Low Flight Strip
Low Flight Strip | |
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Tooele County, near Low, Utah | |
Coordinates | 40°47′23″N 113°11′51″W / 40.78972°N 113.19750°W |
Type | AAF Emergency Landing Airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942–1945 |
Low Flight Strip is an abandoned military airfield located approximately 13 miles (21 km) west of the ghost town of Low, Utah.
History
This was one of the many Flight Strips which were built by the USAAF during
The Low Flight Strip constructed in 1943 by Second Air Force. The strip consisted of a 7,130 foot paved runway, with a total graded length of 9,130 feet, consisting of single north–south runway, which was built on top of a dirt road which led north from US Highway 40.
The paved runway surface had apparently been extended at some point after the runway's initial construction, as the length of the runway pavement is 9,300 feet in aerial imagery of the site. There is also what appears to be a small square paved ramp area along the west side of the northern end of the runway; however there are no buildings at the site.
It was used by the United States Air Force as an auxiliary field for the
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.