History
- First opened to the public in 1920 by private owners
- In 1929 the City of Albany buys the property and names it the Albany Municipal Airport
- A 1931 airshow inspired the Northwest Art and Air Festival
- A jet first landed in Albany in 1964
- In 1998, Albany Municipal Airport became the first airport in Oregon to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as the Albany Municipal Airport Historic District)
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