While most were privately owned, the federal government established a flying field at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and a seaplane base on the Delaware River in Essington, Pennsylvania. Parks and racetracks served as the first landing areas for airplanes in Philadelphia, but by the late 1920s designated airfields dotted the city and surrounding region. It depended on the efforts of local political leaders, investments by the aviation companies, and state and federal aid. There was nothing assured or inevitable about this growth, however. ( Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries)Ĭommercial aviation grew dramatically in the United States in the twentieth century, and a number of airports in the Philadelphia area grew to become regional centers of the industry. Philadelphia, the Place that Loves You BackĮssay On June 26, 1945, spectators, public officials, and representatives from Trans World Airlines celebrated the opening of Northeast Philadelphia Airport, where commercial operations first resumed in the Philadelphia region near the end of World War II.
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