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Location / Airway

Location / Name

NEBRASKA:  Cheyenne County

First Location

Sidney Emergency Air Mail Field 1924-1932
AKA Site 51, Type D, Salt Lake-Omaha Airway; 51 SL-O Sidney Department of Commerce Intermediate Landing Field
1st GPS: 41.132431, -102.956828

50B SL-O Sidney 1932-1948
AKA Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 50B, Salt Lake-Omaha Airway.
2nd GPS: 41.139557, -103.036188

Sidney Municipal Airport 1948-present
AKA  Lloyd W. Carr Field
3rd GPS: 41.104040, -102.984392

Transcontinental Airway

Route established September 8, 1920

Pilots Log February 21, 1921

OMA + 360. Sidney. — The Union Pacific double track runs through here east and west, crossed at right angles by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad running north and south. Two miles west of Sidney the Union Pacific double track veers to the north, following the course of the Lodgepole Creek. The course, due west, lies from 4 to 6 miles south of the railroad and creek for the next 60 miles.

Night Airmail

Flights started on July 1, 1924

1926 Cheyenne-Chicago Night Flying Airway List

Contract Air Mail

CAM #18 San Francisco CA-Chicago IL
Route established July 1, 1927
Omaha-Chicago Airway
Boeing Air Transport awarded CAM #18 on January 28, 1927

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