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1925- two men came to Bethel on “barnstorming” tours. One was William Turgeon, who kept his plane on a field near the Lincoln Cummings house, Vernon Street.
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1929-Carmen Onofrio was the first person in Bethel to own an airplane. He built one in Ray Crockett’s garage (lower Church Street).
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Construction began for the Bethel Air Base
Construction began for the BEthel Air Base -
Airfield Activated: it is also known as Bethel Air Base
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An undated aerial view looking west at Ft. Glenn AAF (from a February 20, 1943 USAAF Air Route Manual, courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
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Around 1947 Addiso Saunders and Harold Nutting owned a plane together, which they everntually sold.
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1950- USGS topo map (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted the original Bethel Airport location on the west side of the river (labeled “Landing Field”) as having 2 runways with 2 small buildings on the west side.
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From 1951-1953 there were no airplanes based at the Bethe lairport.
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The Bethel Airport Authority held its first meeting in December 10, 1995 with John Head appointed acting chairman
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On December 31 the closing was held and in mid January the Airport Industrial Park Committee was formed.
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At the Bethel Town Meeting of June 15, 2005 it was voted to reduce the number of Bethel Airport Authority Members from seven to five and a new board was appointed.
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A 8/13/05 aerial view no longer depicted any trace of the original Bethel Airport.
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For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2006, the airport had 4,520 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military
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August 23 2011 There are 12 aircraft based at Bethel Airport, nine are single engine and one is a multi engine craft;
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Era Alaska is planning to change their name to Ravn Alaska
