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- Weeks_Field abstract "Weeks Field was the first airport for Fairbanks, Alaska, existing from 1923 to 1951, when most operations were moved to Fairbanks International Airport. In later years, the term Weeks Field came to be known for neighborhoods of Fairbanks in the path and vicinity of the former airstrip. Most of the area became a city (later borough) park and residential areas, with the few surviving buildings serving mostly commercial functions.Weeks Field was built in 1923 on the site of a baseball field named Weeks Ball Park, which had served as an impromptu landing strip for airplanes prior to the construction of the airport. On July 4, 1923, Carl Ben Eielson flew the first commercial aircraft flight in Alaska from Weeks Field. During the Second World War, Weeks Field was used by the U.S. Army Air Corps, which also built nearby Ladd Army Airfield. The construction of Denali Elementary School, which began in 1950 near the western end of the runway, signaled the end of active operations for Weeks Field. The Fairview Manor apartment complex and a subdivision of single-family homes followed soon after in the immediate area. In 1951, the control tower for the field was closed, which burned down shortly afterward. Most operators had moved to the newly opened Fairbanks International Airport. Several operators who had felt bitter over being forced to move, led by Jess Bachner, established the Phillips Field airstrip several miles northwest of Fairbanks, near College.The city of Fairbanks later converted the area to a park, originally called Wien Park. The park is currently owned by the Fairbanks North Star Borough, which assumed control of the former city parks, and the Weeks Field name has been restored to the property. The borough built the Noel Wien Public Library in 1977 on a portion of the former airfield, after the site was originally proposed to house a new police station for Fairbanks.A number of structures which supported operations for the airfield still stand. Most prominent is the former Pan American Airways hangar, which currently houses commercial and office space as well as a bowling alley. A Lutheran church, which may resemble a hangar but was built in 1960 as a church, lies south of the Pan Am hangar. The former Gillam Airways hangar, which anchors the current Gillam Way at its intersection with Airport Way, has housed numerous businesses over the years and is currently home to a pawn shop.In 2009, work began on demolishing Fairview Manor and replacing it with a new housing complex (citation needed). The new housing complex is also named after the airfield and located on a portion of its grounds.".
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- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Ben_Eielson.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink Category:1923_establishments_in_Alaska.
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- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink Ladd_Army_Airfield.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink Noel_Wien.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink Noel_Wien_Public_Library.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink Pan_American_World_Airways.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army_Air_Corps.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Weeks_Field wikiPageWikiLinkText "Weeks Field".
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- Weeks_Field subject Category:1923_establishments_in_Alaska.
- Weeks_Field subject Category:1951_disestablishments_in_Alaska.
- Weeks_Field subject Category:Airports_in_Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough,_Alaska.
- Weeks_Field subject Category:Defunct_airports_in_Alaska.
- Weeks_Field hypernym Airport.
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- Weeks_Field comment "Weeks Field was the first airport for Fairbanks, Alaska, existing from 1923 to 1951, when most operations were moved to Fairbanks International Airport. In later years, the term Weeks Field came to be known for neighborhoods of Fairbanks in the path and vicinity of the former airstrip.".
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