Middleton Field
{{for|the airport in Middleton, Wisconsin|Middleton Municipal Airport}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Middleton Field
| image = Middleton Field.jpg
| caption = NAIP aerial image, 30 June 2006
| IATA =
| ICAO = KGZH
| FAA = GZH
| type = Public / military
| owner = City of Evergreen
| operator =
| city-served = Evergreen, Alabama
| location =
| elevation-f = 259
| elevation-m = 79
| coordinates = {{coord|31|24|57|N|087|02|39|W|region:US-AL_type:airport_scale:10000}}
| website =
| r1-number = 1/19
| r1-length-f = 5,005
| r1-length-m =
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 10/28
| r2-length-f = 5,004
| r2-length-m =
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2017
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 134,005
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 10
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=GZH|use=PU|own=PU|site=00296.*A}}, effective April 27, 2017.
}}
Middleton Field {{airport codes||KGZH|GZH, {{nobold|formerly}} 39J}} is a public-use airport located {{convert|5|NM|lk=on}} west of the central business district of Evergreen, a city in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806023224/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf |date=2011-08-06 }}. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008. Although the airport is owned by the City of Evergreen, it is primarily used for flight training by the U.S. Navy as Naval Outlying Field Evergreen under Whiting Field.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Middleton Field is assigned GZH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KGZH Great Circle Mapper: KGZH - Evergreen, Alabama (Middleton Field)]
History
Middleton Field was constructed in 1931 as an emergency landing field for Contract Air Mail route 23 (CAM-23). In 1943, the U.S. Navy began using the airfield as an Outlying Field for pilots training in Pensacola. The airway beacon at Middleton Field is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.{{cite web |title=The Old Airport Tower & Beacon at Evergreen, AL |url=https://www.ruralswalabama.org/attraction/the-old-airport-tower-beacon-at-evergreen-al/ |website=ruralswalabama.org |access-date=8 February 2024}}
Facilities and aircraft
Middleton Field covers an area of {{convert|200|acre|ha|lk=on}} which contains two asphalt paved runways (1/19 and 10/28) each measuring {{convert|4000|by|150|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}.
For the 12-month period ending June 25, 2007, the airport had 134,005 aircraft operations, an average of 367 per day: 96% military and 4% general aviation.
Accidents
On July 13, 1982, Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey, the U.S. Navy's first female pilot, and her student were killed in a crash while practicing touch-and-go landings at Middleton Field.[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/barbaraa.htm Arlington Cemetery Biography for Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey] The resulting litigation, Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey, went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060928082404/http://creports.capnhq.gov/airfield/ViewAirport.asp?view=Thumb&state=AL&code=GZH&filetype=_ Airfield photos for GZH] from Civil Air Patrol
- {{FAA-procedures|GZH}}
{{US-airport-ga|GZH|-}}
{{AL Airport}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Conecuh County, Alabama