Featured Airstrip
FEATURED AIRSTRIP: WENTWORTH AERODROME, NH
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Wentworth Aerodrome (NH96). The RAF has a collaborative agreement with the owner to provide airstrip maintenance and upkeep in exchange for provisional use…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: SWANK FIELD, OH
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Swank Field (KMDF). Airport owner and RAF Ohio State Liaison, Freeman Swank, is happy to add Swank Field to the RAF map beginning with a successful RAF Fly…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: KERN VALLEY, CA
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Kern Valley Airport (L05). The RAF was instrumental in campground improvements at Kern Valley Airport (L05). The airport is located just south of the mountain-sports…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: RYAN FIELD, MT
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Ryan Field (2MT1). Ryan Field (2MT1), a private airstrip co-owned by the RAF and Ben and Butchie Ryan, is located one mile southeast of West…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: ESCALANTE AIRPORT, UT
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Escalante Airport (1L7). Escalante Airport (1L7) has a 5,000 ft paved runway. The RAF with the Utah Backcountry Pilot’s Association constructed a pilot shelter on the field.…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: BLACKWATER, FL
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Blackwater Airstrip. Blackwater Airfield 8FD3 is a Florida Forest Service(FFS) airfield to which the FFS is willing to permit public access on a ‘request’ basis, should its condition…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: CREIGHTON ISLAND, GA
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Creighton Island Airstrip, Georgia. RAF leaders and members have established a collaborative agreement with the Islands airstrip owner to provide airstrip maintenance and upkeep in…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: GRAPEVINE, AZ
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Grapevine Airstrip, Arizona. Grapevine Monthly Fly-In Weekend – December 16-18, 2016 Grapevine airstrip is located on the Tonto Basin District of the Tonto National Forest,…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: ARCADIA, FL
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is Arcadia Municipal Airport. (X06) Arcadia Municipal Airport (X06) Friends of Arcadia Airport, Inc. (FoAA) worked hard for about four years to breathe life back into…
Read MoreFEATURED AIRSTRIP: NORTH FOX ISLAND, MI
Each month we will be highlighting an airstrip that the RAF has had an impact on. We hope that you will get out and enjoy these airstrips. This month’s Featured Airstrip is North Fox Island. The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) has been working for several years to re-open North Fox Island airstrip, located on a state-owned 820-acre…
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