; as many of them were downgraded to auxiliaries as the war was winding down.

Typically, auxiliary fields don’t have quarters, and only a bare minimum of facilities. Upon looking at the files, one of the criteria besides being in possession of at least one runway, was whether there was minimal housing for the troops.

Not all airfields are created equal, and served the same purpose. Some are completely obvious as being full-fledged main bases, like Langley Field, VA for example which goes back to 1916!

In contrast, there are ones like Lordsburg, NM which are real head-scratchers. The Army owned it, but appears to have rarely used it, if ever at all.

There were also 84 airports the Army once built that were transferred to the Navy, or Marine Corps during WWII. So that makes research a little trickier. If one sees anything they think is missing, or should be excluded, please do comment.

* This field was around as early in 1919 or during the WWI construction era.

# transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps. May have also been joint use.

? This is a facility that appeared on only a single list between multiple lists spanning 1939-1945. It was very short lived, or may have only been used very temporarily until bigger badder facilities were constructed. History TBD.

X – No aviation today. Either it was too remote, and rural to generate demand. Or, it was in an area where NIMBYs moved next door, and colluded with developers to shut it down, and cram in even more quarters.

TX
Abilene AAF (Dyess AFB)
Alamo Field; San Antonio Muni #2
X - Aloe AAF; Victoria
Amarillo AAF (AFB)
Avenger Field; Sweetwater
Bergstrom Field; Austin (AFB)
Big Spring AAF (Webb AFB)
Biggs Field; El Paso (AFB)
Blackland AAF
* X - Brooks Field; San Antonio (AFB)
Brownsville Muni
Brownwood AAF
Bryan AAF (AFB)
Childress AAF
Cox Field; Paris
? - Curtis Field; Brady
Dalhart AAF
X - Dalhart AAF Aux. #1 West
Dalhart AAF Aux. #1 East
(Although these were listed as auxiliaries, they
were actually sub-bases for DAAF.)
* X - Dodd Field; Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio
* X - Duncan Field; San Antonio (Absorbed by Kelly Field)
* - Dryden Aerodrome; Terrell County (1919 civilian
airport)
Eagle Pass AAF
* - Ellington Field; Houston (AFB)
El Paso AAB
Foster Field; Victoria
Fort Worth AAF; Tarrant Field (Carswell AFB)
Gainesville AAF (Camp Howze)
Galveston AAF
Gibbs Field; Fort Stockton
X - Goodfellow Field; San Angelo (USAF owned; no ops)
Harlingen AAF
X # - Hensley Field; Grand Prairie
(Joint use with Navy; eventually became Dallas NAS)
* X - Hicks Field; Fort Worth
Hondo AAF
Howard Hughes Airport; Houston (Hobby Airport)
* - Kelly Field (AFB)
? - Killeen Airport
X - Laguna Madre Bombing Range;
(Records indicate a runway and quarters were present)
Laredo AAF
Laughlin Field; Del Rio (AFB)
X – Legion Field; Paris
* - Love Field; Dallas
X - Lubbock AAF (Reese AFB)
X - Matagorda Island Bombing And Gunnery Range; Calhoun CO.
X - Matagorda Peninsula Bombing Range; Matagorda CO. (Both places had runways and quarters.)
Majors Field; Greenville
X - Marfa AAF
Midland AAF (aka Sloan Field)
Midland Muni
Moore Field; Mission
? - Odessa FS
Palacios AAF
X - Pampa AAF
Pecos AAF
Perrin Field; Sherman (AFB)
Pounds Field; Tyler
X - Pyote AAF (AFB)
Randolph Field; San Antonio (AFB)
San Angelo AAF (aka Concho Airfield)
San Marcos AAF (Gary AFB)
Sheppard Field; Witchita Falls (AFB)
South Plains AAF; Lubbock
* - Stinson Field; San Antonio
Temple AAF
Waco AAF (Connelly AFB)
? Yoakum (Emergency Landings)

