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Greater Peoria Regional Airport
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In the 1926 1931 period, Peoria voters twice defeated a proposition to establish and maintain a municipally-owned airport. Airline service was discontinued on April 30, 1931 because the old Peoria Municipal Airport was too small.
On May 19, 1932 the citizens of Peoria voted to have an airport. On 195 acres, American Airways (American Airlines), Chicago and Southern Airlines brought in airmail and passenger service on 4 shale-surfaced runways. The land was purchased by 261 Peoria businessmen that formed the Peoria Airport, Inc.
In 1950, the Greater Peoria Airport Authority was created, assuming the operation of the Airport from the Peoria Park District. Ozark Air Lines begins to serve Peoria.
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