Speedway Field was the original name for the airfield that was to evolve into the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport the twelfth busiest airport in the United States; it is also the largest hub for Northwest Airlines

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Speedway Field has its beginning on December 11, 1919, when the Adjutant General recommended to civic groups of Minneapolis and Saint Paul

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 state of Minnesota

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 that the site of the former bankrupted Twin City Motor Speedwayhttp://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/twinciti.html be acquired for a new airfield.

The 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) of land inside the concrete race track oval was first used as an airfield in 1920. It was known as "Speedway Field" and also "Snelling Field" before being dedicated Wold-Chamberlain Field after two World War I pilots, Ernest Groves Wold and Cyrus Foss Chamberlain on July 10, 1923.