UT
Hill Field; Ogden (AFB)
Hinckley Field; Ogden
? - Low FS
Salt Lake City AAB
Wendover Field (AFB)

VA
Blackstone AAF; Camp Pickett
* - Langley Field (AFB)
? - Melfa FS
Norfolk AAF
? - Revere Beach (emergency landings)
Richmond AAB
? - Tappahannock FS

WA
# - Arlington Airport (NAAS)
Bellingham AAF
Boeing Field; Seattle
Ellensburg AAF
Ephrata AAB
Felts Field; Spokane
X – Fort George Wright; Spokane (open during WWI)
Geiger Field; Spokane (AFB)
# Kitsap County Airport; Bremerton
McChord Field; Tacoma (AFB)
Moses Lake AAF; Ephrata (Larson AFB)
# - Mount Vernon Airport
? # - Oak Harbor Airport
Olympia AAF
? - Omak FS
Paine Field; Everett (AFB)
* - Pearson Field; Vancouver Barracks
Port Angeles AAF
# - Quillayute Airport (NAAS)
X – Seven Mile Gunnery Range; Spokane
(A runway and quarters were present.)
# - Shelton Airport (NAAS)
Spokane AAF (Fairchild AFB)
Walla Walla AAB
Yakima AAF

WI
Billy Mitchel Field; Cudahy
Camp Williams AAF Douglas
? Tomah Airport, Radio School #6
Truax Field; Madison

WY
Casper AAB
Cheyenne Mod. Center #10

07/19/2026

Part Five: Ohio – Tennessee

This is a multi-part attempt to list ALL the main and sub bases the Army Air Corps ever had at one point in its inventory during WWII from 1939-1945!

December 1943 was the peak month with 322 main bases, and another 139 sub bases for a grand total of 461 bases. In addition, minimally developed flight strips were counted in that inventory.

However, the overall number of airfields is bigger than 461 as the Army relinquished some airfields before that date, and acquired new ones after that date. Civilian flight schools are not included, unless the Army owned them at one point.

This exercise is like trying to keep track of every student a high school ever had over a 6 year period; whether they graduated or not. It’s also like trying to organize a high school reunion, and trying to find people. This is where one also has to contend with people legally changing their maiden name over time. Some airfields have had multiple names.

This is an evolving document. The tricky part is discerning if some airfields ever achieved at least sub base status at one point. Some were downgraded to auxiliaries as the war was winding down.

Typically, auxiliary fields don’t have housing, and only a bare minimum of facilities. Upon looking at the files, one of the criteria besides being in possession of at least one runway, was whether there was minimal amount of housing for the troops.

Not all airfields are created equal, and served the same purpose. Some are completely obvious as being full-fledged main bases like Langley Field, VA for example which goes back to 1916!

In contrast, there are ones like Lordsburg, NM which are real head-scratchers. The Army owned it, but appears to have rarely used it, if ever at all.

There were also 84 airports the Army once built that were transferred to the Navy, or Marine Corps during WWII. So that makes research a little trickier.

Finally, if one sees anything they think is missing, or should be excluded, please do comment.

* This field was around as early in 1919 or during the WWI construction era.

# transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps. May have also been joint use.

? This is a facility that appeared on only a single list between multiple lists spanning 1939-1945. It was very short lived, or may have only been used very temporarily until bigger badder facilities were constructed. History TBD.

X – No aviation today. Either it was too remote, and rural to generate demand. Or, it was in an area where NIMBYs moved next door, and colluded with developers to shut it down, and cram in even more housing.

OH
Cleveland Muni
Clinton County AAF; Wilmington(AFB)
Dayton AAF
Lockbourne AAB; Columbus (Rickenbacker AFB/ANGB)
Lunken Airport; Cincinnati
* - Patterson Field Fairfield (AFB)
(was Wilbur Wright Field during WWI.)
# - Port Columbus Airport (NAS)
X - Wright Field; Dayton (Active AFB; no ops.)
(This is NOT the site of the
WWI Wilbur Wright Field.)

