Tags: Military Structure.
Chapman Field is a former World War I military airfield located 4.7 miles (7.6 km) south of South Miami Florida. It operated as a training field for the Air Service United States Army between 1917 until 1921. It was later used as a contract pilot training school during World War II. The airport was closed after being severely damaged by a hurricane in 1945. Today part of the former airport is the USDA Chapman Field Subtropical Horticulture Research Station