Item 12048 - Portland Airport, 1957
- Item 12048 - Portland Airport, 1957
- Contributed by City of Portland Dept. of Public Works
- Item 12048
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Image Info The Portland Airport, later known as the Portland Jetport, is shown as it looked in 1957.
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The airport began in the 1920s when Dr. Clifford "Kip" Strange created a runway on his property for his own plane. Boston & Maine Airways began flying to Portland in 1934 and the city bought the airfield in 1936 and built a third runway.
The Works Progress Administration built a terminal in 1940. During World War II, the airport was used by the military. After the war, civilian use resumed and the main runway was built. A new terminal building and jets arrived in 1968.
