Uncovering the Rise and Fall of This Texas Airport

Driving down Amon Carter Blvd on the eastern tip of Fort Worth, Texas, feels like navigating any other part of the DFW Metroplex. From north to south, the road slices through an industrial park housing major companies like Amazon, NBC, Cintas, and Bank of America. But if you traveled this route 50 years ago, you would have been driving down Runway 17-a 9,000-foot runway that stretched over US Highway 183 (Airport Freeway) and into what is now DFW Airport.

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