Leadville Municipal Airport

Leadville Army Airfield
Part of Army Air Force Training Command
Lake County, near Leadville, Colorado
1999 image of mobile home park (lower right) on the southeast of the airfield built on the end of an old runway (faintly discernible).
Site information
TypeArmy Airfield
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
(Third & Second Air Forces)
Location
Coordinates39°16′59.98″N 106°19′59.98″W / 39.2833278°N 106.3333278°W / 39.2833278; -106.3333278
Site history
Built1942
In use1943-1944

Leadville Municipal Airport (Leadville Army Airfield c.Aug 1943-5) was a Colorado World War II Army Airfield "adjacent to Highway No. 24" and named for Leadville, Colorado, 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast.