Mexico Farms Airport
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| name = Mexico Farms Airport
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| FAA = 1W3
| type = Public
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| location = Cumberland, MD
| elevation-f = 607
| elevation-m = 185
| coordinates = {{Coord|39|36|17|N|078|45|38|W|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| pushpin_map = USA Maryland
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| r1-number = 9/27
| r1-length-f = 2,120
| r1-length-m = 646
| r1-surface = Sod
| r2-number = 16/34
| r2-length-f = 2,100
| r2-length-m = 640
| r2-surface = Turf
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Mexico Farms Airport {{airport codes|||1W3}} is a public airport located south of downtown Cumberland, Maryland. The airport is located immediately south of the larger Greater Cumberland Regional Airport. It is the oldest unpaved public landing field in Maryland. The airport was officially opened in 1923, though it was used unofficially for several years prior.{{Cite book |last=Sherwood |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZi6h2nTl04C&q=%22mexico%20farms%20airport%22 |title=Maryland's Vanishing Lives |date=1995 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-0-8018-5249-7 |pages=5 |language=en}} The airport has been used by Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes.{{Cite book |last=High |first=Mike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjIqBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22mexico+farms+airport%22&pg=PA350 |title=The C&O Canal Companion: A Journey through Potomac History |date=2015-01-29 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-1-4214-1505-5 |pages=350 |language=en}}
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