College Park Airport

Wonderful little airport. I practiced VFR flights out of here and the only drawback (which isn't their fault) is that its a short runway and also, surrounded by a urban city, its hard to see from the air. For people needing to practice touch and go landings try a longer runway, such as Manassas Regional

The world's oldest continuously operating Airport

old airport with lots of history

My father flew a single engine airplane out of this tiny historic airport in College Park, Maryland for several years, so I developed no fear of flying.nnIt was fun to fly around the Washington, D.C. area and then land on a grass runway at America's oldest continuously operated airport.nnThere are no jets or paved runways here, and the facilities are mainly for small planes. There is an adjacent College Park Airport Museum.

It is the airport that is 'oldest continuously operated in the world'. Unfortunately it is not very busy since it is too close to DC. It has no running fly training school. Special clearance is required to take off or land. However, compare d to its historical value and importance, it is amazing that so few people know or has been to this place (even for peole who live here)!