Childress Municipal Airport
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Childress Municipal Airport (former Childress Army Airfield) | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Childress | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Childress, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,954 ft / 596 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°26′02″N 100°17′17″W / 34.43389°N 100.28806°W | ||||||||||||||
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Childress Municipal Airport (IATA: CDS, ICAO: KCDS, FAA LID: CDS) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) west of the central business district of Childress, a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Childress.[1]
History
[edit]The airport was opened in October 1942 as Childress Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.
Childress AAF operated as a bombardier-training school under the Central Flying Training Command. It occupied an area of 2,474 acres (10.01 km2). Construction of the field was announced on 2 May 1942, and began immediately thereafter. After the field was closed on December 21, 1945, it was donated to the city and transformed into a municipal airport.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Childress Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) at an elevation of 1,954 feet (596 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 5,949 by 75 feet (1,813 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 4,425 by 60 feet (1,349 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 27, 2009, the airport had 3,040 aircraft operations, an average of 253 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 7% helicopter, and 13% ultralight.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Childress Municipal (CDS)" (PDF). from Texas DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of March 1997 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CDS, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CDS
- AirNav airport information for KCDS
- ASN accident history for CDS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures