Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport

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Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport
IATA: FST - ICAO: KFST
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Pecos County, Texas
Elevation AMSL		3,011 ft (917.8 m)
Coordinates		30°54′54.90″N, 102°54′46.0″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
3/21	4,399	1,341	Asphalt
7/25	4,961	1,512	Asphalt
16/34	3,981	1,213	Asphalt
11/29	3,348	1,020	Asphalt

Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (IATA: FST, ICAO: KFST) is a general aviation airport located 2 miles NW of Fort Stockton, Texas.

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

Contents 1 History 2 See Also 3 References 4 External Links

[edit] History

The airport was opened as as Gibbs Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base during World War II. 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 - Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (KFST)
• 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 KFST
  • ASN accident history for FST
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KFST
  • FAA current FST delay information