Lunken Airport landing field, Cincinnati, Ohio   Save
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Description: Owned by the city of Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati. Situated in the Little Miami River Valley near Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement in 1788, this airport served as a commercial airport from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the time of the dedication in 1925, the 1,000 acre airport was the largest municipal airport in the world. Following the catastrophic flooding of the Ohio River in 1947, the municipal airport was removed to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. After the control tower was nearly submerged by the Ohio River Flood of 1937, a black brick was placed on the tower to indicate the high-water mark. Lunken Airport was the original home of American Airlines View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_15_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)