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** [[Continental Connection]] operated by [[Colgan Air]] (Houston-Intercontinental)
** [[Continental Connection]] operated by [[Colgan Air]] (Houston-Intercontinental)
** [[Continental Express]] operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] (Houston-Intercontinental)
** [[Continental Express]] operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] (Houston-Intercontinental)

== History ==
The airport was opened in May 1940 as '''Bryan Airport'''. During [[World War II]] it was used by the [[United States Army Air Forces]] as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and returned to the local government for civil use.

== See Also ==
* [[Texas World War II Army Airfields]]


== References ==
== References ==
*[http://www.tamu.edu/easterwoodairport/ Easterwood Airport] (official site)
*[http://www.tamu.edu/easterwoodairport/ Easterwood Airport] (official site)
*{{FAA-airport|ID=CLL|use=PU|own=PU|site=23635.*A}}
*{{FAA-airport|ID=CLL|use=PU|own=PU|site=23635.*A}}
* Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 15:44, 10 January 2008

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Easterwood Airport (IATA: CLL, ICAO: KCLL, FAA LID: CLL), also known as Easterwood Field, is the regional airport for Texas A&M University, Bryan-College Station and Brazos County, Texas, USA. The airport is owned by Texas A&M University. Easily accessible from Highway 60 West, it is located three miles southwest of College Station and 0.25 miles from Texas A&M University.

The airport is equipped with two 5,150 foot runways, one 7,000 foot paved, all weather runway, an approach lighting system, an FAA control tower, FAA radio communication and an OmniRange-ILS Navigation Aid.

The William A. McKenzie Terminal at Easterwood Airport provides commuter flights to major cities in Texas. Rental car agencies and a restaurant are located inside the terminal.

The airport's namesake, Jesse L. Easterwood, was a former A&M graduate and Naval aviator who died in 1919 in an airplane accident in the Panama Canal Zone.

Airlines and destinations

History

The airport was opened in May 1940 as Bryan Airport. During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and returned to the local government for civil use.

See Also

References

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