Imeson Airport

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Imeson Airport was Jacksonville, Florida’s former primary commercial airport before being supplanted by Jacksonville International Airport.

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instanceOf airport
defunct airport
cityServedUntil Jacksonville, Florida
closed 1970s
closureReason Jacksonville International Airport
surface form: supplanted by Jacksonville International Airport
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentSiteName Imeson International Industrial Park
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 40 feet
FAAIdentifier JAX
formerFunction public-use airport
formerName Jacksonville International Airport
surface form: Jacksonville Municipal Airport
formerRunwaySurface asphalt
concrete
hasCategory Buildings and structures in Jacksonville, Florida
Defunct airports in Florida
Transportation buildings and structures in Duval County, Florida
hasHeritage early 20th-century municipal airport development in the U.S.
historicalSignificance served as Jacksonville’s main airport for several decades
IATACode JAX
ICAOCode KJAX
infrastructureType civil-military airfield
locatedIn Duval County, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
locatedInRegion Northeast Florida
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear St. Johns River
namedAfter Thomas Cole Imeson
notableFor transition of Jacksonville’s commercial air service to a new site
opened 1927
operator Jacksonville, Florida
surface form: City of Jacksonville
partOf transportation in Jacksonville, Florida
postClosureUse business park
industrial park
regionServed Northeast Florida
surface form: North Florida
replacedBy Jacksonville International Airport
role primary commercial airport for Jacksonville before Jacksonville International Airport
servedAirlines multiple U.S. domestic airlines
serves Jacksonville metropolitan area
status closed
successorFacility Jacksonville International Airport
use commercial aviation
military aviation
usedBy United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
usedDuring World War II

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