Boardman Airport

45°48′53.3700″N 119°49′13.80″W / 45.814825000°N 119.8205000°W / 45.814825000; -119.8205000WebsitePort of MorrowRunways

Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4/22	4,200	1,280	Asphalt

Boardman Airport (FAA LID: M50) is a public airport 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of the city of Boardman in Morrow County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Boardman Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights at the Boardman Bombing Range. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).

See also

• Lexington Airport

Further reading

• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for M50
  • AirNav airport information for M50
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for M50