Item 16546 - Northeast airplane at Portland Municipal Airport, Portland, ca. 1940
- Item 16546 - Northeast airplane at Portland Municipal Airport, Portland, ca. 1940
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- Item 16546
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Image Info Portland Municipal Airport began as a private flying field for Dr. Clifford Strange. The City of Portland bought the airfield in 1936, and in 1940, the Works Progress Administration built Portland’s first terminal, a brick structure that is now the general aviation terminal. In 2014, the airport is known as the Portland International Jetport.
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The first airline to use Portland Municipal Airport regularly was Boston & Maine Airlines. Boston & Maine morphed into Northeast Airlines in 1940, and merged in 1972 with Delta Airlines.
