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class="label">Located near <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg/300px-R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="374" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg/450px-R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg/600px-R-g-afb-23mar1997.jpg 2x" data-file-width="771" data-file-height="961" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station just after its closure, 23 March 1997, showing the Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport shortly before its closure in 1999</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Missouri_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Richards-Gebaur AFS is located in Missouri"><img alt="Richards-Gebaur AFS is located in Missouri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/USA_Missouri_location_map.svg/300px-USA_Missouri_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/USA_Missouri_location_map.svg/450px-USA_Missouri_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/USA_Missouri_location_map.svg/600px-USA_Missouri_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="1282" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.117%;left:20.348%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Richards-Gebaur AFS"><img alt="Richards-Gebaur AFS" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/10px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/15px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/20px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div>Richards-Gebaur AFS</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&params=38_50_39_N_094_33_19_W_&title=Richards-Gebaur+AFB+DC-08%2FCC-06"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°50′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">094°33′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.84417°N 94.55528°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.84417; -94.55528</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Richards-Gebaur AFB DC-08/CC-06</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1941</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1941-1994</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rg-2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Rg-2005.jpg/220px-Rg-2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Rg-2005.jpg/330px-Rg-2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Rg-2005.jpg/440px-Rg-2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="856" data-file-height="732" /></a><figcaption>The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport</b> is a former airport that operated alongside <b>Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station</b> (also <b>Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station</b>) until the base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. Formerly, it was operated as <b>Grandview Airport</b> from 1941 until it was leased by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in 1944. In April 1957, the base was renamed in honor of Kansas City, Missouri-born aviators <a href="/wiki/John_Francisco_Richards_II" title="John Francisco Richards II">John Francisco Richards II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_William_Gebaur_Jr." title="Arthur William Gebaur Jr.">Arthur William Gebaur Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Freeman_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Kansas City built Grandview Airport (IATA code GVW) in 1941. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/I_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="I Troop Carrier Command">I Troop Carrier Command</a> built a facility on part of the airfield in 1944 which was used as a sub-base for Sedalia AAF (later <a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman Air Force Base</a>) for overflow traffic and training uses. The United States Navy also used the airport as an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Olathe" title="Naval Air Station Olathe">Naval Air Station Olathe</a>, Kansas where aviators were trained for carrier operations. The airport remained the property of Kansas City, Missouri.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="During_the_1950s">During the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: During the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> military buildup, Grandview Airport was leased by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> on 1 January 1952 and title was transferred to the Federal Government in November 1952. After some construction and upgrading of facilities, <b>Grandview Air Force Base</b> was opened on 1 October 1952, with the 4610th Air Base Squadron being the base operating unit (operating from <a href="/wiki/Fairfax_Field" title="Fairfax Field">Fairfax Field</a> in Kansas City, Kansas). No military personnel were assigned prior to 1954 while major construction took place on runways, taxiways, aprons and support facilities. </p><p>Beneficial occupancy of Grandview AFB began on 16 February 1954 when the <a href="/wiki/4676th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4676th Air Defense Group">4676th Air Defense Group</a> (ADG) was moved by Air Defense Command to the new base from Fairfax Field.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 4676th ADG's mission included the management of the station facilities, commanding the Air Base squadron, Material and Supply squadrons, Infirmary and other support units. Shortly afterwards, in March 1954 the first operational flying unit, the <a href="/wiki/326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a> (FIS), was activated and assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> was equipped with <a href="/wiki/F-86D_Sabre" class="mw-redirect" title="F-86D Sabre">F-86D Sabre</a> interceptors. The 326th FIS upgraded to the <a href="/wiki/F-102_Delta_Dagger" class="mw-redirect" title="F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102 Delta Dagger</a> in 1957, and inactivated on 2 January 1967. Also in March 1954, the ADC <a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Defense_Force" title="Central Air Defense Force">Central Air Defense Force</a> (CADF), a command and control organization established its headquarters at Grandview AFB, and the <a href="/wiki/20th_Air_Division" title="20th Air Division">20th Air Division</a> activated its headquarters on 8 October. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg/220px-326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg/330px-326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg/440px-326th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_F-102A-80-CO_Delta_Dagger_56-1444.