Meadowlark Airport was a small general aviation airport in Southern California, United States, about a mile east of the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach. Meadowlark's IATA airport code was L16. The airport operated privately in the 1940s and operated publicly from the 1950s to 1989.

2017年8月29日 · Such is the case for historic Meadowlark Airport in Huntington Beach, a small general aviation strip about a mile east of the Pacific Ocean that, much to the dismay of “seat-of-the-pants fliers” everywhere in Southern California, closed its doors permanently in 1989.

Please join us as Chris Epting takes us on a journey through Meadowlark Airport. Chris is joined by G. Pat Macha Author and Aviation Historian and his son P...

Squeezed in among homes and businesses, Meadowlark Airport, much like the Golden Bear downtown, became a beloved touchstone over the years; a meeting place not just for pilots but also for locals who enjoyed watching the planes and eating at …

1989年9月1日 · The barnstorming days came to an end Thursday when the Huntington Beach airport, the last privately run field in Orange and Los Angeles counties, shut down after 44 years of operation to make...

2013年2月23日 · Squeezed in among homes and businesses, Meadowlark Airport, much like the Golden Bear downtown, became a beloved touchstone over the years; a meeting place not just for pilots but also for locals who enjoyed watching the planes and eating at …

Meadowlark Airport was a small general aviation airport in Southern California, United States, about a mile east of the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach. Meadowlark's IATA airport code was L16. The airport operated privately in the 1940s and operated publicly from the 1950s to 1989.

1989年8月4日 · After years of wrangling over safety issues among the city, nearby residents and pilots, the owners of Meadowlark Airport--Art and Dick Nerio--soon will shut it down to make way to build...

2020年9月10日 · “Some returned to Sunset-Seal and Huntington Beach and built an actual airport at 5141 Warner Avenue (part of the property that’s now known as Meadowlark Plaza, anchored by Ralph’s). They first called it, ‘East Long Beach Airport,’” according to City Historian Jerry Person of Huntington Beach.

Today, it is hard to believe that we are approaching the 20 year mark of the closing of Meadowlark airport. But interesting is that so many of us still keep in contact with each other mostly via email. A significant number of ex-Larkers have now passed on, and yet the memories remain vivid.