Originally constructed by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 as one of four auxiliary airfields for the pilot training school at Marianna Army Airfield, its original designation was Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield #1. The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5,000-foot runways, each with a parallel taxiway.
The airfield was apparently unmanned, and had no buildings nor any permanent units assigned. It was used for emergency and for touch-and-go landings as part of the pilot training school. With the end of World War II and the closure of Mariana AAF in 1945, the airfield was closed and abandoned.
In the years since, the airfield concrete and asphalt have been removed and today the land is in private ownership, being used for agriculture. Aerial imagery shows one small section of the southeast/northwest runway derelict and overgrown.
ellis, auxiliary, field, ellis, auxiliary, army, airfield, closed, military, airfield, located, miles, north, marianna, florida, united, states, ellis, auxiliary, army, airfield23, july, 1943iata, noneicao, nonesummaryservesmarianna, floridacoordinates30, 9122. Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield is a closed military airfield It was located 9 7 miles north of Marianna Florida United States Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield23 July 1943IATA noneICAO noneSummaryServesMarianna FloridaCoordinates30 54 44 N 085 15 23 W 30 91222 N 85 25639 W 30 91222 85 25639MapLocation of Ellis Auxiliary Field Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOriginally constructed by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 as one of four auxiliary airfields for the pilot training school at Marianna Army Airfield its original designation was Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield 1 The airfield was constructed with two asphalt 5 000 foot runways each with a parallel taxiway The airfield was apparently unmanned and had no buildings nor any permanent units assigned It was used for emergency and for touch and go landings as part of the pilot training school With the end of World War II and the closure of Mariana AAF in 1945 the airfield was closed and abandoned In the years since the airfield concrete and asphalt have been removed and today the land is in private ownership being used for agriculture Aerial imagery shows one small section of the southeast northwest runway derelict and overgrown See also editFlorida World War II Army AirfieldsReferences edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Abandoned Airfields Ellis Auxiliary Army Airfield 1 World War II airfields database FloridaExternal links edit nbsp nbsp This article about an airport in Florida is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ellis Auxiliary Field amp oldid 1206122822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
