Immokalee Regional Airport Explained

Immokalee Regional Airport
Iata:IMM
Icao:KIMM
Faa:IMM
Type:Public
Owner:Collier County Airport Authority
City-Served:Immokalee, Florida
Elevation-F:37
Website:www.CollierGov.net/...
Coordinates:26.4339°N -81.4014°W
Pushpin Map:USA Florida#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Florida
Pushpin Label:IMM
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:18/36
R2-Length-F:4,550
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2019)
Stat1-Data:37, 850
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:31
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Immokalee Regional Airport[2] [3] is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Immokalee, in Collier County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Collier County Airport Authority. Formerly known as Immokalee Airport,[4] it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[5]

History

The Immokalee Regional Airport was established as Immokalee Army Airfield, and activated on July 5, 1942.[6] [7] It was assigned to United States Army Air Forces East Coast Training Center (later Eastern Training Command).[6] It was an auxiliary to Hendricks Army Airfield and was an AAF Specialized Pilot Training School (4-Engine) for B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers. The airfield also provided flexible gunnery training for Buckingham Army Airfield near Fort Myers.

It was transferred to Third Air Force in July 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was a group training facility for replacement personnel. It became an auxiliary of the Sarasota Army Airfield replacement fighter pilot training school.

The airfield was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945. It was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration and became a civil airport.[8] [9]

Facilities and aircraft

Immokalee Regional Airport covers an area of 1,330 acres (538 ha) at an elevation of 37 feet (11 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways, designated 9/27 and 18/36. 9/27 is 5,000 x 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and 18/36 is 4,550 x 150 feet (1,387 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2019, the airport had 37,700 general aviation aircraft operations, and 150 military operations, an average of 104 per day. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 14, 2023.
  2. Web site: Immokalee Regional Airport . . Florida Department of Transportation CFASPP . August 3, 2013.
  3. Web site: Immokalee Regional Airport . Collier County . August 3, 2013.
  4. Web site: KIMM – Immokalee Airport . FAA data republished by AirNav . March 12, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413195518/http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIMM . April 13, 2009 .
  5. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2012.
  6. Web site: Community of Immokalee . Florida Heartland ERO . August 19, 2023.
  7. Web site: Lobb . Justin . Collier County Airports: A Gateway to Florida's Paradise Coast . Florida Department of Transportation Aviation Office . August 19, 2023.
  8. Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
  9. Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.