Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:

Northern Vermont

© 2003, © 2016 by Paul Freeman. Revised 9/11/16.

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Bristol Airport (added 11/28/15) - Brown Airport / St. Johnsbury Airport (revised 3/16/14)

Caledonia Airfield (added 3/13/16) - Champlain Airport (revised 9/11/16) - Fort Ethan Allen AAF (revised 1/9/16)

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Caledonia Airfield, St. Johnsbury, VT

44.4, -71.925 (Northwest of Boston, MA)

Caledonia Airfield was depicted on the 1967 USGS topo map as a single paved north/south “Landing Strip”.



This small private airfield was evidently established at some point between 1965-67,

as it was not yet depicted on the April 1965 Burlington Sectional Chart.



The earliest depiction which has been located of Caledonia Airfield was on the 1967 USGS topo map,

which depicted a single paved north/south runway, labeled simply as “Landing Strip”.



According to “Where the Great River Rises: An Atlas of the Upper Connecticut River” by Rebecca Brown (courtesy of Chris Landry),

“Waterford saw a very short paved runway constructed by a concrete construction company.

Its powerful single-engine Cessna routinely landed on highway construction projects throughout VT & NH.”



The only aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Caledonia Airfield

was on the November 1970 Burlington Sectional Chart.

It depicted Caledonia as a private airfield having a single paved 2,000' north/south runway.



Caledonia Airfield, as depicted on the 1972 USGS topo map.



The 1988 USGS topo map depicted Caledonia as an unpaved north/south runway with several small buildings along the east side.

The airfield was not labeled at all.



The earliest photo which has been located of Caledonia Airfield was a 1999 USGS aerial view looking northeast.

The airfield had presumably closed at some point between 1970-99, as the runway appeared quite deteriorated.



A 2015 aerial view looking northeast showed the Caledonia Airfield runway remained intact though deteriorated,

and what appears to be a former hangar remained along the east side of the runway.



Chris Landy reported in 2016, “The company, Calco, Inc., is still there.”



The site of Caledonia Airfield is located south of the intersection of Route 18 & Duck Pond Road.



Thanks to Chris Landry for pointing out this airfield.

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Bristol Airport, Bristol, VT

44.135, -73.093 (Northwest of Boston, MA)

A circa 1930s photo of land being cleared for the construction of Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“In 1930 an effort was started by the Bristol Vermont Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Van Patnode to locate a landing field on private land to the north of the Recreation Field.

After considerable work was done on the land that would eventually become the north/south runway pilots began taking advantage of this landing field.

On 1/3/34, members of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce met to discuss securing an airport for Bristol.

An offer had been made to town & village officials through the office of Walter Cleveland of Montpelier, Assistant Director of Airways, to construct an airfield in Bristol.

This was part of a projected program to build airports all over the country by the federal government through the Public Works Administration (PWA).”



Reg continued, “In early January 1934, a group of citizens presented the Selectboard of Bristol

with a petition for a special meeting to authorize the purchase of a suitable site for an airport in Bristol.

At a special meeting held on 1/25/34, it was '... voted to appropriate what money is necessary to purchase land required for use as an airport

and that the selectmen make as good a bargain as possible with land owners.'

This included the land that had been cleared earlier. The eventual total was approximately 55 acres.

This new PWA project was one of the larger ones undertaken by the Selectmen, not necessarily because they wanted an airport, but men could walk to the site.

For most other projects the men had to be transported at the town's expense. In February 1934, the project was approved.

In April surveying was done & 12 men working 3 days a week at 40 cents / hour started work on the east/west runway on approximately 4.2 acres purchased from the Recreation Club.

Improvements were also started on the north/south runway that had been started in 1930.



A circa 1930s photo of work crews building the Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“In April of 1935 the PWA & was replaced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Work continued on the airport with funds from the WPA through 1941.

Work was done with a crew averaging between 16-18 men working mostly with picks, shovels & wheel-barrows.

On 11/30/35 the VT Motor Vehicle Department approved the Bristol Airport to be operated by the town of Bristol as a flying field for commercial purposes.

