Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport

Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station
 
Part of Air Defense Command
Air Force Communications Service
Air Force Reserve
Located near Kansas City, Missouri
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station just after its closure, 23 March 1997, showing the Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport shortly before its closure in 1999
Site information
Controlled by United States Air Force
Location
Richards-Gebaur AFS
Coordinates38°50′39″N 094°33′19″W / 38.84417°N 94.55528°W / 38.84417; -94.55528 (Richards-Gebaur AFB DC-08/CC-06)
Site history
Built1941
In use1941-1994

Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport located about 20 miles south of Kansas City, Missouri, that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station) until the base was scheduled for closure in 1994 until and was actually closed in 1999. Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by the United States Army in 1944. In April 1957, the base was renamed in honor of Kansas City, Missouri-born aviators John Francisco Richards II and Arthur William Gebaur Jr.

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