College Park Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission | ||||||||||
| Location | College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 48 ft / 14.6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°58′50.1″N 76°55′20.3″W / 38.980583°N 76.922306°WCoordinates: 38°58′50.1″N 76°55′20.3″W / 38.980583°N 76.922306°W | ||||||||||
| Website | collegeparkairport |
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| Nearest city | College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Built | 1908 | ||||||||||
| NRHP Reference # | 77001522 | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 1977 | ||||||||||
College Park Airport (IATA: CGS, ICAO: KCGS, FAA LID: CGS) is a public airport located in the City of College Park, in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. It is the world's oldest continuously operated airport. The airport is located south of Paint Branch and Lake Artemesia, east of U.S. Route 1 and the College Park Metro/MARC station and west of Kenilworth Avenue.
College Park Airport was established in August 1909 by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first airplane. Leased on August 25, the first airplane, a Wright Type A biplane, was uncrated and assembled on October 7. Civilian aircraft began flying from College Park Airport as early as December 1911, making it the world's oldest continuously operated airport. In 1977 the airport was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
College Park Airport is home to many "firsts" in aviation, and is particularly significant for the well-known aviators and aviation inventors who played a part in this field's long history. In 1909 Wilbur Wright taught Lieutenants Frederic Humphreys and Frank Lahm. Humphreys became the first military pilot to solo in a government airplane. The same year on 27 October, Mrs Ralph Henry Van Deman was flown by Wilbur Wright to become the first woman to fly in a powered aircraft in the United States.
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