In 1936, the Bristol Airport Commission was established with George Lathrop as Chairman

and Ridley Norton, George Smith, Foster Whitcomb, Arthur Gove, Lee Landon & William DeCoursey as inaugural members.

On 5/30/36, the official opening of the Bristol Airport was celebrated with an Air Meet sponsored by the Bristol American Legion.

Included was an aerial acrobatics & stunt flying show. Passenger flights were available for $1.50.”



A circa 1936 photo of Joe Rock in front of a Bellanca Skyrocket at Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“Rock's Flying Service was started in July 1936 after George Lathrop contacted Joe Rock, who was flying for the city of Rutland at the time.

Joe & his wife Cora were persuaded to come to Bristol to operate the new airport.

Cora recalled they 'proceeded to Bristol with a little 37 H.P. Cub Trainer airplane, their Chevrolet & a lot of courage.'

Cora set up office in the back seat of their car & Joe's shop was the open field with the plane tied to the barbed-wire fence.

Later that first summer the town put up a shack about 9' x 8' for a shop & office.

Soon after this George Lathrop & Ridley Norton constructed a 40' x 50' wood & steel hangar which the Rocks rented.

The Rocks also agreed to pay the Airport Commission 10% of their gross income which they paid weekly.

The first winter Cora continued to teach in White River commuting to Bristol on weekends to do the bookkeeping & check that the students kept their logbooks up to date.

By 1937 Joe had traded in his Cub trainer & Cora had cashed in her Teachers Retirement Fund.

They became owners of larger airplanes, both side-by-side & tandem trainers.

In 1937 reports show that 35 students had enrolled for training.

Thirty-one had soloed & 3 had received their private pilots licenses. Students came from all over Vermont as well as Massachusetts.”



A 7/14/38 photo by George Lathrop of a Beechcraft C17B in front of a hangar & the windsock at Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“In 1939, Bristol received the first group of students under the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) Training Program.

These were 20 Middlebury College students & included 2 girls.

Cora noted that as this was a new program for the college '…they sent these poor kids up to Bristol at daylight to fly without any breakfast.'

She took coffee & doughnuts to the field every morning so that they could have something to eat before flying.

In 1939, an estimated 63,000 miles of flying originated from the Bristol Airport.

This included 2 emergency trips to the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction.

The Commission also erected an 8' x 18' addition to the office building for the benefit of the public as well as the students.

By 1940, the Rocks were paying $250 to rent the airfield.

They now had 5 planes but with a group of CAA students in the spring & another in the fall another plane was added to handle the increasing number of students.

The 3rd runway in the northwest/southeast direction was also completed.



A winter 1940 photo of 3 single-engine high-wing taildraggers in front of a hangar at Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“In 1941 the new Administration Building was constructed & moved into on Pearl Harbor Day.

After Pearl Harbor Day all airports had to have an armed guard.

The Rocks furnished one for the 12 daytime hours & the town furnished a night guard.

Because a guard had to be armed, Cora Rock, with a .38 Smith & Wesson strapped around her waist took her turn as a guard.

One of the last classes of pilots before the war consisted of 10 college & 10 non-college students.

Among the non-college students were James Bouvier, Lawrence Bouvier, Tom Cushman, Fredrick Eddy, John Smith, Robert Willey, John Cragen, Bill Adams, and Ray Gero.”



Reg continued, “In 1942 the airport was designated under the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) War Training Service to train reserve Army & Navy students.

The Navy students were trained in conjunction with Middlebury College. That year 120 students completed the flying course.

Pilots continued to be trained under this program until 1944. During that time the airport had about 11 people working as instructors & mechanics.

Between 1941-46 two T-hangars were added to the airfield.



A mid-1940s photo of 6 single-engine high-wing taildraggers in front of the hangars & office at Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“In 1946 pilot training continued with 30 veterans receiving flight training under the G.I. Bill of Rights.

The Middlebury College Flying Club was also taking flight training here.

