page_title: Dunnellon/Marion County Airport
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Dunnellon/Marion County Airport / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Dunnellon Army Airfield, Florida, 1949
context_page_description: Marion County Airport is a county-owned public airport located in the unincorporated area of Dunnellon, in Marion County, Florida, United States. In 2014, the general aviation airport averaged 105 flights per day. The complex features two lighted runways with no control tower. During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces for training and was then known as the Dunnellon Army Air Field.
context_section_description: Originally set on 500 acres (2.0 km²) that was purchased in 1942 by Marion County, it was opened in August 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces.  Known as Dunnellon Army Air Field, it was used as a training airfield with three runways.   Control was deeded to Marion County following the end of the war.
  On July 1, 1981, Marion County created the Dunnellon Airport Authority to manage the operation, maintenance and improvement of the airport.
  In the 1990s, one runway (designated as 14/32) was closed reducing the airport to its current two: 5/23 and 10/28 (formerly 9/27).
caption: Dunnellon Airport's three runways shortly after WWII (1949)
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