OK
Altus AAF (AFB)
Ardmore AAF
? Cimmaron Field; Yukon
? - Cushing Airport
Enid AAF (Vance AFB)
Frederick AAF
? Gage Airport
Great Salt Plains Bombing Range; Jet (Active USAF)
X - Hatbox Field; Muskogee
? - Hobart Airport
Muskogee AAF
? - Perry Airport
* Post Field; Fort Sill
Tinker Field; Oklahoma City (AFB)
Will Rogers Field; Oklahoma City
Woodward AAF

OR
Arlington Airport and Bombing Range
? - Alkali Lake FS
? - Aurora FS
Eugene Muni
# - Kingsley Field; Klamath Falls (NAS)
Madras AAF
Medford AAF
Pendleton Field
Portland AAB
? - Rome FS
Redmond AAF
Salem AAF

PA
Connellsville Muni
Greater Pittsburgh Airport
(aka Moon Township and Allegheny CO. Airport)
# - Harrisburg Municipal AP; New Cumberland
(Became Capital City NAS)
* - Olmsted Field; Middletown AD (AFB)
Philadelphia Municipal AP
Reading AAF
Waynesboro Muni

RI
Green Field; Providence
Hillsgrove AAF
Quonset Point NAS (Emergency Landings)

SC
Aiken AAF
? - Anderson Muni; Walterboro
? - Barnwell Muni
Charleston AAF
Columbia AAB
Congaree AAB (MCAS, then McEntire ANGB)
Coronaca AAF; Greenwood
Florence AAF
Greenville AAB (Donaldson AFB)
Greenville Muni
Myrtle Beach AAF (AFB)
? North Field; Columbia
? Owens Field; Columbia
? - Spartanburg Muni
Walterboro AAF

SD
Pierre AAF
Rapid City AAB (Ellsworth AFB)
Sioux Falls AAF
Watertown AAF

TN
Camp Campbell AAF (AFB); Hopkinsville Muni
Dyersburg AAB
Memphis AAF
Nashville AAB
Smyrna AAF
William Northern Field; Tullahoma

We’ll stop here, because Texas had the most airfields of any state! That’ll be the final installment of this series. Stay tuned.

07/16/2026

Part Four: Nebraska – North Dakota

This is a multi-part attempt to list ALL the main and sub bases the Army Air Corps ever had at one point in its inventory during WWII from 1939-1945!

December 1943 was the peak month with 322 main bases, and another 139 sub bases for a grand total of 461 bases. In addition, minimally developed flight strips were counted in that inventory.

However, the overall number of airfields is bigger than 461 as the Army relinquished some airfields before that date, and acquired new ones after that date. Civilian flight schools are not included, unless the Army owned them at one point.

This exercise is like trying to keep track of every student a high school ever had over a 6 year period; whether they graduated or not. It’s also like trying to organize a high school reunion, and trying to find people. This is where one also has to contend with people legally changing their maiden name over time. Some airfields have had multiple names.

This is an evolving document. The tricky part is discerning if some airfields ever achieved at least sub base status at one point. Some were downgraded to auxiliaries as the war was winding down.

Typically, auxiliary fields don’t have housing, and only a bare minimum of facilities. Upon looking at the files, one of the criteria besides being in possession of at least one runway, was whether there was a minimal amount of housing for the troops.

Not all airfields are created equal, and served the same purpose. Some are completely obvious as being full-fledged main bases like Langley Field, VA for example which goes back to 1916!

In contrast, there are ones like Lordsburg, NM which are real head-scratchers. The Army owned it, but appears to have rarely used it, if ever at all.

There were also 84 airports the Army once built that were transferred to the Navy, or Marine Corps during WWII. So that makes research a little trickier. If one sees anything they think is missing, or should be excluded, please do comment.

* This field was around as early in 1919 or during the WWI construction era.

# transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps. May have also been joint use.

? This is a facility that appeared on only a single list between multiple lists spanning 1939-1945. It was very short lived, or may have only been used very temporarily until bigger badder facilities were constructed. History TBD.