Classes were also being held nightly at the airport including Ground School, Civil Air Regulations, Navigation and Meteorology.

Improvements were made to the Administration Building & colored landing lights were installed.

According to the 1946 Bristol Town report it was estimated there were approximately 6,844 takeoffs & landings during 1946.”



The earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Bristol Airport was on the 1948 Burlington Sectional Chart,

which depicted Bristol Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway.



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“In 1949 the Town of Bristol purchased both the large wood & steel hangar from Lathrop & Norton they had erected in 1936 & one of Rock's T-hangars.

Bristol's Ezra Dike purchased the second T-hangar from the Rocks.

In 1949 the Rocks moved a 97' x 26' hangar from Lebanon, NH to Bristol.”



A circa 1950 photo of 4 single-engine light aircraft in front of the hangars & office at Bristol Airport (courtesy of the Bristol Historical Society).



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“After 1950 business & flights at the airport started to decline.

In 1951 Cora Rock returned to teaching, taking a job in Monkton.”



The earliest topo map depiction which has been located of Bristol Airport was on the 1955 USGS topo map.



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“Because the east/west runway was no longer being used the land that had been purchased from the Recreation Club in 1934

was sold back to the Club in December 1956 for the original purchase price.

In 1958 voters authorized the use of the Administration Building as a Youth Center.

On 10/22/60 Joseph Rock was killed when his plane crashed.

From 1961-64 the Town of Bristol continued to maintain the airport while they searched for an operator for the airfield.

In 1961 a new Airport Commission was authorized consisting of Dewees Brown, William Cardell and James Bouvier.”



The 1963 USGS topo map depicted Bristol Airport as a very small irregularly-shaped outline with 2 small buildings on the southeast side.



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“Levi Sturtevent took over the operation of the airport in September 1963.

By 1964 the Bristol Airport was listed as open & operating year round with approximately 100 charter trips & over 300 parachute jumps.

The buildings & runways were cleaned up & about 12 students received flight instruction in 1964.”



The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Bristol Airport was on the April 1964 Burlington Sectional Chart,

which depicted Bristol Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway.



According to Reg Dearborn's article “”History Space: When Bristol had an airport” in the 11/27/15 Burlington Free Press (courtesy of Jim Covington),

“By 1966 use of the airport had again declined & on 11/29/66, the town of Bristol sold the land for $38,000

to the newly formed Addison Northeast Union School District for the location of their new high school.

In the fall of 1968, Mount Abraham Union High School opened on the site where thousands of airplane landings & takeoffs had occurred for more than 30 years.”



A 2015 aerial view showed the outline of the Bristol Airport property was the sole remaining trace of the little airport.



The site of Bristol Airport is located at the end of Airport Drive, appropriately enough.



Thanks to Jim Covington for pointing out this airfield.

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Champlain Airport, Colchester, VT

44.545, -73.282 (Northwest of Boston, MA)

Champlain Airport, as depicted on the 1947 USGS topo map.



This little general aviation airport was evidently established at some point between 1937-47,

as it was not yet depicted on the June 1937 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).

The earliest depiction of Champlain Airport which has been located was on the 1947 USGS topo map.



“This little airstrip served the community known as Mallet’s Bay in Colchester just north of Burlington”, according to Jonathan Westerling.

“Mallets Bay started out as a collection of Summer cottages,

and many of its residents would fly into this little airport for their summer stays.”



The earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Champlain Airport was on the 1948 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Roger Connor),

which depicted Champlain as having a mere 1,700' runway.



The 1956 USGS topo map depicted “Champlain Landing Field” as an open area, without any other details.



A 1961 photo of Champlain Airport by Doug Riach shows a typically snowy VT scene,

with 3 Pipers, a hangar, and the airport sign.



A 1961 photo (courtesy of Doug Riach) of Doug in front of a Piper Tri-Pacer at Chaplain Airport.



The earliest aerial view which has been located of Champlain Airport was a 4/27/64 USGS aerial view.

