Providence Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Seekonk, Massachusetts.[1]
History
On July 21, 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh visited Quonset, Rhode Island as the first stop on his national tour after his famous transatlantic flight.[2] Lindbergh, a hugely popular figure, stressed the importance of building an airport to serve the Providence area.[2]
In 1928, the Providence Airport Corporation was formed to build the city's first airport.[2] World War I flying hero Clifton Badlam Thompson was chosen as the chief pilot, but Thompson died in an air crash before the airport was complete.[2]
The field, located in Seekonk at Route 6 and what is now Industrial Way, featured two crossed, unpaved runways.[2] Later, a single hangar was built, with the name “Providence Airport” painted on the roof.[2]
Providence Airport was closed sometime between 1951 and 1954.[1] At some point between 1963 and 1995 the land was built over as an industrial park, and no trace of the airport remained.[1]
