gr00261.xml Metropolitan Airports Commission An Inventory of Its Wold-Chamberlain Field Operational Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

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 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies and Meagan Kellom, April 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission. Wold-Chamberlain Field operational records. 1929-1970. Materials in English. Annual (1929-1970) and daily (1934-1951) operations reports of the field. The latter detail daily flight activities on the field, including operator name (airline, military branch, private operator), numbers of planes and passengers arriving and departing, origination and destination cities, mail and weather statistics, pilot and aircraft licenses, and crew, air freight, and express data. 1.3 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

There is also information on the types of flights, particularly military, students, sightseeing, private, aerial advertising, and night sightseeing; and radio logs which record much of the same data as listed above plus details of radio contact with individual aircraft and the radio operator on duty.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Aeronautics -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Flights -- Statistics. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Employees -- Statistics. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Freight -- Statistics. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Passenger traffic -- Statistics. Aeronautics in advertising -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Statistics. Air mail service -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Air pilots -- Licenses -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Airplanes -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Airplanes, Military -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Statistics. Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Traffic control. Air traffic control -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Flight radio operators -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Flight training -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Logbooks -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Weather -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Statistics. Organizations: Wold-Chamberlain Field -- Statistics. Document Types: Logs (records). Statistics. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission. Wold-Chamberlain Field Operational Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2004-28; 2007-59

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 002892170

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 103.I.4.10F Annual operations reports, 1929-1970. 3 folders.

[0.8 cubic foot empty, letter]

 103.K.13.12F Daily operations reports, July-December 1934.

Records operator (airline); number of planes and passengers arriving and departing; origination and destination points; mail statistics; weather statistics, including wind direction and velocity, temperature, visibility, and precipitation; and local operations, including Naval and Marine Reserve, students, sightseeing, private, aerial advertising, and night sightseeing.

 Daily scheduled transport operations, January-February 1938.

Lists operator, trip number, origination and destination points, arrival and departure points, ship number, license number, crew, passengers, cabs, load, mail, express, and remarks (mainly late or early).

 103.K.13.13B Daily scheduled transport operations, March 1938-1939. 7 folders. Daily operations reports, monthly, 1950. 2 folders.

List carrier (airline) and statistics on aircraft arrival and departure, passengers, airmail, express, and airfreight.

 Monthly, semi-annual and annual operations reports, 1950-1951.

Statistics compiled from the daily operations reports.

 Daily airport register, August 23-October 8, 1938; April-December 1939. 4 folders.

Records date and time of arrival, make and type of plane, registration or license number, name of owner, name of pilot and license number, number of crew, number of passengers arriving and departing, origination and destination points, and date and time of departure. Includes major airlines and military.

 Daily station log, November-December 1939. Daily radio log/aircraft register, July-December 1940. 3 folders.

Station log and radio log/aircraft register record radio contact time, aircraft, pilot, origination and destination points, arrival and departure times, number of passengers arriving and departing, and remarks. The first sheet for each day in the radio log/aircraft register also records wind velocity at several times during the day and the operators’ names and work hours.

 Daily traffic control reports, 1939. 4 folders.

List plane type and number and times of the beginning and ending of each flight by that plane.