X – No aviation today. Either it was too remote, and rural to generate demand. Or, it was in an area where NIMBYs moved next door, and colluded with developers to shut it down, and cram in even more housing.

NE
Alliance AAF
Ainsworth AAF
X - Bruning AAF
Fairmont AAF
Grand Island AAF
Harvard AAF
Kearney AAF
Lincoln AAF (AFB)
X - McCook AAF
Omaha Muni
Offutt Field Mod. Center #8; (AFB)
Fort Crook, Omaha (open during WWI)
Scotts Bluff AAF
Scribner AAF

NV
? - Battle Mountain FS
Caliente FS
? - Churchill FS
Indian Springs AAF (Creech AFB)
Las Vegas AAF (Nellis AFB)
? - Owyhee FS
Reno AAB (Stead AFB)
Tonopah AAF

NH
Grenier Field; Manchester

NJ
* ? X - Alfred Vail Field; Fort Monmouth
Bendix Field; Teterboro
Fort Dix AAB; Wrightstown (McGuire AFB)
Millville AAF
? Morristown Airport
Newark AAB

NM
X - Albuquerque AAF (absorbed by Kirtland)
Alamogordo AAF (Holloman AFB)
Camp Luna AAF; Las Vegas
Carlsbad AAF
Clovis AAF (Cannon AFB)
Deming AAF
Fort Sumner AAF
X - Hobbs AAF
Kirtland Field; Albuquerque (AFB)
? - Lordsburg Airport
Roswell AAF (Walker AFB)

NY
Buffalo Muni Mod. Center # 5
Farmingdale AAF
Floyd Bennett AP
La Guardia Field; New York City
? Mastic FS
* X - Miller Field; Rosebank, Staten Island
* X - Mitchel Field; Hempstead (AFB)
Niagara Falls Muni Mod. Center #7
Rome AAF (Griffis AFB)
* # X Roosevelt Field; Mineola L I (NAS)
Stewart Field; West Point (AFB)
Suffolk Co AAF; Westhampton Beach (AFB)
Syracuse AAB
Wheeler-Sack Field; Pine Camp (Fort Drum)

NC
Asheville-Henderson Airport
Bluethenthal Field; Wilmington
Greensboro-High Point Airport
Knollwood Field; Southern Pines
Laurinburg-Maxton AAF
? - Lumberton Muni
Morris Field; Charlotte
* Pope Field; Fort Bragg (AFB)
Raleigh-Durham AAF
Rocky Mount Muni
Seymour-Johnson Field; Goldsboro (AFB)

ND
Bismarck Muni
Fargo Muni

07/13/2026

Part Three: Louisiana - Montana

This is a multi-part attempt to list ALL the main and sub bases the Army Air Corps ever had at one point in its inventory during WWII from 1939-1945!

December 1943 was the peak month with 322 main bases, and another 139 sub bases for a grand total of 461 bases. In addition, minimally developed flight strips were counted in that inventory.

However, the overall number of airfields is bigger than 461 as the Army relinquished some airfields before that date, and acquired new ones after that date. Civilian flight schools are not included, unless the Army owned them at one point.

This exercise is like trying to keep track of every student a high school ever had over a 6 year period; whether they graduated or not. It’s also like trying to organize a high school reunion, and trying to find people. This is where one also has to contend with people legally changing their maiden name over time. Some airfields have had multiple names.

This is an evolving document. The tricky part is discerning if some airfields ever achieved at least sub base status at one point. Some were downgraded to auxiliaries as the war was winding down.

Typically, auxiliary fields don’t have housing, and only a bare minimum of facilities. Upon looking at the files, one of the criteria besides being in possession of at least one runway, was whether there was a minimal amount of housing for the troops.

Not all airfields are created equal, and served the same purpose. Some are completely obvious as being full-fledged main bases like Langley Field, VA for example which goes back to 1916!

In contrast, there are ones like Lordsburg, NM which are real head-scratchers. The Army owned it, but appears to have rarely used it, if ever at all.

