The terminal was at 83rd and Cicero. The airport was between Cicero & Pulaski and 79th and 87th Streets. It is now the Scottsdale Neighborhood of Chicago.
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| Glenn Ragaishis posted Ashburn Airfield was located just east of Cicero Ave at 83rd Street and was Chicago’s first airfield. Estimated date of photos is 1920. Today, the neighborhood of Scottsdale occupies the site. Bill Price posted Ashburn Airfield opened in 1916 at 83rd St. just east of Cicero Ave. on the southwest side of Chicago. This view is looking north. Considered Chicago’s first airport, it was supplanted by Municipal Airport (Midway). Early aviator Charles Lindbergh used the airfield as well as early US Mail operations and pilot training for WW1. |
"Ten miles southwest of the loop, Ashburn was home to Chicago’s first airport. Ashburn Flying Field opened in 1916 in what was then a rural area. It served as a training camp for the U.S. Army’s Signal Corps during World War I. Ashburn Flying Field closed in 1939." [wttw]
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| 1938 Berwyn, 1929 Englewood and 1929 Blue Island Quads @ 24,000 |
It looks like it actually used just a small part of that land close to Cicero and 83rd.
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| 2:57 video @ 0:09 Chicago's First Airport - The one before Midway |
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