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Auburn in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Auburn Airport

 
 
Auburn Airport Marker image. Click for full size.
February 10, 2019
1. Auburn Airport Marker
Inscription. 1941-1952 built by the flying farmers: Leman Ingalls, Hugh Darrow, Ralph Bower, Frank Nugent. Offered lessons and charter flights
 
Erected 2016 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 288.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list.
 
Location. 42° 58.094′ N, 76° 36.178′ W. Marker is in Auburn, New York, in Cayuga County. It is at the intersection of North Division Street and Beech Tree Road on North Division Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Auburn NY 13021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Throop (approx. Ό mile away); Home of Gen. John S. Clark (approx. 1½ miles away); Cold Spring Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); North Street Cemetery (approx. 2½ miles away); Christopher Columbus (approx. 2.6 miles away); Water Power in the City of Auburn (approx. 2.7 miles away); Wasco (approx. 2.8 miles away); Old Stone House (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Auburn.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Throop Industry (was approx. 0.3
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miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Auburn Airport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rowan Hawkins, November 7, 2025
2. Auburn Airport Marker
Auburn Airport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rowan Hawkins, November 7, 2025
3. Auburn Airport Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on April 29, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York.   2, 3. submitted on November 18, 2025, by Rowan Hawkins of Upstate, Ny, Usa. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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