Okmulgee Regional Airport

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Okmulgee Regional Airport
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IATA: OKM – ICAO: KOKM – FAA LID: OKM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Okmulgee
Serves Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL 720 ft / 219 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website OkmulgeeAirport.org
Map
OKM is located in Oklahoma
OKM
OKM
Location in Oklahoma
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,150 1,570 Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 12,410
Based aircraft 16

Okmulgee Regional Airport (IATA: OKM[2], ICAO: KOKM, FAA LID: OKM) is in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, three miles north of the city of Okmulgee, which owns it.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

History

Opened as Okmulgee Field in 1942 as a United States Army Air Forces airfield. Had three 6'000 hard surfaced runways, (00/18; 04/27; 15/33). began training United States Army Air Corps cadets under contract to Sooner Air Training Corp. Assigned to Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. Hangar Six, Inc. conducted pilot training. Airfield had four local auxiliary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Flying training used Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans. Also provided contract glider training using C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered Gliders.

Inactivated on June 30, 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Central DC-3s landed for a year or two around 1951-52.

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Facilities

The airport covers 1,100 acres (445 ha) at an elevation of 720 feet (219 m). Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,150 by 100 feet (1,570 x 30 m) concrete.[1]

In the year ending March 17, 2009 the airport had 12,410 general aviation operations, average 34 per day. 16 aircraft were then based at the airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.[1]

In May of 2015, the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (TAIT) and the Okmulgee City Council approved a contract to bring operation and management of the Okmulgee Regional Airport under TAIT’s umbrella effective July 1, 2015, while the city would continue to pay airport-related expenses. The one-year contract is intended to bring new clients and businesses to the airport while relieving pressure on the 750-acre TAIT-operated Jones Riverside Airport, 20 minutes north, which has already expanded to capacity.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for OKM (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Casey Smith, “Tulsa Airport board approves operation deal with Okmulgee Regional Airport,” Tulsa World, May 15, 2015.

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