Featured Airstrip

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month, we’re featuring Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. This airport promises an “Exceptional Airport Experience,” and they readily fulfill that claim. It’s an ideal place to begin exploring the Northwoods of Wisconsin. In addition to its 3,500-ft paved runway, it…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month, we’re featuring Hanley Field, Michigan. Trio of Appeal: Scenic Recreation, Camper Amenities, and Community Support Hanley Field, the 4,000-ft turf airfield on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan boasts much more than beautiful scenery and a great place…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month, we’re featuring Washington Island, Wisconsin. Why is it that airports on islands always have a special appeal?  Maybe it’s because aviation serves a heightened level of utility in arriving on an island. And that island airports are often…

The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument spans 149 miles of the Upper Missouri River “Breaks” country, a label adapted from the Lewis and Clark journals. They called the precipitous elevations “broken land,” as it was the most challenging terrain the Corps of Discovery encountered on their epic journey from St. Louis to the Pacific. The Monument includes six backcountry airstrips…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Spiral Jetty in Utah, where you can experience 70s land art. Utah Back County Pilots volunteers kicked off their springtime airstrip clean-up efforts with the 2,000-ft long dirt Spiral Jetty airstrip. “The…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. In honor of our 20th anniversary month, we’re featuring Ryan Field, Montana. The last twenty years have seen incredible change at a very special place called Ryan Field, 2MT1. What began as a quarter section of forest near West Glacier,…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Wakulla, Florida. “As for things to do here … plenty!” says Wakulla County Airport Manager Steve Fults, of the airport, 2J0, 25 nm south of Tallahassee, Florida. Its location should say it all, Panacea –…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. The November Featured Airstrip is Creighton Island, Georgia. It would be hard to find an airfield with more diverse recreational offerings than Creighton Island. Located on Georgia’s coast roughly halfway between Savannah and Jacksonville, FL, it’s one of the…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. The June Featured Airstrip is Fort Kent, Maine. “It’s a good time to visit Fort Kent, Maine,” RAF Maine Liaison Andy Rowe says, of this naturally beautiful airfield in Maine’s northernmost region. Fort Kent Airfield, FTKEN is…

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places.The May Featured Airstrip is Noble County (I10) Ohio. “Noble County Airport is the single access point for Wolf Run State Park Fly In Camp Area,” RAF Ohio Liaison Christine Mortine says. It lies in the Appalachian Plateau…