Lee Airport

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

Dan Dixon, a flight instructor at Lee Airport and former Top Gun instructor, discusses his flying history in the Navy and what is special about Lee Airport and the NAFC.

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

Citations

↑ ^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.
↑ ^2.0 ^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.
↑ Navy Annapolis Flight Center. “Welcome.” NAFC Online, http://nafcflying.org. Accessed 12 July 2022.
↑ “Colonel Mary S. Feik Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol.” Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/feiksquadron/about/?ref=page_internal. Accessed 12 July 2022.

[dress-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.

[marylandAirportDirectory2020-2] 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.

[NAFC-3] Navy Annapolis Flight Center. “Welcome.” NAFC Online, http://nafcflying.org. Accessed 12 July 2022.

[colonel-4] “Colonel Mary S. Feik Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol.” Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/feiksquadron/about/?ref=page_internal. Accessed 12 July 2022.

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