What is Nielson Field?
[[Image:Old_Nielson_Field_Terminal.jpg|thumb|The old radio or control tower of Nielson Field. It now stands as a [[museum]].]] '''Nielson Field''' was an airport in the [[Philippines]]. It was [[Asia]]'s first [[airport]]. It opened in 1937. It was set up by Laurie Reuben Nielson, a [[New Zealand]]er. It was converted into a military airbase during [[World War II]]. It was built on 42 hectares of swampland. In [[1948]], it stopped operating and was converted into a business district. Its runways became the main avenues. Its radio or control tower is still standing as a [[museum]]. Today this district is the Ayala triangle in [[Makati]] City. [[Category:Airports in the Philippines]] [[Category:1937 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:1948 disestablishments in Asia]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in the Philippines]]