Lee Airport

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Lee Airport is one of the 35 surviving community airports in Maryland [1].

History

Lee Airport was built on 79 acres of an unprofitable tobacco field in 1939 [1]. The Parlett family leased the airport from 1956 to 2000. Today, it is managed by Van Lee, of the Lee family [1].

Location

Lee Airport is located 5 miles south of Annapolis, on Beards Creek in Edgewater, MD [2]. It has one 2,505 foot-long runway [2]. It is an uncontrolled airport without a tower. Its Airport Identifier is ANP [2]. Its coordinates are 38°56′34″N 076°34′06″W [2].

Activities

Lee Airport is home to the Navy Annapolis Flight Center [3], the Civil Air Patrol Maryland Wing [4], and civil aviation [1].

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dress, Brad. “Lee Airport Flies On.” Bay Weekly, https://bayweekly.com/lee-airport-flies-on/. Accessed 12 July 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Maryland Aviation Administration. “Maryland Airport Directory 2021-2022.” Maryland Aviation Administration, https://marylandregionalaviation.aero/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Airport%20Directory%202020-21.pdf. January 2019.
  3. Navy Annapolis Flight Center. “Welcome.” NAFC Online, http://nafcflying.org. Accessed 12 July 2022.
  4. “Colonel Mary S. Feik Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol.” Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/feiksquadron/about/?ref=page_internal. Accessed 12 July 2022.