TSTC Waco Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Texas State Technical College | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Waco, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 470 ft / 143.3 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°38′16″N 97°04′45″W / 31.63778°N 97.07917°W | ||||||||||||||
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TSTC Waco Airport (IATA: CNW, ICAO: KCNW) formerly known as Waco Army Air Field, Connally Air Force Base and James Connally Air Force Base is an airport north of Waco, Texas.
It is currently used as an industrial airpark operated by Texas State Technical College System as well as its Waco campus.
President George W. Bush flies in and out of the airport on Air Force One during visits to his home at the Prairie Chapel Ranch.
L-3 Communications operates the Waco Integration Center at the airport which is a full service aircraft modification center operating out of 430,000 square feet in hangar space and employing 1,500 people.[1]
The airport's IATA code of "CNW" is a combination of its Connally and Waco connections.
Servion is the airport's FBO.
History
The airport opened May 5, 1942 as Waco Army Air Field and was the headquarters Army Air Force Central Instructors' School during World War II. It was deactivated after the war in 1945 but was reactivated in 1948 as a pilot training school and was named for Col. James T. Connally who had been killed in Japan in 1945. The airport was initially called Connally Air Force Base but the name evolved to also include his first name.
In 1951 it discontinued pilot training but started training navigators, radar operators, bombardiers, and instrument navigation specializing in training for the fleet of B-47 Stratojets.
In 1957 the base became the headquarters of Twelfth Air Force
In 1965 th air force began sharing the base with the state of Texas with the James Connally Technical Institute which would eventually become part of Texas State Technical Institute.
In 1966 General Dynamics had a modification center at the base to modify B-58 Hustlers.
In 1968 the 12th Air Force moved to Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas and the State of Texas bought the airport for use as a technical school.
See also
References
External links
- Official website
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCNW
- ASN accident history for CNW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCNW
- FAA current CNW delay information