Featured Airstrip

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 Chicken Strip in CA. The Chicken Strip is a 1,300-foot dirt strip in a remote corner of Death Valley National Park. The drive there is…

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). The RAF is not just about flying the Rockies:  Not every RAF success story is tied in with remote backcountry airstrips. …

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 Pleasant Valley. Pleasant Valley, (24AZ) is located on the Young District of the Tonto National Forest just outside the historic little town of Young Arizona and 21…

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 Trigger Gap. Trigger Gap (FAA Identifier pending) The RAF raised funds for this new 3,000 ft. grass airstrip in the beautiful Ozark Mountains through private…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…