Wallace Field

The closure was due to economic and land development reasons. The land occupied by the airfield was repurposed for the construction of the Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital campus and the Floyd County Industrial Park, reflecting a shift in land use priorities from aviation to industrial and healthcare development.

The site of the former Wallace Field is now completely redeveloped and unrecognizable as an airfield. It is occupied by the Floyd County Industrial Park and the campus of the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital. Roads such as Technology Parkway and Redmond Circle, along with numerous large industrial and institutional buildings, now cover the area where the runways and airport facilities once stood.

Wallace Field was a small, privately-owned general aviation airport that served the Rome, Georgia community for several decades. It was established sometime before 1944, as it appeared on the August 1944 Birmingham Sectional Chart. The 1945 AAF Airfield Directory described it as a 100-acre property with two sod runways (2,200' NNW/SSE & 2,000' ENE/WSW). It primarily handled private and civil aircraft, serving as a secondary airfield to the larger Richard B. Russell Airport (KRMG). By the 1960s and through its closure, it operated with a single 2,200-foot unpaved runway.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening Wallace Field. The land has been irreversibly developed with significant infrastructure, including buildings and public roads, making any return to aviation use infeasible.