Fall River Municipal Airport was in

Fall River Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

built between 1946 and 1951. The airport closed on February 18, 1996. The

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deemed the airport unsafe due to a large

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next to the airport, causing many seagulls, which disrupted airport operations. Its

code was FLR. The site of the airport is now an industrial park.

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was discussed as a possible service provider to Fall River but it never happened. There was one attempt to have the city served by Mohawk Airlines but that failed too. The airport was built by The U.S. government as an "auxiliary" field associated with Quonset Naval Air Station and was once home to a few Massachusetts Air National Guard helicopters. From the early 1960s the city performed minimal maintenance. Runway lighting was marginally kept working by volunteer pilots who used the facility. There were attempts at revival but none achieved much success. In addition to the bird hazard from the landfill, numerous large apartment buildings were built nearby. Lack of security, including only rudimentary fencing, resulted in frequent vandalism to aircraft causing many owners to move to nearby New Bedford and Taunton (Massachusetts) airports.

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Airports in Bristol County, Massachusetts Defunct airports in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Fall River, Massachusetts 1951 establishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-airport-stub