Tallassee Airport

Tallassee Airport Reeves Airport Griel Army Auxiliary Airfield #1
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Tallassee, Alabama
Coordinates	32°28′55″N 085°53′07″W / 32.48194°N 85.88528°W / 32.48194; -85.88528
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Location of Tallassee Airport

Tallassee Airport is closed airport located 4 miles south of Tallassee, Alabama.

History

The airport was built about 1941 as one of two satellite airfields to the Army pilot school at Tuskegee Army Airfield. It was designated Griel Army Auxiliary Airfield #1 and was named after the original landowner. Griel Field was not yet built when its parent field (Tuskegee AAF) commenced training operations The field was said to not have any hangars and was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery.

After the war the airfield reverted to private ownership and became Tallassee Airport. Not much is known about the airport, and was closed sometime during the 1970s.

Today, the airfield appears to be part of a light industrial estate, the remains of the runway are clearly visible in aerial photography.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Tallassee Airport, Tallassee, AL

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Airports in Alabama

Primary	Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Dothan Regional Huntsville Intl Mobile Regional Montgomery Regional–Dannelly

Non-primary	Northwest Alabama

Reliever	Bessemer St. Clair County

General	Abbeville Albertville–Brumlik Anniston Arthur Ashland–Lineville Atmore Auburn University–Pitts Bay Minette Bibb County Blackwell Brewton Butler–Choctaw County Callahan Camden Centre Municipal Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Chilton County–Gragg/Wade Clayton Courtland Cullman–Folsom Dauphin Island Demopolis–Sawyer Downer Gulf Shores-Jack Edwards Enterprise Florala Foley Folsom Franklin Geneva Greensboro Grove Hill Guntersville–Starnes Hartselle–Morgan County Headland Isbell Jackson Lanett Mac Crenshaw Madison County–Sharp Marion County–Fite Middleton Mobile–Brookley Mobile–Downtown Monroe County Moton Field North Pickens Northeast Alabama Posey Prattville–Grouby Pryor Field Roanoke Robbins Russell Russellville–Pugh St. Elmo Scottsboro–Word Shelby County South Alabama–Benton Sylacauga Talladega Tuscaloosa Vaiden Walker–Bevill Weedon Wetumpka

Public use	Addison Ardmore Double Springs–Winston County Eutaw Fish River Fort Deposit–Lowndes County Hazel Green Hubbard Landing Jones Lamar County Logan–Samson McMinn Moontown Moundville Pine Hill Ray Reeves Reynolds–North Mobile County Sikes Skyharbor Stevenson Wilcox

Private use	Sharpe

Military	NOLF Barin Birmingham ANGB Fort Rucker Cairns AAF Hanchey AHP Lowe AHP Maxwell–Gunter AFB Gunter Annex CGATC Mobile Montgomery ANGB Redstone Arsenal Redstone AAF St. Elmo AAF NOLF Summerdale

Defunct	Anderson AF Anniston AFB Bates AAF Birmingham AAB/AAF Brookley AFB (Brookely AAF) Brundidge Courtland AAF Craig AFB Anniston AFB Craig AAF Selfield AAF Danelly (Gunter AAF #6) Decatur Field Demopolis AAF Dothan Municipal (Napier AAF #2) Fort McClellan AAF Henderson Moton Field (old) Napier AAF Selma–Selfield Tallassee–Reeves (Griel AAF #1) Taylor (Gunter AAF #5) Troy AAF Tuskegee AAF Van De Graaff

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Tallassee Airport

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