There were also 84 airports the Army once built that were transferred to the Navy, or Marine Corps during WWII. So that makes research a little trickier. If one sees anything they think is missing, or should be excluded, please do comment.

* This field was around as early in 1919 or during the WWI construction era.

# transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps. May have also been joint use.

? This is a facility that appeared on only a single list between multiple lists spanning 1939-1945. It was very short lived, or may have only been used very temporarily until bigger badder facilities were constructed. History TBD.

X – No aviation today. Either it was too remote, and rural to generate demand. Or, it was in an area where NIMBYs moved next door, and colluded with developers to shut it down, and cram in even more housing.

LA
Alexandria AAF (England AFB)
Barksdale Field; Shreveport (AFB)
De Ridder AAB
Esler Field; Camp Beauregard (open during WWI)
Hammond AAF
Harding Field; Baton Rouge
? - Kenner Moisant Airport; New Orleans
? - Lafayette Muni
Lake Charles AAB (Chennault AFB)
? - Mansfield AAF
New Orleans AAB
Po***ck AAF
Selman Field; Monroe

ME
Deblois FS
Dow Field; Bangor (AFB)
Houlton AAF
Presque Isle AAF (AFB)

MD
X - Baltimore AAF
X – Detrick Field; Fort Detrick
Camp Springs AAF (Andrews AFB)
? Edgewood Arsenal (Open during WWI)
? Logan Field; Dundalk (Used by NG, then POW camp.)
Phillips Field; Aberdeen Proving Ground (Open during WWI)

MA
? Barnes Airport; Westfield
Bedford AAF
Boston Logan Airport
# Hyannis Airport (NAAS)
X # - Fort Devens AAF/Ayer NAAS (FD open during WWI)
New Bedford AAF (Hanscom AFB)
# Otis Field; Fort Edwards
Westover Field; Chicopee Falls (AFB)

MI
Alpena AAF
? X - Fox Field; Camp Custer (open during WWI)
Grayling AAF
Kellogg Field; Battle Creek
Kinross AAF (Kincheloe AFB)
Oscoda AAF (Camp Skeel and Wurtsmith AFB)
X – Raco AAF
Romulus AAF
* - Selfridge Field; Mt Clemens (AFB - ANGB)
Tri-City AAF; Saginaw
Willow Run Airport

MS
Columbus AAF (AFB)
Greenville AAF (AFB)
Greenwood AAF
Grenada AAF
Gulfport AAF
Hancock County Airport/Bombing Range
Hattiesburg AAF
Jackson AAB
Keesler Field; Biloxi (AFB)
Key Field; Meridian
Laurel AAF
? - Starkville Muni

MO
# - Lambert Field; St Louis (Joint use with Navy)
Malden AAF
Rosecrans Field; St Joseph
Sedalia AAB; Warrensburg (Whiteman AFB)
Vichy AAF

MT
Cutbank AAF
Dell FS
Glasgow AAF
Gore Field; Great Falls
X - Great Falls AAB (AFB owned, no ops)
Lewiston AAF

Stay tuned for our next installment.

07/12/2026

So far two parts of a six part series on all known WWII Army airfields have been published.

Additional information has been added. A * if it was around as early as 1919 or during the WWI construction era. Then, if the base ever became an AFB, MCAS, or NAS down the road. (Some of them did close over the years.)

So go back, check them out, and see the newly added info.

07/12/2026

Part Two: Florida - Kentucky

This is a multi-part attempt to list ALL the main and sub bases the Army Air Corps ever had at one point in its inventory during WWII from 1939-1945!

December 1943 was the peak month with 322 main bases, and another 139 sub bases for a grand total of 461 bases. In addition, minimally developed flight strips were counted in that inventory.

However, the overall number of airfields is bigger than 461 as the Army relinquished some airfields before that date, and acquired new ones after that date. Civilian flight schools are not included unless the Army owned them at one point.

