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Desoto Air Park, Southaven, MS/Memphis, TN
This general aviation airport was evidently established at some point between 1961-62, as it was not yet depicted on a 1958 aerial photo nor on the January 1961 Chattanooga Sectional Chart. The earliest reference to DeSoto Airpark was its listing in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory. This airport had a single North/South runway of approximately 2,200’.A 1971 aerial photo depicted a total of 14 aircraft at De Soto Airpark, including a DC-3. A second building had been added on the southeast side at some point between 1963-71. De Soto Airpark may have been closed at some point between 1980-82, as it was no longer listed among active airfields in the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory.
Desoto Air Park, Southaven, MS/Memphis, TN
This general aviation airport was evidently established at some point between 1961-62, as it was not yet depicted on a 1958 aerial photo nor on the January 1961 Chattanooga Sectional Chart. The earliest reference to DeSoto Airpark was its listing in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory. This airport had a single North/South runway of approximately 2,200’.A 1971 aerial photo depicted a total of 14 aircraft at De Soto Airpark, including a DC-3. A second building had been added on the southeast side at some point between 1963-71. De Soto Airpark may have been closed at some point between 1980-82, as it was no longer listed among active airfields in the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory.