Phillips Army Airfield is 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 surface ...
located at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, in
Harford County
Harford County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...
,
Maryland
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,
United States
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.
This
U.S. Army airfield has one
asphalt
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paved
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
: 4/22 is 7,997 by 200 feet (2,437 x 61 m) in service and two runways, 8/26 is 4,849 by 149 feet (1,478 x 45 m) and 17/35 is 5,004 by 149 feet (1,525 x 45 m), no longer in service.
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Airports in Maryland
United States Army airfields
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Maryland
Transportation buildings and structures in Harford County, Maryland
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