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Some 68 homespun airfields popped up over San Diego County in 100 years. Aviation run amuck! One of these general aviation airfields ran along what is today, Clairemont Drive between Iroquois and Rappahannock avenues. Land was graded in 1948 for a 2,700-foot runway and parallel taxiway.
San Diego Airpark was short-lived when Burgener and Tavares fetched the property in 1951, and later sold three acres to the Methodist Conference. Arise, St. Mark’s!
A row of airport structures was used by the church but removed long before the cornerstone to the mighty sanctuary was laid in 1962. Come and enjoy pictures and narrative of two airports commemorating Clairemont's 75th anniversary.
Author Bio:
Karen Scanlon is a freelance writer, educator, and historian who writes extensively on the maritime history of San Diego. In other directions are her published works in children's curriculum, and stories about people you'd want to know. Karen and twin sister Kim volunteer at Cabrillo National Monument tending the lens and lantern of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse. The two co-authored the book, Lighthouses of San Diego. Karen is the proud recipient of The Martha Washington Medal awarded by Sons of the American Revolution for her work on the 1905 naval disaster aboard USS Bennington in San Diego Harbor.