PEARSON FIELD AIRPORT

'Pearson Field' is the oldest operating airfield in the United States. It is located in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site just outside of downtown Vancouver, in Clark County, Washington, USA. It is a public airport used primarily for general aviation. The airfield's lone runway is located along the final approach to nearby Portland International Airport. The airport lies next to the Lewis and Clark Highway and the Columbia River. It is the only airport in Washington that is a satellite airport.

Contents

Facilities

History highlights

Transportation

Nearby

Economic impact

See also

External links

Facilities

★ 150 T-hangars

★ tiedown facilities

★ Pearson Air Museum

★ Jack Murdock Aviation Center
The airfield has a capacity for 175 light aircraft.

History highlights

Pearson Field's history dates back to the early 1900s and is named for First Lieutenant Alexander Pearson of the United States Army and local resident.
; 1905 : Lincoln Beachey pilots the dirigible ''Gelatine'' to Vancouver Barracks in the first aerial crossing of the Columbia River
; 1911 : First airplane lands at Pearson Field.
; 1923-1941 : Pearson Field is home to the US Army Air Service.
; 1923 : Commander Lt. Oakley Kelly makes the first non-stop transcontinental flight.
; 1924 : Pearson Field is a stopover point on the army's first round-the-world flight.
; 1925 : Pearson Field is named after Lt. Alexander Pearson.
; 1937 : Soviet aviator Valery Chkalov lands at the end of the first non-stop transpolar flight.
; 1994 : City of Vancouver and National Park Service enter into agreement governing the future of Pearson Field.
; 2005 : Pearson Field celebrates its 100-year anniversary.

Transportation

★ Lewis and Clark Highway (Route 14)

★ Interstate 5

Nearby

★ Jantzen Beach SuperCenter

★ Portland International Raceway

Economic impact

The state of Washington provides economic impact studies of airports within the state Impact study.
Pearson field contributes about 600 jobs to the area.
Salaries drawn in relation to business at Pearson total about $11M USD.
The total economic activity related to Pearson totals about $38M USD.

See also

★ Portland International Airport

★ Portland-Mulino Airport

★ Portland-Troutdale Airport

External links

★ City of Vancouver: Pearson Field

★ FlyVancouverWA.com: Pearson Field

★ Pearson Air Museum

★ photos of Pearson Field on Airliners.net