Airmail postage was ten cents to send a letter to any destination, nationwide. 1928 – A complete weather station was installed. The U.S. Weather Bureau of Toledo operated here until January 12, 1955. January 16, 1929 – A national record-setting quantity of mail was carried from the airport. 1929 – A 500,000,000 candlepower field floodlight was installed that "literally lit up the field like daylight" to support night operations. November 11, 1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt approved allocating $216,077 in Works Progress Administration funds for upgrades. The city of Toledo provided $52,000 in matching funds. These funds provided three paved runways. November 25, 1936 – The City of Toledo purchased the airport and renamed it "The Toledo Municipal Airport". 1937 – The airport became a Class One port and the second largest airfield east of the Rocky Mountains. August 23, 1938 – The two-year-old runways proved to be unfit and started to buckle, causing United Airlines to suspend service, leaving the airport largely unused. 1940 – Two concrete runways were built with federal money for $275,000. June 29, 1941 – The airport reopened. 1948 – A terminal building with a control tower was built for $175,000 with funds from the federal government and the City of Toledo. 1954 – Airlines moved to the new Toledo Express Airport. Fall 1954 – Toledo city council voted to abandon the field. Unknown Dates – The site was used for fireworks displays after being abandoned. February 1955 – The H. H. Buggie Company bought 47.1 acres of land and buildings in the Southwest corner of the airport, leaving the field with no buildings or hangars. The hangars were torn down, with the exception of the Curtiss hangar. 1960s – The field was used for automotive drag racing between aircraft landings. It was first known as "Vettesville", then "Greater Toledo Dragway". November 28, 1966 – Executive Aviation signed a fifteen-year lease and invested $250,000 in a new main hangar, 20 T-hangars, and a fuel facility. October 22, 1967 – The airport reopened. March 1970 – Astro Aviation took over operations at the airport. December 23, 1974 – Crow Executive Air, Inc. was established at the field. February 12, 1975 – The airport was put under the control of the Toledo–Lucas County Port Authority. August 28, 1977 – Renamed "Metcalf Field" after Tommy Metcalf, Toledo's second commissioner of aviation. April 18, 2007 – A FedEx Boeing