Coffeyville Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 37°05′39″N 095°34′19″W / 37.09417, -95.57194

Coffeyville Municipal Airport

IATA: CFV – ICAO: KCFV – FAA: CFV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Coffeyville
Serves		Coffeyville, Kansas
Elevation AMSL		754 ft / 230 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	5,872	1,790	Asphalt
4/22	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			5,550
Based aircraft			40
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Coffeyville Municipal Airport (IATA: CFV, ICAO: KCFV, FAA LID: CFV) is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Coffeyville, a city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

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

[edit] History

During World War II, the facilty was known as Coffeyville Army Airfield and was used as a United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force training field from 1942 though 1945. The 366th Army Air Force Base Unit (366th AAFBU) was the host unit at the airfield which performed intermediate flight training for aviation cadets.

Aircraft operated were Vultee BT-13A Valiants, BT-14s and BT-15s. The difference being that the BT-14 and BT-15 had more powerful engines. The BT-13 was the basic trainer flown by most pilots during WWII. It was the second phase of the three phase training program for pilots.

Coffeyville AAF also operated 4 auxiliary airfields in the area. The facility was closed and turned over to civil authorities at the end of the war and it was turned into a civil airport.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Coffeyville Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,227 acres (497 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 measuring 5,872 x 100 ft. (1,790 x 30 m) and 4/22 measuring 4,000 x 75 ft. (1,219 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 19, 2005, the airport had 5,550 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.^[1]