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Lee Bird Field Airport
Airport Directory » United States » North Platte » Lee Bird Field AirportAirport information for Lee Bird Field AirportCountry: United StatesLocation: North Platte Coordinates: 41.08.00N / 100.42.00W IATA Code: LBF Timezone: GMT -6 Direct flights form Lee Bird Field Airport Direct flights to Lee Bird Field Airport Find connecting flights to Lee Bird Field Airport Find connecting flights from Lee Bird Field Airport |
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North Platte Regional Airport (IATA: LBF, ICAO: KLBF), also known as Lee Bird Field, is a public airport turn up 3 land mile (five kilometre) east of the central downtown (CBD) of North Platte, a town in Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA. The airport covers 1,544 acres (625 ha) and has 2 landing track. It is assisted by 1 commercial air hose, with service subsidised by the Essential Air Service programme.
History
The North Platte Regional airport was originally named the North Platte Field and was built in 1921 using private monetary funds. The original place was on the east side of the North Platte River near the river span southward of U.S. Highway 30. The 1st depot and depot constructions were build there. The airport was the location of the 1st night airmail voyage which take place on February 22, 1921. The field was visible radiation using fuel burn down gun barrel and the aeroplane district at seven:48 p.m. and then fly onwards toward Omaha at ten:44 p.m. after fix were do to the DeHaviland four aircraft.
In 1929, the City of North Platte bought the field and rent it to the Boeing Transport Company, an original division of United Airlines. More building was done in 1941 and the location got the location of a B-17 grooming dictation. The same yr the airport was renamed Lee Bird Field after the boy of a North Platte home who was assassination grooming as a airplane pilot for WWI in 1918. The Airport Authority set about functioning the airport in July 1963 and the airport was officially renamed the North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field in June, 1992.
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