Construction
Opened in 1928 to serve multiple functions: as a municipal airport, as a testing and delivery facility for the Boeing Company, and as a major air freight center for the region’s industries.

Today
Still in use today for airlines, cargo and aviation services.

Museum of Flight
This museum, located at Boeing Field contains a huge collection of aircraft and spacecraft

Location
Prewar US Navy base located in Seattle.

Usage
President Roosevelt authorized in July 1939 $4 million was authorized by Congress to improvments. By June 1941, four month aviation service schools were turning out radiomen, aviation metalsmiths, and aviation machinists. NAS Seattle relinquished its patrol squadrons for combat duty in Alaska. Twelve planes arrived in Kodiak just prior to the Japanese attack there.

 

Location
Pensula on Lake Washington

Usage
USN accepted the land in 1922 and developed it into an air base, aviation training center, and aircraft repair depot along Lake Washington. Its peak usage was during World War II, for crew training. Sand Point serviced aircraft from H.M.S. Warspite for the British Royal Navy.

Today
Postwar, the base was slated for closure, but continued to serve during the Korea , Berlin and Cuban Missle crisis, The end as a naval air station came in 1970, when flight operations ceased. Sand Point changed to the Naval Station Seattle.