Grants-Milan Flight Service Station

The Grants-Milan Flight Service Station, at 1116 N. Dale Carnutte Rd. in Grants, New Mexico, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[2]

Grants-Milan Flight Service Station
Grants-Milan Flight Service Station is located in New Mexico
Grants-Milan Flight Service Station
Location1116 N. Dale Carnutte Rd., Grants, New Mexico
Coordinates35°09′59″N 107°53′51″W / 35.16639°N 107.89750°W / 35.16639; -107.89750
Built byCharley Diaz
MPSRoute 66 through New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.15000492[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 2015

It was then part of the Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum, which honors early aviation pioneers who flew the Los Angeles-to-Amarillo segment of the Midcontinental Airway.[2]

It is a flight service station that was built in 1953 to serve the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport.

Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum

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The Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum is a small aviation museum located at the Grants-Milan airport (KGNT) in Grants, New Mexico. It was dedicated on June 9, 2012.[3]

It commemorates the Los Angeles to Amarillo segment of the Transcontinental Air Transport, an early air mail provider. It consists of two 1929 structures: a 55-foot beacon tower and a small building with a generator. It also has a concrete arrow which helped aviators find the correct direction to continue in.[4][2]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Weekly List". National Park Service. October 6, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Grants / Milan airport building added to National Register". Route66News.Com. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  3. ^ Boyett, Rosanne (June 12, 2012). "More than eight decades of history". Cibola County Beacon. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "What are these Giant Concrete Arrows across the American Landscape". 18 July 2013. core 77. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
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