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2370" data-file-height="1204" /></a><figcaption>326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-80-CO Delta Dagger 56-1444 about 1960</figcaption></figure> <p>Early in 1955, additional units were stationed at Grandview. The 326th FIS came under the command of the <a href="/wiki/328th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="328th Fighter Group">328th Fighter Group</a>, (later the <b>328th Fighter Wing</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which replaced the 4676th as host organization and controlled the interceptor squadrons at the base until inactivating in July 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/71st_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a> arrived January 1967 from Selfridge AFB, Michigan with the <a href="/wiki/F-106_Delta_Dart" class="mw-redirect" title="F-106 Delta Dart">F-106 Delta Dart</a>, also inactivating in July 1968. </p><p>After a <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Aviation Agency">Federal Aviation Agency</a> (FAA) memo in the early 1950s declared that the city's <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Downtown_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Downtown Airport">Kansas City Downtown Airport</a> was the most unsafe major airport in the country, the city government built terminals and runways. north of the city at the new Mid-Continent Airport, which opened in 1956 and was later renamed <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_International_Airport" title="Kansas City International Airport">Kansas City International Airport</a> (retaining its original aviation code MCI).<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airfield and other facilities at Richards-Gebaur were returned to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1985. </p><p>Between 1983 and 1997 the city of Kansas City lost $18 million operating Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport and in 1998, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> approved a plan to close the airport. In 2001 the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision to close the airport in a suit brought by Friends of Richards-Gebaur Airport of <a href="/wiki/Grandview,_Missouri" title="Grandview, Missouri">Grandview, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-airport_history">Post-airport history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-airport history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil">Civil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Civil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The former airport is now used as the International Freight Gateway (IFG) for <a href="/wiki/CPKC" class="mw-redirect" title="CPKC">CPKC</a> Rail to ship cargo to and from <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several businesses, in major agreement with the City of Kansas City and the State of Missouri, are removing the old runway and facilities and building a large truck-to-rail freight center, with above-ground and underground storage. The CenterPoint-Kansas City Southern Intermodal Center will cover 1,340 acres (5.4 km<sup>2</sup>) of rail and industrial space. Phase I of the project will include 4,500,000 square feet (420,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of covered industrial warehouses and distribution centers. Developer CenterPoint Properties of Chicago bought the property from the Port Authority of Kansas City, which still owns 100 acres (0.40 km<sup>2</sup>) and with Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Inc., will mine limestone and create underground storage spaces. Major transportation companies include Kansas City Southern railway and Schneider National, Inc., a truck line. Kansas City Southern's main line runs from the intermodal center at Richards-Gebaur all the way to a deep-sea Pacific port at <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1zaro_C%C3%A1rdenas,_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico">Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico</a>. The first phase is expected to cost $250M and when complete will be able to handle up to 250,000 <a href="/wiki/Shipping_container" title="Shipping container">shipping containers</a> per year.<sup id="cite_ref-Hubbard_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hubbard-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The former military buildings and flightline facilities at Richards-Gebaur are now essentially abandoned, left in a deteriorating state. Most of the former buildings, including the Officers' and NCOs' Clubs, the base hospital, theater, and commissary, the Wing Headquarters buildings, and some of the base housing have been demolished. Around 2010, the former alert hangars and pads were demolished, along with the east–west runway, to provide space for roadworks providing access to the intermodal facility and the new <a href="/wiki/National_Nuclear_Security_Administration" title="National Nuclear Security Administration">National Nuclear Security Administration</a> facility that was under construction to the north of the former base. </p><p>Many of the previous Air Defense Command structures remain intact, including the <a href="/wiki/Semi_Automatic_Ground_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi Automatic Ground Environment">SAGE</a> block-house, the control tower, and some hangars. Some buildings that had been used by the 442nd Civil Engineering Squadron buildings were reconstructed for civilian use, while others, including the base gymnasium, library, bowling alley, personnel office and law enforcement buildings, and some other offices and dorms that were acquired for use by the <a href="/wiki/Calvary_University" title="Calvary University">Calvary Bible College</a>. The base's original swimming pool has been filled in and is now an open field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richards-Gebaur_Memorial_Airport&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Freeman-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFreeman" class="citation web cs1">Freeman, Paul. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MO/Airfields_MO_NW.htm">"Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:Northwestern Missouri"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Abandoned_%26_Little-Known_Airfields" title="Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields">Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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