Bowers Airport

Bowers Field (IATA: ELN, ICAO: KELN, FAA LID: ELN) is a county owned, public use airport in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Ellensburg, Washington. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

History

The airfield was established in 1943 as Ellensburg Army Airfield and manned by the 302d Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron. Though planned as a fighter airfield for Fourth Air Force, it was taken over by Air Technical Service Command as a maintenance and supply depot, supporting transient Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Alaska for subsequent transfer to the Soviet Union. The airfield had one axillary field, located at 47°06′39″N 120°37′58″W / 47.11083°N 120.63278°W / 47.11083; -120.63278, which is now abandoned, though remains of a runway are still visible in aerial photography.