Nearby flight school.

This general aviation airfield was apparently opened at some point between 1946-48, as it was not yet depicted on the September 1946 Sacramento Sectional Chart. The earliest depiction of Phoenix Field which has been located was on the 1948 Sacramento Sectional Chart, which described it as having a 2,200' unpaved runway. The 1949 Sacramento Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) also described Phoenix Field as having a 2,200' unpaved runway. The field was labeled as "Fair Oaks-Phoenix" on the March 1954 USAF Sacramento Sectional Chart.

An October 1967 FAA Airport Facilities Record depicted Phoenix Field as having a single 2,600' paved north/south runway, with a parallel taxiway on the west side. Paved aprons on the southeast & southwest sides of the field each had adjacent T-hangars. The owner & operator were listed as the Fair Oaks Flying Club, and the operator was listed as Glenn Engle.

After the Airfield was shut down in 1987 the land was sold to a land developer and is currently home to hundreds of families. The photo above shows the current neighborhood with the overlay of the old airfields former location. The right portion of the photo shows the southern part of Rollingwood. The Phoenix field tract homes where build to model similarly to the neighboring tract homes of Rollingwood which were built in the 1970's and early 1980's. While unable to find the original land developer, there is more information on the historic adjacent airfield here.