Eglin Field Nr 2 Airport serves Valparaiso, US.
Eglin Field Nr 2 Airport (US-11274) is a defunct airport located near Valparaiso, Florida. It was named for Lt. Col. George E. Pierce, who died in an aircraft crash on October 19, 1942, and was a former commanding officer at Eglin. The airport had an unpaved (turf) runway, 3,000 x 75 feet, oriented 03-21.
While the exact date of its closure is not specified, the site was historically significant as one of the Vietnamese Resettlement Camps in 1975, housing and processing over 10,000 Southeast Asian refugees. Today, the area is identified on maps as Site C-3, located 10 miles north of the East Gate on Highway 285.
*Sources researched: ourairports.com, bigorre.org, eglin.af.mil, aftc.af.mil*
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Where is Eglin Field Nr 2 Airport located?
Eglin Field Nr 2 Airport is located in Valparaiso, US, at an elevation of 159 ft. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is US-11274.