North Carolina World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in North Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Atlantic Ocean and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command). However the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical Service Command (ATSC); Air Transport Command (ATC) or Troop Carrier Command) commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles.

It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields. Many were converted into municipal airports, some were returned to agriculture and several were retained as United States Air Force installations and were front-line bases during the Cold War. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes.

Major Airfields
Troop Carrier Command
 * Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville
 * 92d Army Air Force Base Unit (I TCC)
 * Was: Pope Air Force Base
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Pope Field


 * Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, Maxton
 * 392d Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Glider training facility

Third Air Force
 * Morris Field, Charlotte
 * 30th Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Charlotte Douglas International Airport and
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Charlotte Air National Guard Base


 * Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro
 * 333d Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Roundel of the USAF.svg Seymour Johnson Air Force Base


 * Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington
 * 423d Army Air Force Base Unit
 * Now: Wilmington International Airport

Army Air Force Training Command AAF Southeast Training Center
 * Asheville-Hendersonville AAF, Hendersonville
 * Joint Use USAAF/Contract Flying School
 * Also used by United States Navy


 * Lindley Field/Greensboro-High Point MAP, Greensboro
 * Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy


 * Winston-Salem Airport, Winston-Salem
 * Joint Use Civil Airport/USAAF/United States Navy

Air Technical Service Command
 * Raleigh-Durham AAF, Raleigh