In 1919... The 1st municipal airport in the United States opens in Tucson, Arizona and is still in use today. (OTM) <\/SPAN><\/P>\n

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Aviation debuted in Tucson in 1910 when Charles \"the Bird Man\" Hamilton landed his plane downtown. The sport caught on. <\/DIV>\n
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By 1919 Tucson was home to the nation’s first municipal airport. By 1927 the airport had moved to a larger parcel of land and Charles Lindbergh arrived in his Spirit of St. Louis to dedicate the new Tucson Municipal Airfield.

The war department accepted 16,000 acres at Tucson Municipal from the city in 1940 to use as an air force base. Civilian and military aircraft shared the runway. However, after the war, it became clear that Tucson’s skies were too busy to handle both military and civilian traffic. So, civilian operations had to move to make room for the expansion of Davis Monthan Air Force Base, which remains an important Tucson establishment.
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