Airport Drive-In

1350 Hobbton Highway,
Clinton, NC 28328

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The Airport Drive-In was open in the early-1950’s with a car capacity listed at 250. Smithfield Road is also known as Northeast Road and Highway 701. The City Directory lists it as Smithfield Highway but the map says Smithfield Road. The drive-in was operated by Queen City Booking from November 24, 1960 and closed by the mid-1960’s.

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jwmovies
jwmovies on October 27, 2014 at 12:43 am

The above address is incorrect.

The address for this drive-in was 1350 Hobbton Hwy.

Please update.

Chris1982
Chris1982 on October 27, 2014 at 2:26 am

Smiothfield Rd. and Hobbton Hwy are one in the same Highway 701.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on February 6, 2019 at 3:38 pm

now a car wash! behind the car wash the a few of the ramps still remain! also the car wash signs might be the remains of the old marquee!

Kenmore
Kenmore on February 6, 2019 at 6:52 pm

Looking at a 1951 aerial photo, the entrance to the drive-in was further south approximately where the Casa de Dios building now stands at 1270 Hobbton Highway, Clinton, NC.

You can see in the 1951 photo the marquee and yes it does look similar to the one that stands today in front of the car wash. If it is the same then it was moved at some point.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 2, 2021 at 9:06 pm

Boxoffice, Dec. 12, 1960: “The Reynolds, Clinton, formerly the Airport Drive-In, was reopened as of November 24. The Queen City Booking is handling this account and also the Rialto, Durham”

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