Boston Metropolitan Airport

Boston Metropolitan Airport
Boston Metropolitan Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Operator	Private
Location	Canton, Massachusetts
Built	Unknown
In use	1930s-1956
Occupants	Private
Elevation AMSL	42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates	42°10′05″N 71°09′47″W / 42.168°N 71.163°W

Boston Metropolitan Airport was an airfield in Canton, Massachusetts, on the northeast side of Neponset St just southeast of the Neponset River. In the 1930s it had four gravel runways.^[1] The May 1956 sectional chart shows one 2100-ft turf runway; the airport isn't on the December 1956 chart.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Descriptions of airports and landing fields in the United States. Airway bulletin ;no. 2. United States Government Printing Office. 1938.
^ Search for "Boston aeronautical chart" at the Library of Congress site, loc.gov . The airport is in the 1953 Aviation Week airport directory; it's not in the 1954-55.
^ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwestern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

[1] Descriptions of airports and landing fields in the United States. Airway bulletin ;no. 2. United States Government Printing Office. 1938.

[2] Search for "Boston aeronautical chart" at the Library of Congress site, loc.gov . The airport is in the 1953 Aviation Week airport directory; it's not in the 1954-55.

[Freeman-3] "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwestern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

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Boston Metropolitan Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Operator	Private
Location	Canton, Massachusetts
Built	Unknown
In use	1930s-1956
Occupants	Private
Elevation AMSL	42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates	42°10′05″N 71°09′47″W / 42.168°N 71.163°W / 42.168; -71.163