This exercise is like trying to keep track of every student a high school ever had over a 6 year period; whether they graduated or not. It’s also like trying to organize a high school reunion, and trying to find people. This is where one also has to contend with people legally changing their maiden name over time. Some airfields have had multiple names.

This is an evolving document. The tricky part is discerning if some airfields ever achieved at least sub base status at one point. Some were downgraded to auxiliaries as the war was winding down.

Typically, auxiliary fields don’t have housing, and only a bare minimum of facilities. Upon looking at the files, one of the criteria besides being in possession of at least one runway, was whether there was some minimal housing available for the troops.

Not all airfields are created equal and served the same purpose. Some are completely obvious as being full-fledged main bases like Langley Field, VA for example which goes back to 1916!

In contrast, there are ones like Lordsburg, NM which are real head-scratchers. The Army owned it, but appears to have rarely used it, if ever at all.

There were also 84 airports the Army once built that were transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps during WWII. So that makes research a little trickier. If one sees anything they think is missing, or should be excluded, please do comment.

* This field was around as early in 1919 or during the WWI era.

# transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps. May have also been joint use.

? This is a facility that appeared on only a single list between multiple lists spanning 1939-1945. It was very short lived, or may have only been used very temporarily until bigger badder facilities were constructed. History TBD.

X – No aviation today. Either it was too remote, and rural to generate demand. Or it was in an area where NIMBYs moved next door, and colluded with developers to shut it down, and cram in even more housing.

FL
Alachua AAF; Gainesville
Apalachicola AAF
Avon Park AAF (AFB)
Bartow AAF
? - Benjamin Field; ?
# - Boca Chica Airport (Key West NAS)
Boca Raton AAF
Brooksville AAF
Buckingham AAF
X - Bushnell AAF
Carabelle FS
* X - Carlstrom Field; Arcadia
* X- Chapman Field; Miami
? Chrystal Lake AAB; Starke (Camp Blanding?)
Cross City AAF
X- Dale Mabry Field; Tallahassee
* X - Dorr Field; Arcadia
Drew Field; Tampa
Dunnellon AAF
Eglin Field; Fort Walton Beach (AFB)
? - Flagler Beach Civil Air Patrol
Hendricks Field; Sebring
X - Hillsborough AAF, Tampa
Homestead AAB (AFB)
? - Hurlburt Field (Eglin Aux. # 9)
? - Immokalee Airport
X # - Jacksonville AAF
Keystone AAF
Kissimmee AAF
Lakeland AAF
? - Lake Wales Muni
Lantana Field; Palm Beach
? - Leesburg AAF (Two airports in area.)
? - Lee County Airport
MacDill Field; Tampa (AFB)
? Marathon FS
Marianna AAF
Miami AAF (36th Street)
Montbrook AAF
Morrison Field; West Palm Beach
Naples AAF
Orlando Air Base (AFB)
Page Field; Fort Meyers
Perry AAF
Pinecastle AAF (McCoy AFB)
Pinellas AAF; St Petersburg
Punta Gorda AAF
Sarasota AAF
Tyndall Field; Panama City (AFB)
Venice AAF
Zephyrhills AAF

GA
Atlanta Muni
Bainbridge AAF
Camp Stewart AAF; Hinesville
Chatham AAF; Savannah
Cochran Field; Macon
? - Cordele Airport
Daniel Field; Augusta (WWI site of Camp Hancock)
? - Dublin AAF
X # Harris Neck AAF
Herbert Smart AP; Macon
Hunter Field; Savannah
* - Lawson Field; Fort Benning
Marietta AAF (AFB)
Moody Field; Valdosta (AFB)
Moultrie AAF
Robins Field; Macon; Warner Robins (AFB)
Spence Field; Moultrie (AFB)
Statesboro AAF
? Sylvania AAF
Thomasville AAF
Tifton AAF
X - Turner Field; Albany (AFB, then NAS)
? Valdosta Muni
? Vidalia Airport
Waycross AAF

