The new airport had three asphalt runways, a three-story passenger terminal, a control tower, two hangars and a beacon, and was built at a cost of $1.2 million. Passenger service began in mid-July through American Airlines and Eastern Airlines, both of which operated Douglas DC-3s. It opened in June 1937 with much fanfare, including parades, an air show, and an aerial bombardment display by the 105th Aero Squadron, which was based at the field. Berry, the Tennessee administrator for the Works Progress Administration. The airport was dedicated on November 1, 1936, as Berry Field, named after Col. A 340-acre (1.4 km 2) plot along Dixie Parkway (now Murfreesboro Road) composed of four farms was selected, and construction began in 1936 as one of the first major Works Progress Administration projects in the area. īy 1935 the need for an airport larger and closer to the city than Sky Harbor Airport was realized and a citizens' committee was organized by Mayor Hilary Ewing Howse to choose a location. The first airlines to serve Nashville, American Airlines and Eastern Air Lines, flew out of Sky Harbor Airport in nearby Rutherford County. It was replaced by Blackwood Field in the Hermitage community, which operated between 19. Nashville's first airport was Hampton Field, which operated until 1921. Eastward view of Berry Field's original administration building

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