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North Perry Airport is a public airport located in the City of Pembroke Pines, west of the central business district of Hollywood, in Broward County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Broward County Aviation Department.〔 It is a general aviation airport devoted to private and business light aircraft activity. ==History== On December 19, 1939, the HMS ''Orion'', a British light cruiser chased the ''Aracua'', a German freighter, into Port Everglades in Florida. The ''Aracua'' stayed there until 1941 when it was seized by the military at the entry of the United States into World War II. During the week of May 4, 1942, German submarines torpedoed seven ships in the area. In response to the nearby attacks, many training bases were set up by the United States military. In 1943, Henry D. Perry, a dairy farmer, sold of land to the United States Navy for a flight-training field between Hollywood Boulevard and Pembroke Road. It became known as ''North Perry Field'', and functioned as a training facility for the main base naval air station known as NAS Miami. There also was ''South Perry Field'', which was located to the southeast of North Perry (the Florida Turnpike runs right through this area today). South Perry was a grass field (no facilities/structures) that was only intended to be for North Perry overflow. North Perry remained inactive after the war, until 1950 when it was acquired by Broward County to become a civilian airport. It was then upgraded for use by small aircraft, as a station for advertising blimps, and for United States Coast Guard helicopters practicing search and rescue skills. The facility suffered minor damage during Hurricane Wilma in 2005. In 2007, North Perry Airport was named the 2008 "General Aviation Airport of the Year" by the Florida Department of Transportation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Perry Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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