Wendover Airport

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For operations before 1965, see Wendover Air Force Base

Wendover Airport
IATA: ENV - ICAO: KENV
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Port of West Wendover
Serves		Wendover, Utah
Elevation AMSL		4237 ft (1291 m)
Coordinates		40°43′07.30″N, 114°01′51.20″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	8,000	2,438	grooved asphalt
12/30	8.001	2,439	grooved asphalt

Wendover Airport (IATA: ENV, ICAO: KENV) is a public airport located in Wendover, Utah.

[edit] Background

By 1965, the airield was closed. The non-flying components were inactivated in 1969, and the entire facility declared surplus in 1976. The facility was turned over to the town of Wendover as a municipal airport, named Decker Field.

Beginning in 1980 the 4440th Tactical Fighter Training Group (Red Flag), Nellis AFB, Nevada, used Wendover for exercises, but they were discontinued after 1986.

Today this former Air Force Base is still used as a civil airport, yet for such a huge facility (the longest runway is 9,900' long). It is all but abandoned, as only 11 aircraft are still based on the field.

Still-extant facilities include three paved runways, numerous ramps, taxiways, dispersal pads, all of the original hangars (including the "Enola Gay" B-29 hangar), and 75 other WW2-era buildings.

Several flying scenes for the 1997 movie "Con Air" were filmed at Wendover, using a Fairchild C-123K Provider. A non-profit group, Historic Wendover Airfield, is attempting to restore the historic elements of the field.

The northeast/southwest runway is pretty much gone. It was used by USAF engineers training for runway demolition and repair. The east/west runway is new, put in only a couple of years ago in hopes of drawing commercial service.