It depicted Champlain as having 2 perpendicular grass runways,

with 4 single-engine aircraft parked around a collection of hangars on the southeast side.



The 1967 AOPA Airport Directory (according to Jonathan Westerling)

described Champlain as having 2 sod runways: 2,000' Runway 2/20 & 1,475' Runway 11/29.

It was said to be attended daily, and had facilities for minor repairs.

The operator was listed as Vermont Aviation.



An undated aerial view looking south showing several light aircraft parked near the hangars on Champlain Airport's south side.



Bette Fineman remembered her days at the Champlain Airport:

“I kept my Tiger Moth there... The airport manager Charlie Brink & his wife Virginia

were quite the characters & I knew them between 1978 & whenever the town closed the airport in favor of the park.

The old wood hangar was full of bats as I recall,

and in the spring, Charlie sprayed bad stuff at the back & another fellow stood in the open door with 2 tennis racquets,

a grisly but interesting & effective operation.

Both runways were used... I used [the smaller crosswind runway] myself one day when the wind came up

and my biplane needed to land pretty directly into it.

That day I was flying rides to benefit the EAA chapter scholarship program

and raised over $500 in biplane rides by myself.

One of the rides I gave was to Gracie Pugh, who was over 70 at the time (about 1979 I think that was).

She & her husband started Burlington Airport in the 1920s

and Gracie was the first licensed woman pilot in Vermont.

After her flight in the Tiger Moth, she was in tears.”



The 1972 USGS topo map depicted “Champlain Landing Field” as having 2 unpaved runways,

with several buildings (hangars?) along the south side of the field.



Mitch Loiselle recalled, “Champlain was a great little airport back in its heyday!

I learned to fly off grass there, back in 1975 with a friend’s Cessna 150.”



A circa late-1970s picture of Jon Fineman in his homebuilt “Flybaby”

ready for takeoff at Champlain Airport (courtesy of William Schwittek).



The 1983 Montreal Sectional Chart (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling)

depicted Champlain as having a 1,900' unpaved runway.



According to the Vermont Historical Society website,

“A rare F2 tornado hit Colchester on August 8, 1983.

The storm capsized aircraft at the Champlain Airport & snapped trees 100 feet tall.”



A circa late-1980s aerial view of Champlain Airport by Joseph Melanson of www.skypic.com.



Champlain Airport was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point between 1983-88,

as it was no longer listed at all in the 1988 AOPA Airport Directory (according to Jonathan Westerling).



According to Jonathan Westerling, “By the early 1990s

the airport had been converted into a park with baseball diamonds, and tennis courts.

Unfortunately for the community & the people that flew there,

other than its name 'Airport Park', there are no other references or plaques

commemorating the colorful aviation happenings that occurred there over prior decades.”



The 1999 USGS aerial photo showed how the site of the former Champlain Airport has been converted into Airport Park,

with the former airfield being converted into baseball fields.

At least one of the buildings along the southeast side of the property date from its days as an airport.



A nice January 2006 photo by Jonathan Westerling of the snow-covered scene

looking south along what used to be Champlain's Runway 20.



A January 2006 photo by Jonathan Westerling of the entrance to “Airport Park”,

showing the former Champlain Airport office building.



The site of Champlain Airport is located west of the intersection of Colchester Point Road & Pine Meadow Drive.



Thanks to Jonathan Westerling for pointing out this airfield.

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Brown Airport / St. Johnsbury Airport, Lyndonville, VT

44.497, -72.012 (Northwest of Boston, MA)

St. Johnsbury Municipal Airport, as depicted on the June 1939 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).



The date of construction of this former small general aviation airport has not been determined.

The earliest reference to the airfield which has been located

was in The Airport Directory Company's 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo).

It described the St. Johnsbury Municipal Airport as being located 4 miles north of the town.

The field was said to have 2 sod runways: a 2,000' north/south strip & a 1,700' east/west strip,

and the field was said to have a hangar.



The earliest depiction which has been located of St. Johnsbury Municipal Airport

was on the June 1939 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).



