Dalhart Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 36°01′21″N 102°32′50″W / 36.0225, -102.54722

Dalhart Municipal Airport

IATA: DHT – ICAO: KDHT – FAA: DHT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Dalhart
Location Dalhart, Texas
Elevation AMSL 3,991 ft / 1,216 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,669 1,728 Asphalt
17/35 6,400 1,951 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 22,750
Based aircraft 36
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Dalhart Municipal Airport (IATA: DHT, ICAO: KDHT, FAA LID: DHT) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Dalhart, Texas,[1] a city straddling the border of Dallam and Hartley counties in the northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle.[2]

The airport is not served by any commercial airlines at this time.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Dalhart Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,206 acres (488 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,669 x 75 ft. (1,728 x 23 m) and 17/35 measuring 6,400 x 75 ft. (1,951 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 1, 2007, the airport had 22,750 aircraft operations, an average of 62 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. There are 36 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 8% multi-engine and 3% glider.[1]

[edit] History

The airport was constructed by the Army and opened in 1942 as Dalhart Army Air Field. The Army trained B-17 and B-29 pilots at the field during World War II. Known bombbardment groups which trained at Dalhart were:

  • 6th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 9th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 16th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 331st Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 333rd Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 346th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 382nd Bombardment (Heavy) (B-17)
  • 383rd Bombardment (Heavy) (B-17)
  • 415th Bombardment (Dive) (A-20)
  • 449th Bombardment (Heavy) (B-17)
  • 501st Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 502d Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 504th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 505th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
  • 507th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)

After the war in 1946 it was turned over the city of Dalhart and converted into a municipal airport.


[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for DHT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ City of Dalhart, Texas

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