Fall River Municipal Airport
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Fall River Municipal Airport was an airport located in Fall River
, Massachusetts
, United States
which was built between 1946 and 1951. The airport closed some time between 1996 and 1998. The FAA deemed that the airport was unsafe due to a large landfill adjacent to the airport, which resulted in a growth in seagull population, which disrupted airport operations. Its IATA code was FLR. It once offered scheduled air service on Northeast Airlines
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Correction: Northeast Airlines was often discussed as a possible service provider to Fall River but it never happened. There was one attempt to have the city served by Mohawk Airlines but that, too, did not succeed. The airport was built by The U.S. government as an "auxiliary" field associated with Quonset Naval Air Station and, at one time, was home to a small contingent of Massachusetts Air National Guard helicopters. From the early 1960s the city performed only minimal maintenance. Runway lighting was marginally kept working by volunteer pilots who used the facility. There were periodic attempts at revival but none achieved much success. In addition to the bird hazard from the landfill there were also numerous large apartment buildings constructed nearby. Lack of any serious security, including only rudimentary fencing, resulted in frequent vandalism to aircraft causing many owners to move to nearby New Bedford and Taunton (Massachusetts) airports.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, United States
United States
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which was built between 1946 and 1951. The airport closed some time between 1996 and 1998. The FAA deemed that the airport was unsafe due to a large landfill adjacent to the airport, which resulted in a growth in seagull population, which disrupted airport operations. Its IATA code was FLR. It once offered scheduled air service on Northeast Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Northeast Airlines was an American airline based in Boston, Massachusetts. They began as Boston-Maine Airways, which was founded as a Pan Am contract carrier on July 20, 1931, by the Boston and Maine Railroad and Maine Central Railroad offering service from Boston to Bangor via Portland...
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Correction: Northeast Airlines was often discussed as a possible service provider to Fall River but it never happened. There was one attempt to have the city served by Mohawk Airlines but that, too, did not succeed. The airport was built by The U.S. government as an "auxiliary" field associated with Quonset Naval Air Station and, at one time, was home to a small contingent of Massachusetts Air National Guard helicopters. From the early 1960s the city performed only minimal maintenance. Runway lighting was marginally kept working by volunteer pilots who used the facility. There were periodic attempts at revival but none achieved much success. In addition to the bird hazard from the landfill there were also numerous large apartment buildings constructed nearby. Lack of any serious security, including only rudimentary fencing, resulted in frequent vandalism to aircraft causing many owners to move to nearby New Bedford and Taunton (Massachusetts) airports.