Index Map: Station N.A.S. Sanford, Florida

Index Map: Station N.A.S. Sanford, Florida

NAS Sanford Map

Sanford (Fla.)

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Naval air stations

United States. Navy

Index map of the Naval Air Station in Sanford, Florida. The air station was commissioned on November 3, 1942, as a naval aviation training facility during World War II. The Navy continued to train pilots at NAS Sanford throughout the Korean War and Vietnam War. NAS Sanford was temporarily decommissioned after World War II in 1946, and decommissioned again in 1950 when it was the Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Sanford, due to the outbreak of the Korean War and the ongoing Cold War. Soon afterward, the station was renamed NAS Sanford and redesigned as a full naval air station. On February 6, 1959, NAS Sanford was dedicated as Ramey Field in honor of Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Ramey. In 1968, due to lack of funding caused by the Vietnam War, Congress directed the closure of NAS Sanford.

The City of Sanford assumed authority over the former NAS Sanford facility the year after it closed and renamed it the Sanford Airport, which was managed by Commander J. S. "Red" Cleveland. The airport underwent various name changes over the next several decades: Sanford Regional Airport, Central Florida Regional Airport, Orlando Sanford Regional Airport, and its current name, Orlando-Sanford International Airport. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, several Naval buildings were demolished and new buildings were constructed.

Original 20 x 24 inch map prepared by the City of Sanford Department of Public Works: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

ca. 1942-1968

Digital reproduction of original 20 x 24 inch map prepared by the City of Sanford Department of Public Works.

Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

Naval Air Station Sanford Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Naval Air Station Sanford, Sanford, Florida

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Originally prepared by the City of Sanford Department of Public Works.

Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Metzger, Lewis W. From Celery City to Navy Town: The Impact of Naval Air Station Sanford during World War II. Orlando, Fla: University of Central Florida, 2010.

"Naval Air Station Sanford Memorial." Sanford Airport Memorial Committee. http://www.nassanfordmemorial.com/home.htm.

Shettle, M. L. United States Naval Air Stations of World War II. Bowersville, GA: Schaertel Pub. Co, 1995.

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