Logan Field ( Airport ) Logan Field , also known as Dundalk Flying Field , is a former airport located in the town of Dundalk , Maryland , northeast of the Francis Scott Key Bridge , near Baltimore . Name . Although Logan Field was originally named the Dundalk Flying Field , it was almost immediately renamed . On July 5 , 1920 , Army Lt . Patrick H . Logan was fatally injured after his aircraft , a World War I vintage French Nieuport 28 nicknamed the " Red Devil , " crashed at the field ' s inaugural air show . In response to the tragedy , the airfield was renamed in Logan ' s honor during the closing ceremonies of the air show during which he died . Facilities . Logan Field consisted of three landing strips of turf - and - cinder construction : a 3 , 000 - foot runway and two 2 , 000 - foot runways . The field had a number of small clapboard buildings to handle passengers and mail , as well as simple hangar facilities , including military facilities for the Maryland National Guard ' s 104th Observation Squadron . History . Opened in 1920 , Logan Field was a 100 - acre tract located at the intersection of Dundalk Avenue and Belclare Road in southeast Baltimore County . It lay on the Patapsco Neck peninsula , which jutted out into the Chesapeake Bay between the Patapsco River on the south and Back River on the north . The airport lay near small suburban communities that would later grow extensively after the Second World War ( 1941 - 1945 ) , including Dundalk , Essex , and Middle River . Closer to Baltimore were the neighborhoods of Highlandtown and Canton , which bordered closely on the new airport and future harbor port facilities . Beginning in 1921 , Logan Field was the home base of the Maryland National Guard ' s newly - organized aerial unit , the 104th Observation Squadron , just after the first experiences of combat aviation in World War I ( 1917 - 1918 ) . By the 1930s , Logan Field boasted regular commercial flights between Baltimore and Washington , New York , Atlantic City , and Miami . It also hosted regular air meets and was visited by such aviation luminaries as Charles Lindbergh , Amelia Earhart and Douglas " Wrong Way " Corrigan . During World War II , Logan Field , along with the newly - constructed adjacent Baltimore Municipal Airport , was controlled by the military . In 1943 , Logan was closed to air traffic and converted into a prisoner - of - war camp for Axis soldiers , mainly Germans and a few Italians . It was one of several hundred such camps housing German P . O . W . ' s , who provided labor at farms in the area . Logan Field was not reopened after World War II . Instead , civil aviation moved to the newer , more modern and expansive facilities at the Baltimore Municipal Airport , which had been constructed adjacent to Logan Field beginning in 1929 , and featured an iconic 1930s Art Deco - style passenger terminal . The terminal served the patrons of Pan - American Airways ' " Flying Clipper " service — featuring the new Boeing Company " flying boat s " — which offered routes across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans , although with several stages and stops . Closure . Within a few years of the end of the war , the land that had once been Logan Field was transformed into the residential neighborhood of Logan Village . Today , with the exception of a historical marker at the Logan Village shopping center , there is no evidence of Logan Field ' s existence .