{"id":116,"date":"2018-05-17T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T17:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gra-gnv.com\/flygainesville.com\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2019-09-04T20:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T20:05:17","slug":"airport-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gra-gnv.com\/flygainesville.com\/airport-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-2 fusion-columns-total-4 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-clean-vertical content-left content-boxes-icon-on-top\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#1bbde6;--awb-hover-accent-color:#fbd035;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#fbd035;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-color2);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:52px;width:52px;line-height:31px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#ffffff;border-width:5px;background-color:#1bbde6;box-sizing:content-box;height:42px;width:42px;line-height:42px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:21px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-wrench fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:18px;--fontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">Initial Construction<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>In 1941, the Works Progress Administration completed the airport&#8217;s initial construction. Upon conclusion of the construction by the U.S. Engineer Department, the field was known as the Alachua Army Airfield and was used by the Army Air Corp and the Army Air Force.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-color2);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:52px;width:52px;line-height:31px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#ffffff;border-width:5px;background-color:#1bbde6;box-sizing:content-box;height:42px;width:42px;line-height:42px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:21px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-user-circle fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:18px;--fontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">John R. Alison<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>On March 2, 1942, the City Council established the name of the airfield as the John R. Alison Airport. John R. Alison was a local citizen and graduate of the University of Florida who served with valor and distinction in World War II. He was selected to serve as an observer in England and later served in Russia training Russian flyers. He received honorable decorations from both countries for his service and outstanding ability as a flyer. While serving with General Chennault&#8217;s Flying Tigers, he was further awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Under President Truman he served his country as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-color2);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:52px;width:52px;line-height:31px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#ffffff;border-width:5px;background-color:#1bbde6;box-sizing:content-box;height:42px;width:42px;line-height:42px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:21px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-university fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:18px;--fontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">Gainesville Municipal Airport<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>The airport was deeded to the city of Gainesville in 1948. At that time, the field was known as the John R. Alison Airport and also as the Gainesville Municipal Airport. The city operated, maintained, and improved the airport over the years as the Gainesville Municipal Airport.<br \/>\nIn order to recognize the role the airport carries in meeting the regional demands for aviation services, the airport was renamed the Gainesville Regional Airport in October 1977. The airline passenger terminal was dedicated to John R. Alison in 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-color2);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-4 col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:52px;width:52px;line-height:31px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#ffffff;border-width:5px;background-color:#1bbde6;box-sizing:content-box;height:42px;width:42px;line-height:42px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:21px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-plane fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:18px;--fontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\">Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>In 1986, the State Legislature passed a bill that established the Airport as the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority. The Airport Authority, which consists of nine board members, five selected by the City of Gainesville, three by the Governor and one by Alachua County, continues to oversee the Airport to date.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airport History - Gainesville Regional Airport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gra-gnv.com\/flygainesville.com\/airport-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airport History - 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