Perryville Municipal Airport

Perryville Municipal Airport Chester Army Airfield
250px 2006 USGS Orthophoto
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: K02
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Perryville
Serves	Perryville, Missouri
Location	Perry County, Missouri, near Chester, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	372 ft / 113 m
Coordinates
Map
K02 Location of Perryville Municipal Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 7,003 2,135 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 5,900 Based aircraft 9
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Perryville Municipal Airport (FAA LID: K02) (also known as McBride Airport) is a city-owned public-use airport located nine nautical miles (17 km) north of the central business district of Perryville, a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Perryville Municipal Airport covers an area of 351 acres (142 ha) at an elevation of 372 feet (113 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a concrete surface measuring 7,003 by 100 feet (2,135 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 5,900 total aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 86% general aviation, 8% military and 5% air taxi. At that time there were nine aircraft based at this airport: eight single-engine and one helicopter.

History

The airport was built in 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces as a primary (stage 1) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command). It was named Chester Army Airfield and consisted of two parallel 2000' runways aligned NNE/SSW (02/20).

Flight training was provided by Anderson Air Activities to the aviation cadets assigned to the airfield and Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer used. Pilot training at the airfield apparently ended on 30 May 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).

See also

• Missouri World War II Army Airfields
• 29th Flying Training Wing (World War II)

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, Chair 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

• City of Perryville, Airport Division
• Aerial photo from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps, 10 April 1996
• FAA Terminal Procedures for K02, effective April 18, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for K02
  • AirNav airport information for K02
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for K02