Morris Army Airfield was a military
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
located at
Fort Gillem
Fort Gillem was a United States Army Post located in Forest Park, Georgia, on the southeast edge of Atlanta in Clayton County. Founded in 1941, it was a satellite installation of nearby Fort McPherson. The base housed different supply and support ...
, within the city of
Forest Park in
Clayton County Clayton County is the name of two counties in the United States:
* Clayton County, Georgia in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area
* Clayton County, Iowa
It was also the former name of Clay County, Arkansas
Clay County is a county located in the U.S. ...
,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
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* Related to the ...
, southwest of the city of
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...
, just east of the
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport , also known as Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, Hartsfield–Jackson and, formerly, as the Atlanta Municipal Airport, is the primary internatio ...
.
See also
*
Fort Gillem
Fort Gillem was a United States Army Post located in Forest Park, Georgia, on the southeast edge of Atlanta in Clayton County. Founded in 1941, it was a satellite installation of nearby Fort McPherson. The base housed different supply and support ...
*
Fort McPherson
References
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External links
Forrest Park/Fort Gillem redevelopment programand it
master plan (schema)(forestparkga.org)
(GlobalSecurity.org)
Information about Fort Gillem(FAA)
Information about Fort Gillem(AirNav)
Information about Fort Gillem(SkyVector)
United States Army airfields
Defunct airports in Georgia (U.S. state)
Airports in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Georgia (U.S. state)