Hale County Airport
Hale County Airport Plainview Field |
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IATA: PVW – ICAO: KPVW | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Plainview and Hale County, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Location | Hale County, near Plainview, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,374 ft / 1,028 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
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Hale County Airport (IATA: PVW, ICAO: KPVW) is a public airport about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Plainview, Texas. No airline flights now.
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History
Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1944. Training provided by Clint Breedlove Aerial Service. An all-way turf airfield with a 2,700' x 2,700' landing/takeoff area. Used primarily C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered gliders. Possibly had two auxiliary landing airfields. The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in proficiency in operation of gliders in various types of towed and soaring flight, both day and night, and in servicing of gliders in the field.
Inactivated during 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport in April 1946. Had scheduled airline flights in the 1950s-- Pioneer then Continental, then Central DC-3s ended in 1963.
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References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PVW, effective May 16, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PVW
- AirNav airport information for PVW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PVW
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