Haysfield Airport - MD24 was an airport located in Howard County, Maryland

Haysfield Airport Haysfield
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: MD24
Summary
Owner	Alfred Bassler
Operator	Alfred Bassler
Serves	Clarksville, Maryland
Location	Clarksville, Maryland
Opened	1974
Closed	2012
Occupants	27
Elevation AMSL	128 m / 420 ft
Coordinates	39°14′N 76°56′W
Map
MD24 Location of airport in Maryland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 732 2,400 Grass

History

Haysfield Airport started operations in 1974.[1] The airport was founded by Alfred Bassler. Bassler's father owned a large strategic parcel and airfield where Howard Research Associates intended to build the development of Columbia, Maryland. Bassler exchanged land to avoid capital gains for a 504-acre Hayland farm in nearby Clarksville, Maryland where he established Haysfield Airport and a tree nursery.[2] At its peak the airfield hosted 50 aircraft onsite. The airfield faced regular zoning battles throughout its history.[3][4] There were efforts to convert the airport to public use, but the NSA and Maryland Aviation Administration opposed the plan.[5]

After the September 11th attacks, a series of highly restrictive airspace changes now called the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area overlapped the field slowing business.[6] In 2013, the airfield was closed by the Bassler family corporation in a 5 to 3 vote in order to create the 159 unit Walnut Creek housing development.[7]

See also

• Glenair Airport

References

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