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Spokane International Airport (Geiger Field) – Spokane WA

Spokane International Airport Aerial View

Spokane International Airport Aerial View

Spokane International Airport Aerial View

Photo: Liesl Matthies Source Public Domain

Spokane International Airport Aerial View

Spokane International Airport Aerial View

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Previously known as Sunset Field, the property was renamed Geiger Field in 1941 and eventually became the Spokane International Airport. After the city leased the area to the military in 1939, the WPA and the army jointly cleared and leveled the land and prepared the runways.

Source notes

https://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8464
https://www.nostalgicreflections.com/history2.html

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Location Info

9000 West Airport Drive #204
Spokane, WA 99224

Coordinates: 47.6256107, -117.53685469999999

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