1925- two men came to Bethel on “barnstorming” tours. One was William Turgeon, who kept his plane on a field near the Lincoln Cummings house, Vernon Street.
1929-Carmen Onofrio was the first person in Bethel to own an airplane. He built one in Ray Crockett’s garage (lower Church Street).
Construction began for the Bethel Air Base
Construction began for the BEthel Air Base
Airfield Activated: it is also known as Bethel Air Base
An undated aerial view looking west at Ft. Glenn AAF (from a February 20, 1943 USAAF Air Route Manual, courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
Around 1947 Addiso Saunders and Harold Nutting owned a plane together, which they everntually sold.
1950- USGS topo map (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted the original Bethel Airport location on the west side of the river (labeled “Landing Field”) as having 2 runways with 2 small buildings on the west side.
From 1951-1953 there were no airplanes based at the Bethe lairport.
The Bethel Airport Authority held its first meeting in December 10, 1995 with John Head appointed acting chairman
On December 31 the closing was held and in mid January the Airport Industrial Park Committee was formed.
At the Bethel Town Meeting of June 15, 2005 it was voted to reduce the number of Bethel Airport Authority Members from seven to five and a new board was appointed.
A 8/13/05 aerial view no longer depicted any trace of the original Bethel Airport.
For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2006, the airport had 4,520 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military
August 23 2011 There are 12 aircraft based at Bethel Airport, nine are single engine and one is a multi engine craft;
Era Alaska is planning to change their name to Ravn Alaska
