List of Florida World War II Army Airfields - Minor Airfields

Minor Airfields

  • Boca Chica Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS), 6.1 miles (9.8 km) east-northeast of Key West
Used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942-1943)
26th Antisubmarine Wing (Squadrons)
Now: Naval Air Station Key West (IATA: NQX, ICAO: KNQX, FAA LID: NQX)
  • Marathon Flight Strip, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east-northeast of Marathon
Used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942-1943)
26th Antisubmarine Wing (Squadrons)
Now: Florida Keys Marathon Airport (IATA: MTH, ICAO: KMTH, FAA LID: MTH)
  • Meacham Naval Outlying Field (OLF), 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Key West
Used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942-1943)
26th Antisubmarine Wing (Squadrons)
Now: Key West International Airport (IATA: EYW, ICAO: KEYW, FAA LID: EYW)
  • Lantana Airport, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) south-southwest of West Palm Beach
Used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942-1943)
26th Antisubmarine Wing (Squadrons)
Now: Palm Beach County Park Airport (IATA: LNA, ICAO: KLNA, FAA LID: LNA)
  • Flagler Beach Airport, Flagler Beach
Civil Air Patrol Use
Used by: Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1942-1943)
26th Antisubmarine Wing (Squadrons)
Closed appx. 1945, now abandoned
  • Jasper CAA Site #43, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south-southeast of Jasper
Likely Emergency landing airfield
Closed appx. 1950, now farmland
  • Ponoma Field, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) east of Pomona Park
Likely Emergency landing airfield
Now: Pomona Landing Airport (FAA LID: 78FL)
  • Quincy Municipal Airport, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east-northeast of Quincy
Likely Emergency landing airfield
Now: Quincy Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 2J9)
  • Withlacoochee Army Airfield, 8.2 miles (13.2 km) east of Lacoochee
Used by the Dugway Proving Ground Mobile Chemical Warfare Testing Unit
Now: Closed appx. 1945, now abandoned

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