Coffeyville Municipal Airport

Coffeyville AAF
2008 USGS airphoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Coffeyville
ServesCoffeyville, Kansas
LocationCherokee Township, Montgomery County, near Coffeyville, Kansas
Elevation AMSL754 ft / 230 m
Coordinates37°05′39″N 095°34′19″W / 37.09417°N 95.57194°W / 37.09417; -95.57194
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Coffeyville Municipal Airport is located in Kansas
Coffeyville Municipal Airport
Coffeyville Municipal Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,872 1,790 Asphalt
4/22 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations5,550
Based aircraft40

Coffeyville Municipal Airport (IATA: CFV, ICAO: KCFV, FAA LID: CFV) is a city-owned public-use airport four miles northeast of Coffeyville, in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Facilities

The airport covers 1,227 acres (497 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 5,872 x 100 ft (1,790 x 30 m) and 4/22 is 4,000 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 19, 2005 the airport had 5,550 aircraft operations, average 15 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. 40 aircraft were then based at the airport: 85% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.[1]

History

For the World War II use of the airport, see Coffeyville Army Airfield

During World War II the facility was Coffeyville Army Airfield. It was a United States Army Air Forces AAF Flying Training Command training field from 1942 to 1945.[2]

Aircraft used were Vultee BT-13A Valiants and BT-15s. The airfield performed Basic Pilot School instruction, the second phase of the three-phase training program for pilots. The facility was closed and turned over to civil authorities in 1947.

From 1951 to 1954 Ozark Airlines DC-3s between Tulsa and Kansas City stopped at Coffeyville; the airport was then called McGugin Field. National Air Transport's timetable showed a stop at Coffeyville in the 1930s, but that was an earlier airport.

In the 1950s Continental Can Company leased the hangars at the airport and was a subcontractor for Boeing Corporation, building bomb bay doors for B-52 Stratofortresses. This ended in 1958 with the completion of the B-52 contract. Coffeyville had been an industrious small city; this plant closing along with the closing of other industries was a severe blow to Coffeyville's financial health.

In its heyday Coffeyville had a dairy, Page Milk Company; an oilfield drilling rig company, Parkersburg; two railroad yards and maintenance operations, ATSF & Katy; a brick company and terra cotta roofing tile company, Ludowici-Celadon; a cast iron casting company; and a large oil refinery, Co-Op. On the northwest outskirts was a large smelter. Except for the oil refinery, which has a small operation today, all industries are gone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for CFV PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. ↑ Kansas Historical Quarterly, Volume XXV, Summer 1959, Number 2, pp130-134, https://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1959/1959summer_u_s_army.pdf


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