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Fairfax Municipal Airport (1921-1985)

Introduction

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Building, Urban design, Air travel, Landscape

A small crowd listening to a speaker at Farfax Airport in 1929

Sky, Crew, Motor vehicle, Event

Fairfax Airport (top) and Municipal Airport (bottom) separated by the Missouri River

Water, Urban design, Landscape, Road

Tire, Wheel, Vehicle, Automotive tire

Fairfax Airport included multiple factory buildings from the World War II era until the modern era

Air travel, Landscape, Aviation, Urban design

Fairfax Airport circa 1930. The photo is from the Curtiss Wright Flying Service and the back of the photo indicates Wright is in a plane at the northern end of the field.

Landscape, Sky, Plain, Horizon

Backstory and Context

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The first regularly scheduled passenger service began in 1925 from Fairfax Airport when a company called the Kansas City Airways Transportation Company began offering passenger service to Wichita. Some of the famous early pilots to use Fairfax include Betty Browning, the winner of the National Air Races in Los Angeles. Browning was a Kansas City native who went on to fly for the Federal Bure of Investigations in the 1930s.

Sources

Kansas City the Airport of the Southwest, Kansas Citian, July 21, 1925 in the Vertical Files of the Kansas City Public Library, Missouri Valley Room

Kansas City Public Library, General Collection (P1), Airports--Fairfax

Image Sources(Click to expand)

Kansas City Public Library, General Collection (P1), Airports--Fairfax

Kansas City Public Library, General Collection (P1), Airports--Municipal, Number 39

KCPL, Curtiss Flying Service Collection P9, Box 1, Folder 6, Number 27