History
Kelso-Longview Airport opened in May 1941 on 109 acres (0.44 km2) of a nearby dairy farm, as a training field for amateur pilots, and has since become a regional transportation center for southwest Washington. In 1950 the old landing strip was paved and in the 1960s the first administration and terminal buildings were built. Further improvements were completed in the 1980s due to increasing traffic.
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