For the United States Air Force base located in New York, see Mitchel Air Force Base

Mitchel Air Force Base

Decommissioned in 1961, Mitchel Field became a multi-use complex currently home to the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Nassau Coliseum, Mitchel Athletic Complex, Nassau Community College and Hofstra University.-Origins:...

Mitchell Municipal Airport is a public airport located within city limits approximately 5 miles (8 km) north of central Mitchell, South Dakota

Mitchell, South Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,558 people, 6,121 households, and 3,599 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,475.7 people per square mile . There were 6,555 housing units at an average density of 664.4 per square mile...

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History

Opened in November 1937, during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, the facility was rebuilt in 1943 by the United States Army Air Force as a Second Air Force

Second Air Force

The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....

 B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...

 heavy bomber training airfield field known as Mitchell Army Airfield.

On 1 October 1944, when training ended at the facility, it was transferred to Air Technical Service Command where it was assigned to Ogden Air Service Command as an axillary airfield.

Returned over to civil use after the war, it is now a public airport providing general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 service.

See also

• South Dakota World War II Army Airfields
  South Dakota World War II Army Airfields
  During World War II, the United States Army Air Force established numerous airfields in South Dakota for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers....