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Fairfax Field was the Kansas City airport used by 1935 USMC and 1937 Army flight training centers and for a government-leased WWII airfield in Kansas of the United States Army Air Forces. The airfield was adjacent to federal land used for WWII facilities that included a North American plant for building B-25 Mitchell bombers, a B-25 modification center, and a Military Air Transport air terminal. Post-war the Army Air Base structures were used for airliner servicing by TWA and jet & auto production by General Motors, which built a 1985 automotive factory on the airfield when the "Fairfax Municipal Airport" closed.

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  • Fairfax Field
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  • Fairfax Field was the Kansas City airport used by 1935 USMC and 1937 Army flight training centers and for a government-leased WWII airfield in Kansas of the United States Army Air Forces. The airfield was adjacent to federal land used for WWII facilities that included a North American plant for building B-25 Mitchell bombers, a B-25 modification center, and a Military Air Transport air terminal. Post-war the Army Air Base structures were used for airliner servicing by TWA and jet & auto production by General Motors, which built a 1985 automotive factory on the airfield when the "Fairfax Municipal Airport" closed.
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  • -80.0
  • What did the modification center do after it stopped modifications and was an adjunct?
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  • 85.0
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  • 1921(xsd:integer)
  • 1944(xsd:integer)
  • 1951(xsd:integer)
  • tbd: 20px Air Transport Command
Date
  • July 2013
Name
  • (former airport & military installation)
  • Fairfax Field
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  • right
Caption
  • The remaining portion of Fairfax Field with runway sections is along the Missouri River and on the north and east of the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant . thumb|300px|center|Similar northward view in World War II when runways were lengthened to , , , and .
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  • 30(xsd:integer)
Title
  • AAF Modification Centers
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  • 478637(xsd:integer)
  • NC & NAA-K
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  • 1944(xsd:integer)
Location
  • Located at the Kansas state line on the Missouri River west of North Kansas City, Missouri
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  • Fairfax Field was the Kansas City airport used by 1935 USMC and 1937 Army flight training centers and for a government-leased WWII airfield in Kansas of the United States Army Air Forces. The airfield was adjacent to federal land used for WWII facilities that included a North American plant for building B-25 Mitchell bombers, a B-25 modification center, and a Military Air Transport air terminal. Post-war the Army Air Base structures were used for airliner servicing by TWA and jet & auto production by General Motors, which built a 1985 automotive factory on the airfield when the "Fairfax Municipal Airport" closed.
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