Evergreen Field
45°37′12″N 122°31′39″W / 45.62000°N 122.52750°W
Evergreen Field (closed 2006) | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Olson Family Trust | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Vancouver, Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 312 ft / 95 m | ||||||||||||||
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Evergreen Field (FAA LID: 59S), also known as Evergreen Airport, was a public-use airport located five miles (8.0 km) east of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.[1] It was located northeast of the intersection of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard & Southeast 136th Avenue.[2]
The airport was established in August 1944 after Roy C. Sugg was granted a permit by the Clark County planning commission for an airport on Mill Plain Road "seven miles east of Vancouver". Sugg sold the airport to Wally Olson in 1945.[3]
Since 1964 it was home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club (NWAAC) and the Evergreen Fly-In. A residential airpark was established adjacent to the airport in April 1968.[3] In 1997, a four-year legal battle ended allowing the Evergreen North-South Airpark to continue operation after Evergreen's closure.[4] After Olson's death in July 1997, his family continued to operate the airport until closing it in July 2006.[3][5][6]
The property was reportedly being sold for $15 million to a developer, but the $215 million redevelopment deal fell through in 2007.[7][8]
Facilities
[edit]Evergreen Field covered an area of 68 acres (28 ha) which contained two runways: 10L/28R with an asphalt pavement measuring 2,155 ft × 40 ft (657 m × 12 m) and 10R/28L with a turf surface measuring 2,000 ft × 100 ft (610 m × 30 m).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 59S PDF, effective June 8, 2006.
- ^ Evergreen Field Archived June 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
- ^ a b c Ryll, Thomas (July 16, 2006). "Final flight". The Columbian. p. A6. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ryll, Thomas (October 3, 1997). "Court sides with pilots who live near Evergreen Airport". The Columbian. p. B6. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Was this the last antique fly-in for Evergreen Field?". General Aviation News. August 27, 2001. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
- ^ "After 60 Years, Vancouver's Evergreen Field Shuts Down". Aero-News Network, Inc. July 4, 2006.
- ^ Shelly Strom (December 17, 2004). "Mixed-use project planned at Evergreen Airport". Portland Business Journal.
- ^ "Developer scraps $215 million project for former Evergreen Airport". Washington Real Estate. July 28, 2007.
External links
[edit]- Wally Olson/Evergreen Airpark - photos and remembrances