Haysfield Airport

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°WCoordinates: 39°14′N 76°56′W / 39.233°N 76.933°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 732 2,400 Grass

Haysfield Airport - MD24 was 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 to avoid capital gains for a 504-acre Hayland farm in nearby Clarksville, Maryland where he established Haysfield Airport and a tree nursurey.[2] At its peak the airfield hosted 50 aircraft onsite. The airfield faced regular zoning battles throughout its history.[3][4] There have been efforts to convert the airport to public use, but the NSA and Maryland Aviation Administration have opposed the plan.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Haysfield Airport".
  2. ↑ Laura Barnhardt (19 May 1996). "Farmers: town's forgotten pioneers In 1960s, they sold land to Rouse, making Columbia possible". The Baltimore Sun.
  3. ↑ "Bassler wins appeal for airfield zoning". The Baltimore Sun. 9 June 1982.
  4. ↑ "Zoners allow airstrip amid corn fields". The Baltimore Sun. 28 July 1975.
  5. ↑ Erik Nelson (January 5, 1995). "Pact for new airport would keep Haysfield rustic". The Baltimore Sun.
  6. ↑ "Baltimore-Area Flight Limits Frustrate Pilots, Choke Small Airports' Business.". Tribune Business News. 21 July 2003.
  7. ↑ Janene Holzberg (19 December 2013). "Clarksville's Basslers say goodbye to family farm, Haysfield Airport". The Baltimore Sun.