Sherman Army Airfield

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Sherman Army Airfield
IATA: FLV - ICAO: KFLV
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Serves Leavenworth
Elevation AMSL 772 ft (235.3 m)
Coordinates 39°22′06″N, 94°54′53″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,905 1,800 Asphalt/Concrete

Sherman Army Airfield (IATA: FLVICAO: KFLV) is an airport located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Although the airport is within the confines of a United States Army Base, it has agreement with the city of Leavenworth, Kansas to permit civilian use at all hours.

It derives its codes from Fort Leavenworth. It is named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman who spent extensive time at the Fort and helped establish the Command and General Staff College there.

The airport is at the foot of the Missouri River bluffs that make up the fort. The levee protecting it burst in both the Great Flood of 1951 and the Great Flood of 1993.

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