Abernathy Municipal Airport

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Abernathy Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: F83
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Abernathy
Serves		Abernathy
Location		Abernathy, Texas
Elevation AMSL		1,014 m / 3,327 ft
Coordinates		33°50′45.29″N 101°45′46.6″W / 33.8459139, -101.762944
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03/21	986	3,325	Asphalt
17/35	1,219	4,000	Asphalt

Abernathy Municipal Airport (FAA LID: F83) is a general aviation airport located 4 miles east of Abernathy, Texas.

It is owned and operated by the city of Abernathy, Texas.

Contents 1 History 2 See Also 3 References 4 External Links

[edit] History

The airport was opened in November 1943 as Abernathy Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.

[edit] See Also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

[edit] References

• AirNav.Com - Abernathy Airport (F83)
• Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517

[edit] External Links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KF83
  • ASN accident history for F83
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KF83
  • FAA current F83 delay information