Palm Springs Municipal Airport
Now designated as the Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), this local airport facility started as a single, dirt runway for the use of guests of the El Mirador Hotel in 1928. The U S Army Air Corps then took over and developed the airport in 1939 as an emergency landing field for nearby March Air Field. In 1941 the War Department certified improvements to the field as essential to national defense until a larger airfield was commissioned in 1942. Ultimately, following the war, the Army sold the field to private investors. The City of Palm Springs bought the land in 1961 and commissioned local architect Donald Wexler to design a new airport terminal which opened in 1966 and remains in service today. The terminal was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2021.
Palm Springs, Riverside County
Photographer: Al Russell