Davis Airport is one of the many forgotten airports of San Antonio, Texas which history that has been long forgotten. Not much is known about this airport or its history. Not much else can be found out about this airport online or offline. Much of its history remains forgotten and unknown.
Davis Airport was built in 1936 where the modern day Crown Hill Park neighborhood is located today across Jones Maltsberger Rd. The City of San Antonio owned the airport as it was a public airport nearly 2 miles adjacent to San Antonio International Airport. Davis Airport began life as small air field entitled Davis Air Field aka Davis Airfield.
Its runways were a small sod field built on rolling hills. The rolling hills accommodated the lower altitude. Davis Airport was considered to be out in the country by Bexar County residents. It was located north of San Antonio on I 410 (Harry Wurzbach Highway). (Ref: http://members.eaavintage.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/VA-Vol-25-No-2-Feb-1997.pdf)
Davis Airport served as an auxiliary airport for San Antonio International Airport. Sometimes airport traffic from San Antonio International Airport was diverted to Davis Airport.
By the mid-1940s, the air field grew and expanded their runways to become an airport. So Davis Airfield was renamed to Davis Airport. By the mid-to-late 1940s, The Texas Almanac listed Davis Airport in their list of airports in San Antonio. (Ref: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117136/m1/306/, Texas Almanac 1947-1948 Edition)
An article from the San Antonio Express Newspaper dating back to 1951 has the phone number for Davis Airport listed as T-1451. (Ref: https://newspaperarchive.com/san-antonio-express-jul-29-1951-p-37/)
1960 is when the City of San Antonio closed Davis Airport down and operations were merged with San Antonio International Airport. The airport was closed down to meet demands for accommodating a growing population. Construction for the Crown Hill Park neighborhood began in 1961. Construction for the Crown Hill Park neighborhood was near completion by 1963. Only one airplane hangar remained in 1963. This airplane hangar was located south where McCulloch Avenue is today.
The airplane hangar located south of the runway near I 410 was converted into a supermarket and later a store in 1964. In 1966, the building moved further north of the Loop 410 (I 410). The building was demolished sometime in the 1980s. Today no trace of Davis Airport remains.
Davis Airport was located on Jones Maltsberger Road, San Antonio, Texas, US 78247.
*Loop 410 is I 410.
*The south airplane hangar was located 20 feet near I 410.
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