Andrau Airpark
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Airport History
The first known photo of the area is from 1953.[1] The 700-acre (280 ha) tract of land that included the airport, which was one of the oldest private airfields in Greater Houston, was owned by descendants of the Andrau family.[2]
The airport served general aviation for west Houston, but a
Bee Line, a small commuter air carrier based in the Houston area, operated scheduled passenger flights on the weekends with small twin prop aircraft during the mid-1970s between the airport and Lakeway Airpark near Lake Travis in central Texas.[3]
The airport was closed on December 23, 1998, when a Houston real estate firm paid Andrau Airpark Inc., the airport's owners, 53 million dollars for the land.[4] The tract went under contract to the Camden Property Trust.[2] The airport was quickly demolished and the Royal Oaks Country Club subdivision and a golf course replaced the field.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Andrau Airpark, Alief, TX". Archived from the original on 2004-05-14. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ Houston Business Journal. Sunday December 27, 1998. Retrieved on March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Bee Line".
- ^ Bivins, Ralph. "How Camden got 100 west side acres for almost nothing." Houston Chronicle. Sunday May 30, 1999. Business 8. Retrieved on May 8, 2010.