Image of an airplane facing nose down. In the background in Forest Park

Fun Fact #66 What was the name of the 1920s era airport at Guilds Lake?

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Tanya March

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Last Updated on June 23, 2026

Yes there was once an airport in NW Portland, and it was the “Lewis & Clark Field”. The landing strip during the 1905 Exposition was called “Government Island”.

Image courtesy Norman Gholston.

Image of an airplane facing nose down. In the background in Forest Park
Three images from a calendar created by Berkeley Sherman. There are three image (far left) is a group of men posing holding a c.1930 airplane propeller (middle) Ad text is noit readable by plane and headline "Come Out - And Take A Ride!" far right areal of the tongue dated Mar 1920, I think it os the Willamette River in the top right corner.

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