College Park Airport
[2] 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.The same year on October 27, 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.[6] The Christmas Aeroplane Company of Washington, D.C., built its first aircraft, the "Red Bird II" at College Park Airport with a claimed flight on 15 October 1911.In 1915 Cecil Peoli, one of the world's first professional aviators, died testing his 12-cylinder Rausenburger-powered biplane at College Park in preparation for New York and St. Louis cross country flights.In 1937 the Engineering & Research Corporation (ERCO), based across the street (Good Luck Rd, now Campus Drive) in nearby Riverdale, Maryland, used the airport to test fly the early model of the Ercoupe, an airplane designed to be spin-proof.[15] In 2022, Tailwind Air announced plans to begin a scheduled flight service from College Park to Skyport Marina, on Manhattan's East Side, on board a Cessna Grand Caravan.
College Park, MarylandCoordinatesRunwaysU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesairportCollege ParkPrince George's CountyMarylandUnited StatesPaint BranchLake ArtemesiaU.S. Route 1Kenilworth AvenueUnited States Army Signal CorpsWilbur WrightWright Type A biplaneNational Register of Historic PlacesaviationFrederic HumphreysFrank LahmRex Smith Aeroplane CompanyPaul PeckTony JannusAero Club of AmericaJames Gordon Bennett RaceBelmont ParkChristmas Aeroplane CompanyAir MailHenry H. ArnoldThomas DeWitt MillingPaul W. BeckCurtissWilliam Starling BurgessWright Model BBernetta Adams MillerCecil PeolibiplaneNew YorkSt. LouisWar DepartmentPhiladelphiaNew York Citycompass roseHenry BerlinerhelicopterBureau of StandardsEngineering & Research CorporationRiverdale, MarylandErcoupeMaryland-National Capital Park and Planning CommissionTransportation Security AdministrationSouthern Management CorporationUniversity of MarylandTailwind AirSkyport MarinaManhattan's East SideCessna Grand CaravanFederal Aviation AdministrationFrank S. ScottBerliner Helicopter No. 5Blériot XIBoeing-Stearman Model 75Curtiss JN-4DCurtiss Model DERCO 415D ErcoupeMonocoupe 110Taylor J-2Taylorcraft BL-65Smithsonian InstitutionList of airports in MarylandNational Park ServiceWayback MachinePrince George's County Public SchoolsAl Huda SchoolUniversity of Maryland, College ParkLakeland HSCity HallFDA Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionNational Archives at College ParkNOAA Weather Prediction CenterCory HouseLudwig FieldMarenka HouseNational Archives Archeological SiteOld Parish HouseSECU StadiumRossborough InnXfinity CenterCollege Park–University of Maryland stationGreenbelt stationRhode Island Avenue Trolley TrailAdelphi Road stationBaltimore Avenue stationCampus Drive stationContributing propertyKeeper of the RegisterHistoric districtHistory of the National Register of Historic PlacesProperty typesAlleganyAnne ArundelBaltimore CountyCalvertCarolineCarrollCharlesDorchesterFrederickGarrettHarfordHowardMontgomeryPrince George'sQueen Anne'sSomersetSt. Mary'sTalbotWashingtonWicomicoWorcesterBaltimoreCentralNorth and NorthwestWest and SouthwestEast and NortheastSouth and Southeast