An aerial view looking southeast at the St. Johnsbury Municipal Airport

from the Airport Directory Company's 1941 Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).

The directory described St. Johnsbury Municipal Airport as having 2 sod runways: 2,500' north/south & 1,700' east/west.

The field was said to have a hangar.



“Brown” Airport was depicted as a commercial/municipal airport

on the August 1942 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).



A 9/1/42 USGS aerial photo depicted St. Johnsbury Airport as having 2 unpaved runways,

with a small hangar to the southeast of the runway intersection.



St. Johnsbury Airport, as depicted on the 1943 USGS topo map.



The April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Mercer)

described St. Johnsbury's "Brown" Airport as having a 2,300' unpaved runway.



A 1945 photo (courtesy of Chris Landy) of his father (Frank Landry) in front of a taildragger & an “Airways Inc” hangar at the St. Johnsbury Airport.

Chris reported, “My Dad would have been 18 at the time.

He said a bunch of them went to the airport to meet a pilot there - someone they knew, I think - but did not go flying.”



A 1947 aerial photo depicted the St. Johnsbury Airport as having 2 unpaved runways,

with a hangar southeast of the runway intersection.



St. Johnsbury Airport, as depicted on the 1949 USGS topo map.



The 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described St. Johnsbury Municipal Airport

as having 2 turf runways: 2,300' Runway 18/36 & a 1,500' crosswind runway.

The field was said to offer fuel, repairs, hangars, and tiedowns,

and the operator was listed as Northeast Flying, Inc.



The St. Johnsbury Airport was still depicted on the 1972 USGS topo map

(and depicted with a symbol of a 4-engine swept-wing aircraft, which is quite ironic for such a tiny grass airfield).



The 1972 Flight Guide (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted St. Johnsbury Municipal

as having a single 2,300' Runway 2/20, with a cluster of buildings (hangars?) east of the runway.



The 1976 AOPA Airports USA directory (according to Chris Kennedy)

listed Saint Johnsbury Municipal as having a single 2,300 turf Runway.



"St. Johnsbury" was depicted on the April 1978 Montreal Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)

as having a 2,000' unpaved runway.



The St. Johnsbury Airport was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) within the next year,

as it was no longer listed in the 1979 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy).



By the time of the 1983 USGS topo map,

the St. Johnsbury Airport itself was no longer depicted,

although the distinctly-shaped clearing for the 2 former runways was still depicted.



As seen in the 1999 USGS aerial photo,

the clearing of the 2 former grass runways was still quite recognizable,

but several large industrial buildings have been constructed over portions of the former runways.

According to Mitch Fournier, "My faded memories tell me that the curved-roofed building in the middle of the image

might be the old hangar."



The former hangar was evidently removed at some point between 1999-2006,

as a 2006 aerial photo showed that it had been replaced by an industrial building,

removing the last trace of the former St. Johnsbury Airport.



The site of St. Johnsbury Airport is located west of the intersection of Route 5 & Airport Road,

appropriately enough.

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Fort Ethan Allen AAF, Burlington, VT

44.504, -73.162 (Northwest of Boston, MA)

An August 12, 1924 aerial view of Fort Ethan Allen AAF (courtesy of Terry Goggin).



The date of construction of this small military airfield is unknown.

Fort Ethan Allen itself was established in 1892, on land once owned by Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen.

The Fort served as an artillery training base during WW2.



The earliest depiction of the Forth Ethan Allen Airfield which has been located

was on an 8/12/1924 aerial view (courtesy of Terry Goggin).



According to Russ Chmela, a VT PBS documentary in the 1980s

said that "the flying field at Ethan Allen was only used during the 1920s & 1930s,

for operating biplanes (types were not given on the program,

but they looked like Curtiss Jennies & similar rickety craft).

The highlight of this field's use was during the great flood of 1927

when the aircraft based at Ethan Allen were used to search for missing people lost in the disaster

and for aerial photo recon of the flooded areas,

since the areas affected had poor roads leading to them."



