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Short‑lived York airport hosted scheduled flights, a Goodyear blimp and Amelia Earhart, history night says
Summary
Presenter Stephen H. Smith recounted the brief commercial life of an early York airport (1930–1937), including scheduled flights to Philadelphia and New York, a Goodyear blimp visit, tests of an air‑mail pickup device and a November 1933 visit by Amelia Earhart.
Stephen H. Smith, chairman of the Springettsbury Township Historic Preservation Committee, summarized the history of the short‑lived York commercial airport and how its closure opened land for the later Fayfield housing development.
Smith said the York airport grew from an initial 40‑acre leased airfield into a larger commercial operation (roughly 157 acres after purchases) with scheduled passenger service beginning Oct. 15, 1930. Service included daily…
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