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[td]The airport opened July 8, 1929 as the '''Columbus Municipal Hangar''' on a site selected by [[Charles Lindbergh]], as the eastern air terminus of the [[Transcontinental Air Transport]] air-rail New York to Los Angeles transcontinental route. Passengers traveled overnight on the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s Airway Limited from New York to Columbus; by air from Columbus to [[Waynoka, Oklahoma|Waynoka]], Oklahoma; by rail again on the [[Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe]] from Waynoka to [[Clovis, New Mexico|Clovis]], New Mexico; and by air from Clovis to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Flying Magazine|date=January 1959|title=Columbus Prepared for Progress|author=Fred J. Bunyan}}</ref> The original [[airport terminal|terminal]] building and [[hangar]]s remain; the hangars are still in use, but the old terminal sits derelict.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://columbusairports.com/about-us/our-history/|title=Port Columbus Milestones|publisher=Columbus Regional Airport Authority|year=2012|access-date=July 28, 2012|archive-date=February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2011020...rts.com/about-us/our-history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 15:13, 1 September 2025
[/td][td]The airport opened July 8, 1929 as the '''Columbus Municipal Hangar''' on a site selected by [[Charles Lindbergh]], as the eastern air terminus of the [[Transcontinental Air Transport]] air-rail New York to Los Angeles transcontinental route. Passengers traveled overnight on the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s Airway Limited from New York to Columbus; by air from Columbus to [[Waynoka, Oklahoma|Waynoka]], Oklahoma; by rail again on the [[Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe]] from Waynoka to [[Clovis, New Mexico|Clovis]], New Mexico; and by air from Clovis to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Flying Magazine|date=January 1959|title=Columbus Prepared for Progress|author=Fred J. Bunyan}}</ref> The original [[airport terminal|terminal]] building and [[hangar]]s remain; the hangars are still in use, but the old terminal sits derelict.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://columbusairports.com/about-us/our-history/|title=Port Columbus Milestones|publisher=Columbus Regional Airport Authority|year=2012|access-date=July 28, 2012|archive-date=February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2011020...rts.com/about-us/our-history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]During World War II, most of the facility was taken over by the [[U.S. Navy]], which established '''Naval Air Station Columbus''' in 1942. NAS Columbus was closed and the facility relinquished back to civilian authorities in 1946.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epa.ohio.gov/portals/30/FFS/docs/fuds/COLUMBUS_NAVAL_AIR_STATION.pdf |title=FUDS - Central Ohio, Columbus Naval Air Station - G05OH0171|publisher=Department of Defense|website=epa.ohio.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018031...OLUMBUS_NAVAL_AIR_STATION.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/...bits/item/?item=p2v_truculentturtle|title=P2V Neptune "Truculent Turtle"|publisher=National Naval Aviation Museum|website=www.navalaviationmuseum.org|access-date=February 2, 2016|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018031...tem/?item=p2v_truculentturtle|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, during the war, the government established a government-owned aviation factory on the grounds of the airport known as [[List of United States Air Force plants|Air Force Factory 85]], eventually operated by [[North American Aviation]]. The plant produced the [[North American F-100 Super Sabre|F-100 Super Sabre]], [[North American A-5 Vigilante|RA-5 Vigilante]], [[T-2 Buckeye]], [[T-28 Trojan]], [[OV-10 Bronco]] and [[North American Sabreliner|T-39 Sabreliner]].[/td]
[td]During [[World War II]], most of the facility was taken over by the [[U.S. Navy]], which established '''Naval Air Station Columbus''' in 1942. NAS Columbus was closed and the facility relinquished back to civilian authorities in 1946.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epa.ohio.gov/portals/30/FFS/docs/fuds/COLUMBUS_NAVAL_AIR_STATION.pdf |title=FUDS - Central Ohio, Columbus Naval Air Station - G05OH0171|publisher=Department of Defense|website=epa.ohio.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018031...OLUMBUS_NAVAL_AIR_STATION.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/...bits/item/?item=p2v_truculentturtle|title=P2V Neptune "Truculent Turtle"|publisher=National Naval Aviation Museum|website=www.navalaviationmuseum.org|access-date=February 2, 2016|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018031...tem/?item=p2v_truculentturtle|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, during the war, the government established a government-owned aviation factory on the grounds of the airport known as [[List of United States Air Force plants|Air Force Factory 85]], eventually operated by [[North American Aviation]]. The plant produced the [[North American F-100 Super Sabre|F-100 Super Sabre]], [[North American A-5 Vigilante|RA-5 Vigilante]], [[T-2 Buckeye]], [[T-28 Trojan]], [[OV-10 Bronco]] and [[North American Sabreliner|T-39 Sabreliner]].[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The diagram on the February 1951 Coast & Geodetic Survey instrument-approach chart shows runways 006/186 3550 ft long, 052/232 4400 ft, 096/276 4500 ft, and 127/307 5030 ft.[/td]
[td]The diagram on the February 1951 Coast & Geodetic Survey instrument-approach chart shows runways 006/186 3550 ft long, 052/232 4400 ft, 096/276 4500 ft, and 127/307 5030 ft.[/td]
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