Airports, airfields and the ground infrastructure that makes powered flight operationally possible: runways, terminals, control towers and the historic airfields where aviation itself was pioneered. Belongs here: any named airport or aviation ground facility of real historical or engineering significance. Does not belong here: the aircraft that use an airport, tracked as vehicle entities, or the airline that operates from it, tracked as a network entity.
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1. Wikipedia: College Park Airport
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College Park Airport was established in August 1909 by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first airplane.
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