City of Modesto, Modesto Municipal Airport #1, Modesto, CA (1918)
Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures - airports
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: constructed 1918
Modesto, CA
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This facility became the nation's first municipally owned and operated airport in 1918. The 82-acre facility functioned as the city's airport from 1918-1929, when it moved to another location.
