West Woodward Airport

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West Woodward Airport

IATA: WWR – ICAO: KWWR
Summary
Airport type General Aviation
Owner City of Woodward
Operator Woodward, Oklahoma
Location 2189
Elevation AMSL 667.2 ft / m
Coordinates 36°26′16.8″N 99°31′21.6″W / 36.438, -99.522667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,502 1,677 Asphalt
5/23 2,500 762 Asphalt

West Woodward Airport (IATA: WWR, ICAO: KWWR) is a general aviation airport, located 6 miles west of the City of Woodward, Oklahoma downtown business district.

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[edit] History

The airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forcesin the fall of 1942 and early 1943 as an aircrew training field. Opened in March 1943 during World War II, the facilty was known as Woodward Army Airfield and was assigned to the Second Air Force.

In the fall of 1943, the 409th Bombardment Group trained at the airfield with Douglas A-20 Havocs before being assigned overseas to the Ninth Air Force in England. The 408th Fighter-Bomber Group trained at the airfield with a varitey of aircraft (A-24, A-26, P-40, and P-47) in the spring of 1944.

The airfield was returned to civil use at the end of the war.

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[edit] References

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.

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