Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Runways (former) – Myrtle Beach SC

City:
Myrtle Beach, SC

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The Works Progress Administration constructed concrete runways in 1941 at the newly established Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. The base was closed in 1993; Myrtle Beach International Airport occupies the former Air Force Base site and much of the land of the former base is still in the process of redevelopment for civilian purposes.

Source notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_Air_Force_Base

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 13, 2014.

Location Info

Myrtle Beach, SC

Coordinates: 33.682519, -78.925499

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