Leighton Auxiliary Field

Leighton Auxiliary Field is a former facility of the United States Army Air Forces located in Leighton, Alabama. Constructed after 1941 as an auxiliary to the nearby Courtland Army Air Field, it was turned back into farmland after the war.^[1]

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↑ "WW2 Military Airfields including Auxiliaries and Support fields Alabama - California". Airfieldsdatabase.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

Airports in Alabama
Primary	Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Dothan Regional Huntsville Intl Mobile Regional Montgomery Regional–Dannelly
Non-primary	Northwest Alabama
Reliever	Bessemer St. Clair County
General	Abbeville Albertville–Brumlik Anniston Arthur Ashland–Lineville Atmore Auburn University–Pitts Bay Minette Bibb County Blackwell Brewton Butler–Choctaw County Callahan Camden Centre Municipal Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Chilton County–Gragg/Wade Clayton Courtland Cullman–Folsom Dauphin Island Demopolis–Sawyer Downer Gulf Shores-Jack Edwards Enterprise Florala Foley Folsom Franklin Geneva Greensboro Grove Hill Guntersville–Starnes Hartselle–Morgan County Headland Isbell Jackson Lanett Mac Crenshaw Madison County–Sharp Marion County–Fite Middleton Mobile–Brookley Mobile–Downtown Monroe County Moton Field North Pickens Northeast Alabama Posey Prattville–Grouby Pryor Field Roanoke Robbins Russell Russellville–Pugh St. Elmo Scottsboro–Word Shelby County South Alabama–Benton Sylacauga Talladega Tuscaloosa Vaiden Walker–Bevill Weedon Wetumpka
Public use	Addison Ardmore Double Springs–Winston County Eutaw Fish River Fort Deposit–Lowndes County Hazel Green Hubbard Landing Jones Lamar County Logan–Samson McMinn Moontown Moundville Pine Hill Ray Reeves Reynolds–North Mobile County Sikes Skyharbor Stevenson Wilcox
Private use	Sharpe
Military	NOLF Barin Birmingham ANGB Fort Rucker Cairns AAF Hanchey AHP Lowe AHP Maxwell–Gunter AFB Gunter Annex CGATC Mobile Montgomery ANGB Redstone Arsenal Redstone AAF St. Elmo AAF NOLF Summerdale
Defunct	Anderson AF Anniston AFB Bates AAF Birmingham AAB/AAF Brookley AFB (Brookely AAF) Brundidge Courtland AAF Craig AFB Anniston AFB Craig AAF Selfield AAF Danelly (Gunter AAF #6) Decatur Field Demopolis AAF Dothan Municipal (Napier AAF #2) Fort McClellan AAF Henderson Moton Field (old) Napier AAF Selma–Selfield Tallassee–Reeves (Griel AAF #1) Taylor (Gunter AAF #5) Troy AAF Tuskegee AAF Van De Graaff

Coordinates: 34°39′27″N 087°29′40″W / 34.65750°N 87.49444°W / 34.65750; -87.49444

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Leighton Auxiliary Field

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