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1974
An aerial photograph of this airfield in 1974 is available on Geoscience Australia’s Historical Aerial Photography website. The actual name of this airfield is unconfirmed.
re: Don't see an airport here
Reply to @david: Update, apparently a Caterpillar worked digging up the runway for about a week in the early 90s, so that fixed-wing aircraft other than helicopters could land. After that, the airfield fell into disuse, and weeds grew unchecked. A local states that the Malawi government at the time transported weapons and food items via the airport at night. This airfield probably got caught up in the Mozambican Civil War which went on from 1976 until 1992.
re: Don't see an airport here
Reply to @david: Historical satellite imagery available on Google earth actually reveal that there use be two runways here, one around 1000m in length facing SE/NW and one also 1000m facing NE/SW. Based on the colorization, they appeared to either have a graveled or dirt surface. Whatever airport use to exist here seems to have disappeared from urban encroachment by 2006.
Brief History
This was a brief airstrip, and was only depicted on an 1985 topographic map of Lacassine, LA. In 2012 and 2024, it was depicted as being a trail.
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Kan ELG was listed on an April 1940 airfields report.
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The full history of this airport is available at Paul Freeman’s Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields website.
The old Tamiami Airport was established around 1947, and held the Kendall Flying Club.
It was replaced by the newer Tamiami Airport in 1967, and was depicted as being an abandoned airport by 1968.
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Caboolture’s first airstrip was constructed some time before 1965 by Norman Douglas Thurecht. The initial site of Redcliffe was denied permission due to proximity to Brisbane airports and a lack of radar coverage. Following the construction of Redcliffe Aerodrome, the Caboolture airstrip was abandoned and its operations moved to the new site.
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Once served by Commodore Aviation Aero Ae-45 aircraft alongside Althorpe Island Airstrip. They began the route in 1963. Aircraft flew in mail, supplies and personnel from and to the lighthouse on the island. It is now abandoned and the helicopter landing pad has since taken over flights.
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Mjd Airport was apparently activated in October 1994 and was privately-owned by Martin J. Dureiko, according to AirNav. It was not depicted in a 1988 topographic map of Miami, and was depicted in a 2012 topographic map. There is a coverage gap of the area between 1988 and 2012. By 2009, the airstrip appeared derelict and disused, with multiple obstructions piling up over the years.
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Holley Landing Strip was also known as Holley Dusting Field. It did not appear in a 1982 topographic map of Homestead, but it did appear in a 1988 topographic map. There are no maps of the area between 1982 and 1988 that are available on USGS, indicating that the airstrip was established between 1982-88. The airfield likely closed between 2007 and 2009, as a plantation appeared on the runway by then. It was still depicted in 2012, and did not appear from the 2015 onwards.
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🔗 Sun, 30 Nov 2025
— @Verifly at Original Shark Bay Airport, Australia
This was the second site of the new Shark Bay Airport. Construction began in 1990, and a road and airstrip was cleared. However, it appears that this was never used and rather they would rebuild the airport in 1994 about 15km north, which is closer to the town and the old Denham Airport.