Tipton Airport

The facility is bordered by Fort Meade, the National Security Agency, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.[1] For The 12-month period ending March 24, 2023, the airport had 38,124 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 100% general aviation, <1% air taxi, and <1% military.The new airfield replaced a smaller airstrip that had been operating since at least 1935 at a site approximately two miles northeast of Tipton's location (what is now the Fort Meade post exchange and commissary complex).[4] At 2 A.M. on February 17, 1974, Robert K. Preston stole a Huey helicopter from Tipton Field, flew it to Washington, D.C., and hovered for six minutes over the White House before descending on the South Lawn, about 100 yards (91 m) from the West Wing.Following a lengthy environmental remediation, which included the removal of unexploded ordnance and hazardous waste,[7] it was opened to civilian traffic.
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