Highrise Tower Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I was looking around old Houston airports and I discovered an unknown airfield named Minor Stewart Air Field. Does HAIF know anything about it? Where was it located? I bet that historical Texas airfield website would have it? They have everything! Here's a 1943 list of Houston airports - Cunningham Airport Houston Main Street Airport Houston Municipal Airport Minor Stewart Field Sam Houston Airport Skyport Airport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 The Freeman historic airfield site doesn't mention the Minor Stewart airfield, but it does appear on the Houston sectional he shows at the top of this page, East of the town of Almeda http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_HoustonS.htm The 1944 aerials don't show any sign of the airfield. The text stream from July 1934 Aero Digest has this paragraph Air Show Features Dedication THE NEW Minor Stewart Airport on Alemeda Road, Houston, Tex., was dedi- cated recently when an air show, under the supervision of Hugh Thomasson, at- tracted thousands of spectators to the new project. Included in the program was a num- ber of speed races, stunting and pre- cision contests. Not sure if this is related, but Minor Stewart was a co-founder of Stewart Title https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91264367/minor-stewart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 From the book Houston, a history and guide published in 1942. Minor Stewart Airport, 12 m. S. of city on Almeda Rd. (State 288), sightseeing trips and charter service, taxi $1.50. https://archive.org/stream/houstonahistory00writmiss/houstonahistory00writmiss_djvu.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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