- City:
- Wichita, KS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
Description
Now officially Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, what was originally Wichita Municipal Airport was improved and developed by the W.P.A. during the 1930s. Improvement work included paving the runways.
Source notes
Inventory: An Appraisal of Results of the Works Progress Administration (1938), pg. 29 https://archive.org/stream/Inventory19380630/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Aviation_MuseumSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 14, 2017.
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Keith McKinney
When I was little late 40’s early 50’S my Dad would take me here to see the air planes. What great memories