According to Brian Lindner, Vermont's first fatal military aircraft crash occurred after a takeoff from Ethan Allen on11/14/27.

“They crashed in Montpelier soon thereafter & Herbert Hoover's personal assistant was killed.

The plane was a U.S. Army PT-1 #27-157.

They were attempting to land at the Montpelier Landing Field.”



The 1929 "Rand McNally Standard Map of VT with Air Trails" (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)

depicted Fort Ethan Allen as an auxiliary airfield, measuring 1,800' x 1,500'.



The location & layout of Ft. Ethan Allen Field,

as depicted on the 6/3/1930 Department of Commerce Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling).

The field was described as consisting of a 67.5 acre rectangular sod field,

without any hangars or other buildings directly associated with the airfield.



The earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Fort Ethan Allen Airfield was on the June 1936 Burlington Sectional Chart.



The 1936 Department of Commerce Airfield Directory (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling)

described “Fort Ethan Allen Field, Army” as consisting of a rectangular sod field, measuring 2,600' x 1,800'.



An undated view (circa 1930s?) of several unidentified biplanes at Fort Ethan Allen AAF(courtesy of Shirley Bergeron).



An aerial view looking east at Fort Ethan Allen AAF

from The Airport Directory Company's 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo).

The directory described Fort Ethan Allen AAF as consisting of a 2,600' x 1,800' sod landing area.

The aerial photo in the directory depicted a row of five hangars on the northwest portion of the field.



According to Russ Chmela, "All routine flying at Ethan Allen was finished before the 1940s."



Although it have been mostly inactive,

Fort Ethan Allen Army Airfield was still depicted on the 1942 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).



According toa history of Fort Ethan Allen, the Fort was declared inactive in 1944,

and was subsequently used as a storage depot for equipment.



USGS topo map 1948.



Forth Ethan Allen was reused as after WW2 by the National Guard.

The airfield was depicted on the 1948 Burlington Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy) as "Ft. Ethan Allen (NG)",

and described as having a 2,400' unpaved runway.



Strangely, "Ft. Ethan Allen (Army)" was depicted as an active airfield

on the 1951 Burlington Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy),

yet the remarks in the Aerodromes table on the chart said "Closed".

The field was described as consisting of a single 3,000' unpaved runway.



Fort Ethan Allen AFB was still depicted as an active airfield on the 1952 Burlington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe).



In a potentially confusing development, the similarly-named Ethan Allen Air Force Base was established in the 1950s,

a few miles to the south at Burlington International Airport.



Saint Michael's College & the University of Vermont signed a contract in 1964

which gave them ownership to designated areas of the former Fort Ethan Allen base for educational purposes.



Fort Ethan Allen AFB was no longer depicted on the April 1964 Burlington Sectional Chart.



An 8/11/72 USGS aerial photo showed Ft. Ethan Allen's paved ramp still existed, and the grass runway area was still largely clear.



Russ lived near Fort Ethan Allen from 1980-95,

and reported that "I passed Ethan Allen many times a week

and did often see helicopters there, mostly UH-1s, Kiowas [OH-58s] and Loaches [OH-6s]."



The site of Fort Ethan Allen AAF was still labeled "Camp Johnson (Nat Guard)" on the 1981 USGS topo map.

The paved ramp of the airfield was still depicted on the 1987 USGS topo map.

However, the Fort Ethan Allen airfield was no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield)

on 1998 aeronautical charts.



As seen in the 1999 USGS aerial photo,

the former paved ramp still existed, and the grass runway area was still largely clear.



A January 2006 photo by Jonathan Westerling of an F-4 Phantom, UH-1 Huey,

and several tanks just within the entrance to Camp Johnson (as the Ft Ethan Allen airfield site is now known).



A January 2006 panorama by Jonathan Westerling taken from the northeast corner of the former airfield area at Ft Ethan Allen

shows that it remains relatively clear.



The site of Fort Ethan Allen AAF is located north of the intersection of Hercules Drive & Academy Lane.



Thanks to Chris Kennedy for pointing out this airfield.



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