12 SL-O Granger DOCILF

Location / Airway

Location / Name

WYOMING:  Sweetwater County

12 SL-O Granger, Department of Commerce Intermediate Landing Field, site No. 12 on the Salt Lake City-Omaha Airway

GPS: 41.598768, -109.982662

Transcontinental Airway

Route established September 8, 1920

Pilots Log February 21, 1921

Between Salt Lake and Cheyenne

CHE + 282. Granger, Wyo. — 16 miles north of the course on the Union Pacific where the Oregon Short Line joins the Union Pacific from the north.

Night Airmail

Flights started on July 1, 1924

Contract Air Mail

CAM #18 San Francisco CA-Chicago IL
Salt Lake City-Omaha Airway
Salt Lake-Rock Springs section

Operator

Boeing Air Transport awarded CAM #18 on January 28, 1927

Observations and Notes

April 10, 2018

Jeff Stein reported that he had located the arrow at someone's private residence. Please do not trespass.

Links

Pilot's Directions, February 21, 1921, No. 282.    

Granger.-16 miles north of the course on the Union Pacific where the Oregon Short Line joins the Union Pacific from the north.           

Airway Bulletin  No. 795 , October 22, 1929

Location of 12 SL-O Granger DOCILF Plotted to Google Earth. White star is the location of the arrow in 2018. Yellow thumbtack is the Latitude and Longitude given in Airway Bulletin No. 795 in 1929.     

    

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, p.167, September 1, 1931

Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Salt Lake-Omaha Airway. One-half mile N. at intersection of highway and railroad, Altitude, 6,300 feet. Triangular, 147 acres. 3,500 feet NW./SE., 2,400 feet N./S., 3,478 feet E./W., gravel, level, natural drainage; entire field available. Directional arrow marked 12 SL-O. Pole line 300 feet W. gravel pit to S., tower on hill to SW. Beacon and boundary lights. Beacon, 24-Inch rotating, with green course lights flashing characteristic "2" (. . —). Aviation fuel, day and night. Teletype.

Airway Bulletin No. 181, September 1, 1932

Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Salt Lake-Omaha Airway. One-half mile N. at intersection of highway and railroad. Altitude, 6,300 feet. Triangular, 147 acres, 3,535 feet NW./SE., 3,045 feet N./S., and 3,400 feet E./W., gravel, level, natural drainage; entire field available. Directional arrow marked "12 SL-O." Pole line 300 feet W., gravel pit to S., beacon tower on hill to SW. Beacon, boundary, and approach lights. Beacon, 24-inch rotating, with green course lights flashing characteristic "2" (. . ), on knoll immediately W. Aviation fuel, day and night. Teletypewriter. Department of Commerce marker beacon, characteristic signal "S" (. . .), operating frequencies 290, 260, and 278 kc.

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