Haysfield Airport

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Haysfield Airport Haysfield
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: MD24
Summary
Owner		ALFRED BASSLER
Operator		ALFRED BASSLER
Serves		Clarksville, Maryland
Location		Clarksville, Maryland
Built		1974
Occupants		27
Elevation AMSL		m / 420 ft
Coordinates		39°14′N 76°56′W / 39.233°N 76.933°W / 39.233; -76.933Coordinates: 39°14′N 76°56′W / 39.233°N 76.933°W / 39.233; -76.933
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
13/31	732	2,400	Grass

Haysfield Airport - MD24 is an airport located in Howard County, Maryland

History

Haysfield airport started operations in 1974.^[1] The airport was founded by Alfred Bassler. Bassler's father owned a large strategic parcel and airfield where Howard Research Associates intended to build the development of Columbia, Maryland. Bassler exchanged land for a 504 acre Hayland farm in nearby Clarksville, Maryland where he established Haysfield Airport and a tree nursurey. At it's peak the airfield hosted 50 aircraft onsite. The airfiled faced regular zoning battles throughout its history.^[2]^[3] There have been efforts to convert the airport to public use, but the NSA and Maryland Aviation Administration have opposed the plan.^[4]

After the September 11th attacks, a series of highly restrictive airspace changes now called the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area overlapped the field slowing business.^[5] In 2013, the airfield closed by the Bassler family corporation in a 5 to 3 vote in order to create the 159 unit Walnut Creek housing development.^[6]

References

↑ "Haysfield Airport".
↑ "Bassler wins appeal for airfield zoning". The Baltimore Sun. 9 June 1982.
↑ "Zoners allow airstrip amid corn fields". The Baltimore Sun. 28 July 1975.
↑ Erik Nelson (January 5, 1995). "Pact for new airport would keep Haysfield rustic". The Baltimore Sun.
↑ "Baltimore-Area Flight Limits Frustrate Pilots, Choke Small Airports' Business.". Tribune Business News. 21 July 2003.
↑ Janene Holzberg (19 December 2013). "Clarksville's Basslers say goodbye to family farm, Haysfield Airport". The Baltimore Sun.

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