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'''Fort Sumner Municipal Airport''' {{Airport codes|FSU|}} is a public airport located approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of [[Fort Sumner, New Mexico]].
'''Fort Sumner Municipal Airport''' {{Airport codes|FSU|}} is a public airport located approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of [[Fort Sumner, New Mexico]].


Opened in February 1941, during [[World War II]], the facility was rebuilt in 1942 by the [[United States Army Air Force]] and assigned to the AAF FLying Training Command West Coast Training Center known as '''Fort Sumner Army Airfield'''. The flying cadets at the airfield were trained in advanced twin engine aircraft as phase three of their pilot training. The airfield had two auxiliary landing fields located at Taiban and Tucmcari, New Mexico. The facility later became a Prisoner of War Camp in March, 1944 as pilot training was phasing down.
Opened in February 1941, during [[World War II]], the facility was rebuilt in 1942 by the [[United States Army Air Force]] and assigned to the AAF Flying Training Command West Coast Training Center known as '''Fort Sumner Army Airfield'''. The flying cadets at the airfield were trained in advanced twin engine aircraft as phase three of their pilot training. The airfield had two auxiliary landing fields located at Taiban and Tucmcari, New Mexico. The facility later became a Prisoner of War Camp in March, 1944 as pilot training was phasing down.


On 6 August 1944, the airfield was transferred to [[Second Air Force]], where it became a replacement facility for [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] and [[B-24 Liberator]] crew training.
On 6 August 1944, the airfield was transferred to [[Second Air Force]], where it became a replacement facility for [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] and [[B-24 Liberator]] crew training.
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[[Category:USAAF West Coast Training Center]]
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[[Category:USAAF Second Air Force Heavy Bombardment Training Stations]]
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[[Category:Defunct World War II USAAF Fields]]

Revision as of 14:10, 23 February 2010

Fort Sumner Municipal Airport
1997 USGS Photo
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerVillage of Fort Sumner
LocationFort Sumner, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL4,165 ft / 1,269 m
Coordinates34°29′16″N 104°12′57″W / 34.48778°N 104.21583°W / 34.48778; -104.21583
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 5,800 1,768 Asphalt
08/26 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
00/18 6,300 1,900 *Closed*

Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (IATA: FSU) is a public airport located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

Opened in February 1941, during World War II, the facility was rebuilt in 1942 by the United States Army Air Force and assigned to the AAF Flying Training Command West Coast Training Center known as Fort Sumner Army Airfield. The flying cadets at the airfield were trained in advanced twin engine aircraft as phase three of their pilot training. The airfield had two auxiliary landing fields located at Taiban and Tucmcari, New Mexico. The facility later became a Prisoner of War Camp in March, 1944 as pilot training was phasing down.

On 6 August 1944, the airfield was transferred to Second Air Force, where it became a replacement facility for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crew training.

The facility was inactivated on 15 November 1945 and returned to civil control. It is now a public airport providing general aviation service.

The airport retains the large parking ramp from its training use with one of the large wartime hangars still in use. Two of the three wartime runways are still in use, the 00/18 runway now abandoned. The containment area street pattern still exists, with large numbers of foundations of wartime buildings still in evidence, including the foundations of a large cluster of what were probably the barracks of the POW Camp on the north side of the station.

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from 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.
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