Airline Drive-In
1800 W. Highland Avenue,
Ponca City,
OK
74601
1800 W. Highland Avenue,
Ponca City,
OK
74601
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Google maps show the drive-in has been demolished and replaced with a housing edition.
The only reminder is the main street is named “Airline Drive”.
Ron Stahl of the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department, in a column carried by the Okmulgee Daily Times on June 27, 2007: “The comeback story belongs to the Airline Drive-In on West Highland in Ponca City. The venerable old theatre near the airport endured an ignoble decade of disuse before it was re-opened, refurbished, and rediscovered by outdoor movie lovers.”
From the August 12, 1953 issue of The EXHIBITOR: “Video Independent Theatres opened the Sooner Drive-In, Miami, Okla., and the Airline Drive-In, Ponca City, Okla.”
It is to bad they cannot rebuild it and open it up for screening movies all summer.
The Drive-In re-opened for a few final showings. It will be demolished soon, but the community of Ponca City came out in droves to see “God is Not Dead”. http://tinyurl.com/oq29u96
3 Photos I took back in July of 2010 of the Airline Drive In Theatre.. Enjoy..
Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Recent photos of the closed down Airline Drive-In can be seen on this fun site …
http://www.abandonedok.com/airline-drive-in/
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
What roadsideoklahoma says about the Airline Drive-In,
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Good news! The Airline is open. The show starts at dusk. Call (580) 762-65645 for details.
This one’s huge! My wife and I discovered this one this summer. Again, if you love Drive-ins, don’t miss it! This one’s not as fancy as the Beacon in Guthrie, but it’s fun.