- Andrau Airpark
Infobox Airport
name = Andrau Airpark
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IATA = AAP
ICAO = KAAP
type = General Aviation
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operator = Closed
city-served = Houston, Texas
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elevation-f = 80
elevation-m = 24.38
coordinates = Coord|29|43|00|N|95|35|00|W|type:airport
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r1-number = 91/34
r1-length-f = 4750
r1-length-m = 1447.8
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footnotes =Andrau Airpark Airport codes|AAP|KAAP was a public use airport located in the Alief section of
Houston ,Texas ,United States , formerly an unincorporated section of Harris County, from the late 1940s through1998 . The airport was southwest of the intersection of Old Westheimer road and Richmond Avenue. The airport closed in 1998 and as of 2008 is theRoyal Oaks Country Club subdivision.Airport History
The first known photo of the area is from 1953. [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_HoustonW.htm#andrau. Paul Freeman. Last accessed May 30, 2007.]
The airport served general aviation for west Houston, but a
Douglas DC-3 and an A-26C Invader are known to have landed there. The airport had two runways, the longest at 4,750 feet, and aseaplane landing and takeoffpond on the east end of the airpark.The airport was closed on
December 23 ,1998 when a Houston real estate firm paid Andrau Airpark Inc., the airport's owners, 53 million dollars for the land. [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3142292. Ralph Bivins, Houston Chronicle. May 30, 1999. Last accessed May 30, 2007.] The airport was quickly demolished and theRoyal Oaks Country Club subdivision and a golf course replaced the field.References
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* [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_HoustonW.htm#andrau Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Houston]
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