White Mountain Airport was a private airport located in North Conway, in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. This general aviation airport had one runway.The airport closed in the late 1980s. The property has since become the site of Settlers' Green Outlet Village and hotel, as well as the proposed site for the middle segment of the Conway Bypass.HistoryIn 1921, the Carroll County Park Association procured approximately of land in a series of purchases. The property included a grandstand and racing track that had hosted horse racing and motorcycle racing over the years as well as providing a fairgrounds and a site for early regional aerial barnstorming. There was also a dance hall.In October 1929 the association sold the land to the White Mountain Airport Corporation for $4,100. When the corporation was formed, the buildings on the property were sold and the airport developers tore down the grandstand and stalls.Ralph P. Newhall and his brother-in-law Walter J. Maguire (an agent for the Shell Eastern Petroleum Corporation) started the Eagle Flying Service on the property in 1930. The Conway Village Airport was a second airfield just a few miles away. During his years as part of the New England Air Circus Association, Wylie Apte participated in several air shows at both the Conway Village and White Mountain airports and was known to the Airport Corporation. When Newhall and Maguire sought to extricate themselves from the flying business, they persuaded Wylie to take over the operation on a year-to-year lease arrangement working on a percentage basis. Prior to this, Wylie was a founder of the New England Air Circus Association with Lee Bowman. He had also been manager at Parlin Field and Twin Mountain airports.
