airport including Club Cherokee, Gopher Flying Club, and Yankee Flying Club. Wiley Properties started in 1954 owns and rents approximately 100 hangars at the airport. There are approximately 250 hangars at the airport. History The Robbinsdale Airport located in Robbinsdale, MN hosted an airfield from the early 1920s. It was located near the intersection of West Broadway and 49th Avenue N. It closed before the Crystal Airport opened. The current Crystal Airport is located one mile northeast of the original airfield. The airport site was acquired by the Metropolitan Airports Commission in 1948. Hinck Flying Service, founded by Clarence Hinck, moved to the Crystal Airport from Minneapolis Wold–Chamberlain Field. The company was a Republic Seabee distributor and dealership. The company took initial delivery of 27 aircraft from August 1946 through June 1947. The FBO Crystal Skyways was established in 1947. This was an Aero Commander dealership. The business was closed by 2004. By 1950 Clark's Flying Service was located at the Crystal Airport. The business was known as Lysdale Flying Service before being purchased by Carlos A. Clark. In 1952 the airport had a 2500 foot by 75 foot paved northwest–southeast runway, a parallel turf runway, and two crosswind northeast–southwest turf runways. In 1961 the primary runway was expanded to its current length and the crosswind runway was paved. Bolduc Aviation Specialized Services was started after World War II by Wilmer Eugene Bolduc at the then-new Crystal Airport. The business was sold to Darrell Bolduc in 1978. The company moved to Anoka County–Blaine Airport in 1983. Lakeland Skyways was founded by Niels Sorensen just after World War II at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International airport. The business moved to the Crystal Airport in 1952. The FBO was a Piper Aircraft dealership. Sorensen sold the business in 1977. Lakeland Skyways facility was sold in 1975 to Thunderbird Aviation. By 1954, Ford Aviation was established at the Crystal Airport and was a Mooney Aircraft sales and service center. The business closed sometime after 1986. In 1957 approximately 200 aircraft were based at the airport. 44 buildings had been built at this time. The Crystal Airport was the busiest secondary air field in the five state area. Flying Scotchman started by Roy and Karol Arneson as a flying club and became a FBO in 1959. The FBO was a Cessna Pilot Center. It operated for 53 years before closing on February 1, 2011. Crystal