Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States

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airfield historical site

Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, is a historic airfield best known as the site from which Charles Lindbergh began his pioneering solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Roosevelt Field 7
Curtiss Field 1
Roosevelt Field airfield 1
Roosevelt Field, Long Island 1
Roosevelt Field, New York 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airfield ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
associatedWithEvent first solo nonstop transatlantic flight ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
Quentin Roosevelt ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
category defunct airports in New York ⓘ
historic aviation sites in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentLandUse shopping mall ⓘ
currentNameOfSite Roosevelt Field Mall ⓘ
departureAircraft The Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
surface form: Spirit of St. Louis
departureDateOfLindberghFlight 1927-05-20 ⓘ
departurePilot Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
destinationCityOfLindberghFlight Paris ⓘ
destinationOfLindberghFlight Le Bourget Field ⓘ
eraOfGreatestActivity 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
hasHeritage aviation history of Long Island ⓘ
hasRunways dirt runways ⓘ
grass runways ⓘ
historicalSignificance early aviation development in the United States ⓘ
site of pioneering long-distance flights ⓘ
locatedIn Long Island ⓘ
Nassau County, New York ⓘ
New York ⓘ
namedAfter Quentin Roosevelt ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
near Uniondale, New York ⓘ
surface form: East Garden City, New York

Uniondale, New York ⓘ
surface form: Garden City, New York
notableEvent Charles Lindbergh’s solo nonstop transatlantic flight departure ⓘ
notableFlight The Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
surface form: Spirit of St. Louis transatlantic flight
operatedDuring World War I era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
partOf Mitchel Field complex ⓘ
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
region Hempstead Plains ⓘ
replacedBy Roosevelt Field Mall ⓘ
status defunct airfield ⓘ
usedFor airmail service ⓘ
civil aviation ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
record-setting flights ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hempstead Plains → associatedWith → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field
Hempstead Plains → associatedWith → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curtiss Field
Roosevelt Field Mall → builtOnSiteOf → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field airfield
N-X-211 → departureAirport → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field
Ryan NYP → departureAirport → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis → departureAirport → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field, Long Island
Ryan NYP monoplane → departureAirport → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field, New York
Spirit of St. Louis → departureAirport → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field
Mitchel Field complex → locatedNear → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field
Roosevelt Field Mall → namedAfter → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field
Charles Lindbergh → placeOfDeparture → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
Orteig Prize → winningDepartureAirport → Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roosevelt Field