title: Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis
text: # Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis
  
  Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis was a United States Navy facility located in Hyannis, Massachusetts operational from 1942 to 1945. It existed as an auxiliary air facility of Naval Air Station Quonset Point.
  
  ## History
  
  From 1942 to 1943, the facility was operated by the United States Army Air Forces as Hyannis Army Air Field and operated Douglas B-18 Bolo aircraft on anti-submarine patrols under the operational control of Westover Field. In 1943. the United States Navy took control of the facility and trained many aviators.
  
  ## Redevelopment
  
  Today, the field operates as Barnstable Municipal Airport.
  
  