La Junta Municipal Airport

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La Junta Municipal Airport


25 June 1998
IATA: none – ICAO: KLHX – FAA: LHX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator City of La Junta
Serves La Junta, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 4,229 ft / 1,289 m
Coordinates 38°02′60″N 103°30′35″W / 38.05, -103.50972
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 6,849 2,088 Asphalt
12/30 5,803 1,769 Asphalt/Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 145 44 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 6,900
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
La Junta airport in April 2008 as seen from the 9500MSL
La Junta airport in April 2008 as seen from the 9500MSL

La Junta Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLHX, FAA LID: LHX) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of La Junta, in Otero County, Colorado, United States. It is owned and operated by the City of La Junta.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, La Junta Municipal Airport is assigned LHX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

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[edit] History

The airport was opened in April 1940 as La Junta Army Air Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an advanced flying school operating B-25 Mitchell two engine bombers and Cessna AT-17 twin-engined advanced trainers. It was operated by the 402nd Army Air Force Base Unit, as part of the Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center.

The 50th and 358th Fighter groups were assigned to La Junta in late 1945 (August - November) for inactivation.

At the end of World War II the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

La Junta Municipal Airport covers an area of 4,200 acres (1,700 ha) at an elevation of 4,229 feet (1,289 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 8/26 with a 6,849 x 75 ft (2,088 x 23 m) asphalt surface and 12/30 with a 5,803 x 60 ft (1,769 x 18 m) asphalt/concrete surface. It also has one helipad designated H1 and measuring 145 x 145 ft (44 x 44 m). For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2006, the airport had 6,900 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% military.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for LHX (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KLHX - La Junta, Colorado (La Junta Municipal Airport)
  3. ^ Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517

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