ID
Gowan Field; Boise
Mountain Home AAF (AFB)
Pocatello AAF

IL
Chicago Muncipal AP (Midway)
* - Chanute Field; Rantoul (AFB)
George Field; Lawrenceville
? - Lewiston Airport; Camp Ellis?
Orchard Place Airport (O’Hare)
* - Scott Field; Belleville (AFB)

IN
Atterbury AAF; Columbus
Baer Field; Fort Wayne
Bendix Field; South Bend
Freeman Field; Seymour
X - Madison AAF; Jefferson Proving Ground
X - Schoen Field; Fort Harrison (open during WWI)
X - Stout Field; Indianapolis

IA
Des Moines Muni
Sioux City AAB

KS
Coffeyville AAF
X - Dodge City AAF
X - Fairfax Field Mod Center #4; Kansas City, KS
Garden City AAF
Great Bend AAF
Herington AAF
Independence AAF
Liberal AAF
Marshall Field; Fort Riley (open during WWI)
Pratt AAF
Smoky Hill AAF; Salina (Schilling AFB)
Sherman Field; Fort Leavenworth (open during WWI)
Strother Field; Winfield
Topeka AAF (Forbes AFB)
X - Walker AAF; Victoria
? - Wichita Muni (McConnell AFB)

KY
* Bowman Field; Louisville (opened by civilians in 1919)
Campbell AAF, Fort Campbell
* Godman Field; Fort Knox
? - Morganfield (Camp Breckenridge)
Sturgis AAF

That's all folks. Stay tuned for part three.

07/11/2026

Part One: Alabama - District of Columbia.

This is a multi-part attempt to list ALL the main and sub bases the Army Air Corps ever had at one point in its inventory during WWII from 1939-1945!

December 1943 was the peak month with 322 main bases, and another 139 sub bases for a grand total of 461 bases. In addition, minimally developed flight strips were counted in that inventory.

However, the overall number of airfields is bigger than 461 as the Army relinquished some airfields before that date, and acquired new ones after that date. (Civilian flight schools are not included, unless the Army owned them at one point.)

This exercise is like trying to keep track of every student a high school ever had over a 6 year period; whether they graduated or not. It’s also like trying to organize a high school reunion, and trying to find people. This is where one also has to contend with people legally changing their maiden name over time. Some airfields have had multiple names!

This is an evolving document. The tricky part is discerning if some airfields ever achieved at least sub base status at one point in time. Some of them were downgraded to auxiliaries, as the war was winding down.

Typically, auxiliary fields don’t have housing, and only a bare minimum of facilities. Upon looking at the files, one of the criteria besides being in possession of at least one runway, was whether there was some minimal amount of housing for the troops.

Not all airfields are created equal, and served the same purpose. Some are completely obvious as being full-fledged main bases like Langley Field, VA for example; which goes back to 1916!

In contrast, there are ones like Lordsburg Airport, NM which are real head-scratchers. The Army owned it, but appears to have rarely used it, if ever at all.

There were also 84 airports the Army once built that were transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps during WWII. So that makes research a little trickier. If one sees anything they think is missing, or should be excluded, please do comment.

# possibly transferred to the Navy or Marine Corps. May have also been joint use.

? This is a facility that appears on only a single list between multiple lists spanning 1939-1945. It was very short lived, or may have only been used very temporarily until bigger badder facilities were constructed. History TBD.

X – No aviation today. Either it was too remote, and rural to generate demand. Or, it was in an area where NIMBYs moved next door, and colluded with developers to shut it down, and cram in even more housing.

