US-2173
Fairfax Municipal Airport
VFR
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Name
Fairfax Municipal Airport
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ICAO
US-2173
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- Region
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Timezone
3:35 pm (CST)
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Municipality
Kansas City
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Coordinates
39° 8′ 53″ N 94° 35′ 58″ E
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Elevation
741 ft (226 m MSL)
About Fairfax Municipal Airport
Fairfax Municipal Airport (known as Fairfax Field during World War II) was a Kansas City, Kansas airfield from 1921 that was used during 1935–1949 by the military. Federal land adjacent to the airfield included a WWII B-25 Mitchell plant and modification center and a Military Air Transport terminal. After being used as a Cold War-era Air Force Base, it was used for airliner servicing by TWA and for automobile and jet fighter aircraft production by General Motors, which built a 1985 Fairfax Plant over runways when the municipal airport closed.