One would naturally think that Kitty Hawk - the place from where the Wright Brothers took off an aircraft for the first time - houses the oldest airport in the world. However, according to Deborah Douglas , a historian and curator of Science and Technology at the MIT Museum, the First Flight Airport wouldn't technically count as the oldest airport in the world, as it doesn't " get airplanes in and out of the sky safely, and it has to transfer people and goods from one mode of transportation to another ". In light of such a revelation, one might wonder which airports in the US are the oldest in the nation? Let's look at five of the oldest airports in this nation with the highest number of airports in the world.
5 Long Beach Airport The oldest municipal airport in California According to BBC , Long Beach ranks among the ten most beautiful airports in the world as it has " Bogart-Bacall-era Hollywood charm...
you walk through tree-lined pavilions, open to the California sky. " The airport's history stretches more than a hundred years, as the City of Long Beach reports that: " With the sand offering a soft landing for air balloons as early as 1905, the city's seven miles of beach initially served as Long Beach's "airport." From about 1910 to 1919, fabric-covered biplanes performed landings and takeoffs at low tides amidst the ocean spray.
" The airport was formally established in 1923. Some of the most famous aviators of years gone by also made flights to Long Beach Airport: Calbr.
