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The U.S. Army Air Force created this small auxiliary airfield for use during World War II. It served as an emergency landing strip by student pilots at the Portland Army Air Base. (Another auxiliary strip used by Portland's 44th Army Air Force Base Unit was the Aurora Flight Strip, near Aurora, OR.) Decommissioned, ownership of the property later passed to the City of Eugene, OR. The airport was named for a local aviation booster and auto dealer in Eugene, Mahlon Sweet (1886-1947). Phillip L. Jacobson of the Seattle architecture firm, TRA Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Interiors, served as the Partner-in-Charge, overseeing the airport's design. This was one of several airports that TRA undertook; Jacobson was also responsible for the contemporary airport in Albuqerque, NM, (1989).

Creation of a large terminal, the Mahlon Sweet Airport, was completed in 1990.

PCAD id: 15188