Lee Airport
Lee Airport is one of the 35 surviving community airports in Maryland [1].
History
Lee Airport was built on 79 acres of an unprofitable tobacco field in 1939 [1]. The Parlett family leased the airport from 1956 to 2000 [1].
Florence Parlett was a major force behind the development of Lee Airport. She served as the manager of Lee Airport for 40 years, from 1957 until her death in 1997 [2]. Lee Airport was a small grass strip when she became the manager, and during her tenure, she expanded it into a small general aviation airport [2]. She began the Annapolis Flying Service in 1957 [2]. She also helped found the Civil Air Patrol squadron based at Lee Airport [2]. She earned her pilot’s license at age 42 [2]. Among her honors were: The Civil Air Patrol Award, the FAA Aviation Pioneer Certificate, the county police award, the Maryland Aviation Administration Citation, and the Maryland Aviation Pioneer Award [2]. She was included in the Smithsonian Institution book and traveling exhibit “Women in Flight” [2]. She died on March 8, 1997, at the age of 91 [2].
Today, it is managed by Van Lee, of the Lee family [1].
Location
Lee Airport is located 5 miles south of Annapolis, on Beards Creek in Edgewater, MD [3]. It has one 2,505 foot-long runway [3]. It is an uncontrolled airport without a tower. Its Airport Identifier is ANP [3]. Coordinates of the area are 38°56′34″N 076°34′06″W [3].
Activities
Lee Airport is home to the Navy Annapolis Flight Center [4], the Colonel Mary S. Feik Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. [5], and civil aviation [1].
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dress, Brad. “Lee Airport Flies On.” Bay Weekly, https://bayweekly.com/lee-airport-flies-on/. Accessed 12 July 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Maryland Aviation Administration. “Maryland Airport Directory 2021-2022.” Maryland Aviation Administration, https://marylandregionalaviation.aero/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Airport%20Directory%202020-21.pdf. January 2019.
- ↑ Navy Annapolis Flight Center. “Welcome.” NAFC Online, http://nafcflying.org. Accessed 12 July 2022.
- ↑ “Colonel Mary S. Feik Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol.” Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/feiksquadron/about/?ref=page_internal. Accessed 12 July 2022.