Pueblo Memorial Airport

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Coordinates: 38°17′21″N 104°29′48″W / 38.28917, -104.49667

Pueblo Memorial Airport

IATA: PUB – ICAO: KPUB – FAA: PUB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Pueblo
Serves Pueblo, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 4,726 ft / 1,440 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8L/26R 10,496 3,199 Asphalt
17/35 8,308 2,532 Asphalt
8R/26L 4,073 1,241 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 88,715
Based aircraft 75
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Pueblo airport tower
Pueblo airport tower

Pueblo Memorial Airport (IATA: PUB, ICAO: KPUB, FAA LID: PUB) is a city-owned public-use airport located five miles (8 km) east of the central business district of Pueblo, a city in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Pueblo Memorial Airport is also home to the Initial Flight Screening (IFS) program, under command of Air Education and Training Command (AETC), began operations on 1 October 2006. Doss Aviation, under contract with United States Air Force (USAF), will conduct flight screening for between 1300 and 1700 USAF 2nd Lieutenants annually. As the Gateway to USAF Aviation, Doss will provide initial flying training allowing students to successfully transition to Undergraduate Flying Training (Pilot and Combat System Officer) at one of several Air Force bases throughout the United States. The 45 acre IFS campus is located immediately adjacent to the Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado. See #4 on the bottom for reference.


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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Pueblo Memorial Airport covers an area of 3,872 acres (1,567 ha) which contains three runways:[1][2]

  • Runway 8L/26R: 10,496 x 150 ft. (3,199 x 46 m), the primary commercial service runway.
  • Runway 17/35: 8,308 x 150 ft. (2,532 x 46 m), a crosswind runway.
  • Runway 8R/26L: 4,073 x 75 ft. (1,241 x 23 m), for use by small aircraft.

Runways 8L/26R and 17/35 are constructed of asphalt with a porous friction course overlay to improve surface drainage and increase aircraft braking action. Runway 8R/26L has a 3-4 inch asphalt overlay on 7 inches of Portland cement concrete.[2]

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2006, the airport had 88,715 aircraft operations, an average of 243 per day: 62% general aviation, 32% military, 6% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 75 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 8% jet, 1% helicopter and 1% glider (1).[1]

[edit] Airline and destination

[edit] Military History

First constructed in 1941 as the Pueblo Army Air Base, it was used as an advanced flying school to train B-24 Liberator four engine heavy bomber pilots. It was under the command of the United States Army Air Force Second Air Force 360th Army Air Force Base Unit. Known bomb groups which trained at Pueblo were:

  • 94th Bombardment Group Jan - Apr 1943
  • 302d Bombardment Group 30 Sep 1942 - 1 Dec 1942
  • 351st Bombardment Group 1 Mar - 12 Apr 1943
  • 381st Bombardment Group 5 Apr - 9 May 1943
  • 400th Bombardment Group 2 May - 31 July 1943
  • 466th Bombardment Group 25 Jul - 15 August 1945 (Inactivation)
  • 469th Bombardment Group 1 - 7 May 1943
  • 471st Bombardment Group 7 May 1943 - 28 Jan 1944

The history of the Air Base is preserved with the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society and its Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.[3]

In 1948, it was handed over to the City of Pueblo for commercial and public use. In the 1960's the main east-west runway (8/26) was extended from 6,000' to 10,000' to accommodate jet aircraft.

Today, Pueblo Memorial Airport is now the home of the United States Air Force Initial Flight Screening (IFS) program, under command of Air Education and Training Command (AETC), which began operations on October 1 2006. Doss Aviation, under contract with the USAF conducts flight screening for between 1300 and 1700 USAF 2nd Lieutenants annually. As the Gateway to USAF Aviation, Doss will provide initial flying training allowing students to successfully transition to Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) (Pilot and Combat System Officer) at one of several AETC Air Force bases throughout the United States. [4]

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for PUB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ a b Pueblo Memorial Airport: General Information
  3. ^ Colo State's Pueblo Army Airbase Website
  4. ^ DOSS Initial Flight Screening Company Website

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