Ardmore Municipal Airport

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Ardmore Municipal Airport Ardmore Industrial Airpark

IATA: ADM – ICAO: KADM – FAA: ADM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Ardmore Development Authority
Serves		Ardmore, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL		762 ft / 232 m
Coordinates		34°18′12″N 97°01′10″W / 34.30333, -97.01944
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	7,220	2,201	Asphalt
17/35	5,006	1,526	Asphalt

Ardmore AAF - 1945

Ardmore Municipal Airport (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM, FAA LID: ADM), also known as Ardmore Industrial Airpark, is a general aviation airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of Ardmore, a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.

1 Facilities
2 History
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Facilities

Ardmore Municipal Airport covers 2,503 acres (1,013 ha) and has two runways:

Runway 13/31: 7,220 x 150 ft (2,201 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 17/35: 5,006 x 100 ft (1,526 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

[edit] History

The airport is located on the site of the former Ardmore Army Air Field (AAF) (1942-1946) which later became Ardmore Air Force Base (AFB) (1953-1959).

During World War II, Ardmore AAF was an aircrew training base initially for glider pilots, then bomber aircrews. It was also a POW camp for German prisoners of war late in the conflict.

Known Army Air Force units which trained at Ardmore AAF were:

394th Bombardment Group (Medium) (Martin B-26 Marauder) 12 Jul 1943 - 19 Aug 1943
Served in combat with the Ninth Air Force in England, France, and Germany
395th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) 25 Oct 1943 - 1 Apr 1944
Served as an operational training unit (OTU) at Ardmore, later becoming a replacement training unit (RTU) and did not serve in combat.

Ardmore AAF was inactivated in 1946 at the end of World War II.

A historical summary of Ardmroe AAF between 1942 - 1946 can be found here.

As a result of the Korean War and the outbreak of the Cold War, Ardmore airfield was reactivated by the United States Air Force in 1953. The base was used by the Tactical Air Command Eighteenth Air Force as a theater troop carrier base, performing tactical airlift training.

The 463d Troop Carrier Wing (Medium) was the main operating unit at Ardmore AFB from 1 Sep 1953 - 15 Jan 1959. Several other subordinate groups were assigned to Ardmore and attached to the 463d TCW.

309 Troop Carrier Group: attached 8 Jul 1955 - 21 May 1956
419 Troop Carrier Group: attached 9 Jul 1956 - 25 Sep 1957
16 Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 14 Nov 1954 - 8 Jul 1955

A historical summary of Ardmore AFB between 1953 - 1959 can be found here.

Ardmore AFB was inactivated on 31 March 1959.