AL
Anniston AAF
Bates Field; Mobile
Birmingham AAF
Brookley Field; Mobile (AFB)
?, X - Camp Sibert; Attala
Craig Field; Selma (AFB)
Courtland AAF
Demopolis Muni
X- Gunter Field; Montgomery (Active AFB; no ops.)
* X - Henry J Reilly Field; Fort McClellan
? - Huntsville Arsenal
* - Maxwell Field; Montgomery (AFB)
Napier Field; Dothan
Ozark AAF
X - Tuskegee AAF

AZ
Ajo AAF
Coolidge AAF
X - Datelan AAF; Yuma
Davis-Monthan Field; Tuscon (AFB)
Douglas AAF
? - Fort Huachuca (open during WWI)
Gila Bend Field
X- Hereford AAF
? - Laguna AAF; Yuma Proving Grounds
Luke Field; Litchfield Park (AFB)
Marana AAF
Kingman AAF
Phoenix Muni
Sahuarita FS
Williams Field; Chandler (AFB)
Tucson Mod. Center #2
Winslow Muni
# Yuma AAF (MCAS)
X - Yucca AAF

AR
Adams Field; Little Rock
? - Alexander Airport; Fort Smith
Blytheville AAF (Eaker AFB)
# - Newport AAF (MCAS)
? - Southwestern Proving Grounds; Hope
Stuttgart AAF
? - Texarkana Muni
# - Walnut Ridge AAF (MCAS)

CA
? Amedee AAF; Sierra OD, Herlong
Bakersfield Muni
Bishop AAF
Blythe AAB
Concord AAF
Chico AAF
* X - Crissy Field; Presidio of San Francisco
Daggett Mod. Center #1
Delano AAF
Douglas Aircraft Co. Airport; Santa Monica
Desert Center AAF
Estrella AAF; Paso Robles
Fairfield-Suisun AAF (Travis AFB)
X - Gardner Field; Taft
# - Goleta Airport (MCAS)
X – Grand Central Airport; Glendale
Half Moon Bay FS
Hammer Field; Fresno
X - Hamilton Field; Novato
Hayward AAF
Hawthorne Muni
# - Humboldt County Airport; Eureka
# - Inyokern Airport (NAS)
# - Kearney Mesa Airport
X - Lemoore AAF
# - Lindberg Field; San Diego
Lockheed Airport; Burbank
Lomita FS
# - Long Beach AAF
? - Madera Muni
* - March Field; Riverside
* - Mather Field; Rancho Cordova
Marysville AAF
McClellan Field; Sacramento (AFB)
Merced AAF (Castle AFB)
Metropolitan Airport; Van Nuys
# - Mills Field; San Francisco
Mines Field; Los Angeles
Minter Field; Bakersfield
# - Moffett Field; Sunnyvale
Muroc AAF (Edwards AFB)
Muroc Flight Test Base ( " ")
? - Needles Airport
* # - North Island (formerly Rockwell Field) (NAS)
# - Oakland Muni (joint use with Navy)
Ontario AAF
Orange County AAF
Oroville AAF
# - Otay Mesa Airport
Oxnard FS
Palmdale AAF
Palm Springs AAF
Porterville AAF
* # - Ream Field; Imperial Beach (NAAS)
Redding AAF
X - Rice AAF
San Bernardino AAF (Norton AFB)
Sacramento Muni
? - San Jose Muni
? # - San Luis Obispo Muni
X - San Nicholas AAF (Navy owned, airfield removed.)
Santa Maria AAF
Santa Rosa AAF
Shaver’s Summit Airport
X - Sherwood Field; Paso Robles
? X – Steiner Field; Santa Rosa
Stockton Field
# - Thermal AAF
Victorville AAF (George AFB)
Visalia AAF
Winters-Davis FS

CO
Buckley Field; Denver (AFB)
X – Denver Mod. Center #13
La Junta AAF
X - Lowry Field; Denver (AFB)
X - Leadville AAF
Peterson Field; Colorado Springs (AFB)
Pueblo AAB

CT
# - Brainard Field; Hartford
? - Bridgeport Field; Stratford
Bradley Field; Windsor Locks
# - Groton AAF (NAS)
New Haven AAF
X - Rentschler Field; Hartford

DE
Dover AAF (AFB)
New Castle AAB (AFB)
? - Rehoboth Civil Air Patrol

DC
* X - Bolling Field; Anacostia (Active AFB; no ops.)
Gravelly Point Airport (Reagan National)

We'll stop here, because Florida has a massive amount of bases to still be examined, and cross referenced. Stay tuned for the next installment.

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