Coleman Municipal Airport Explained

Coleman Municipal Airport
Iata:COM
Icao:KCOM
Type:Public
Owner:City of Coleman
Location:Coleman, Texas
Elevation-F:1,697
Elevation-M:517
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:4,503
R1-Length-M:1,373
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Coleman Municipal Airport is an airport two miles northeast of Coleman, Texas.

History

Opened on 1 October 1941. Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Coleman Flying School under 304th Flying Training Detachment. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. had four local axillary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans assigned.

Inactivated on 16 October 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Airline flights (Trans-Texas DC-3s) ended in 1957.

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