45°37′12″N 122°31′39″W / 45.62000°N 122.52750°W
Evergreen Field (closed 2006) | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Olson Family Trust | ||||||||||||||
Location | Vancouver, Washington | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 312 ft / 95 m | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Evergreen Field ( FAA LID: 59S), also known as Evergreen Airport, was a public-use airport located five miles (8.0 km) east of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. [1] It was located northeast of the intersection of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard & Southeast 136th Avenue. [2]
The airport was established in August 1944 after Roy C. Sugg was granted a permit by the Clark County planning commission for an airport on Mill Plain Road "seven miles east of Vancouver". Sugg sold the airport to Wally Olson in 1945. [3]
Since 1964 it was home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club (NWAAC) and the Evergreen Fly-In. A residential airpark was established adjacent to the airport in April 1968. [3] In 1997, a four-year legal battle ended allowing the Evergreen North-South Airpark to continue operation after Evergreen's closure. [4] After Olson's death in July 1997, his family continued to operate the airport until closing it in July 2006. [3] [5] [6]
The property was reportedly being sold for $15 million to a developer, but the $215 million redevelopment deal fell through in 2007. [7] [8]
Evergreen Field covered an area of 68 acres (28 ha) which contained two runways: 10L/28R with an asphalt pavement measuring 2,155 ft × 40 ft (657 m × 12 m) and 10R/28L with a turf surface measuring 2,000 ft × 100 ft (610 m × 30 m). [1]