Winkler County Airport

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Winkler County Airport
IATA: INK - ICAO: KINK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Winkler County, Texas
Elevation AMSL		2,822 ft (860 m)
Coordinates		31°46′46.66″N, 103°12′04.903″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
13/31	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
4/22	3,515	1,071	Asphalt

Winkler County Airport (IATA: INK, ICAO: KINK) is a general aviation airport located 3 miles NW of Wink, Texas.

It is owned and operated by Winkler County, Texas, Kermit, Texas.

Contents 1 History 2 See Also 3 References 4 External Links

[edit] History

The airport was opened in August 1941 as Wink Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. 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 - Winkler County Airport (KINK)
• 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 KINK
  • ASN accident history for INK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KINK
  • FAA current INK delay information