Below, a great juxtaposition from page 143 of Dade & Strnad. The top image is of North Beach Airport circa 1931. A large Dornier DO-X can be seen near bottom center. Interestingly, page reviewer Dan Cahill states, "North Beach was where the DO-X was re-engined with Curtiss 'Conquerors' ... (not that it helped much)."

North Beach Airport, 1931

North Beach occupied about 1/8 of what is now La Guardia International: the northwest corner. This can be imagined in the second image, below, of La Guardia Airport taken in 1985. Landfilling has completely reshaped the area. No trace of the North Beach Airport remains.

North Beach-La Guardia, 1985

Only one Register pilot identified North Beach as his home base. A.W. Gorton landed at Tucson Tuesday, August 29, 1933 at 3:10PM. He carried two passengers, Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Kudner. They were in Ford NC8400. This airplane may still be in existence. They were eastbound from Glendale, CA to El Paso, TX (and probably eastward to North Beach). Gorton noted in the remarks column of the Register, "L.A. - New York".

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