Evergreen Field

45°37′12″N 122°31′39″W

Evergreen Field (closed 2006)
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 59S
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Olson Family Trust
Location	Vancouver, Washington
Elevation AMSL	312 ft / 95 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10L/28R 2,155 657 Asphalt 10R/28L 2,000 610 Turf
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

A remaining artifact of Evergreen Airfield in Vancouver, Washington. The orange cone served as a visual aid to pilots warning of power lines within the flight approach of the runway at Evergreen. Usually mounted in pairs, the other cone has apparently fallen off the wire. Located about 75 meters east of SE Park Crest Ave. on the south side of Mill Plain Blvd.

Evergreen Field (FAA LID: 59S), also known as Evergreen Airport, was a public-use airport located five miles (8.0 km) east of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.[1] It was located northeast of the intersection of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard & Southeast 136th Avenue.[2]

The airport was established in August 1944 after Roy C. Sugg was granted a permit by the Clark County planning commission for an airport on Mill Plain Road "seven miles east of Vancouver". Sugg sold the airport to Wally Olson in 1945.[3]

Since 1964 it was home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club (NWAAC) and the Evergreen Fly-In. A residential airpark was established adjacent to the airport in April 1968.[3] In 1997, a four-year legal battle ended allowing the Evergreen North-South Airpark to continue operation after Evergreen's closure.[4] After Olson's death in July 1997, his family continued to operate the airport until closing it in July 2006.[3][5][6]

The open field where Evergreen Field was located.

The property was reportedly being sold for $15 million to a developer, but the $215 million redevelopment deal fell through in 2007.[7][8]

Facilities

Evergreen Field covered an area of 68 acres (28 ha) which contained two runways: 10L/28R with an asphalt pavement measuring 2,155 ft × 40 ft (657 m × 12 m) and 10R/28L with a turf surface measuring 2,000 ft × 100 ft (610 m × 30 m).[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 59S PDF, effective June 8, 2006.
2. Evergreen Field at Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
3. Ryll, Thomas (July 16, 2006). "Final flight". The Columbian. p. A6. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Ryll, Thomas (October 3, 1997). "Court sides with pilots who live near Evergreen Airport". The Columbian. p. B6. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Was this the last antique fly-in for Evergreen Field?". General Aviation News. August 27, 2001. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
6. "After 60 Years, Vancouver's Evergreen Field Shuts Down". Aero-News Network, Inc. July 4, 2006.
7. Shelly Strom (December 17, 2004). "Mixed-use project planned at Evergreen Airport". Portland Business Journal.
8. "Developer scraps $215 million project for former Evergreen Airport". Washington Real Estate. July 28, 2007.

External links

• Wally Olson/Evergreen Airpark - photos and remembrances