| Deming Municipal Airport | |||
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| IATA: DMN – ICAO: KDMN – FAA LID: DMN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Deming | ||
| Serves | Deming, New Mexico | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,314 ft / 1,315 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8/26 | 6,627 | 2,020 | Asphalt |
| 4/22 | 5,675 | 1,730 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 28,655 | ||
| Based aircraft | 17 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Deming Municipal Airport (IATA: DMN, ICAO: KDMN, FAA LID: DMN) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Deming, a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.[1]
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Deming Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,870 acres (1,160 ha) at an elevation of 4,314 feet (1,315 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 6,627 by 75 feet (2,020 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 5,675 by 60 feet (1,730 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2008, the airport had 28,655 aircraft operations, an average of 78 per day: 65% general aviation, 32% military and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.[1]
Activated 15 November 1942. Conducted bombardier training for USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Command). The first class of bombardiers graduated on 6 March. In the next three years an estimated 12,000 cadets passed through the Deming Qin school. The bombardier trainer used was the Beech AT-11 Kansan.
Assigned to Second Air Force 16th Bombardment Training Wing on 31 December 1944. Conducted B-29 Superfortress group bombardment training until the end of World War II, when the training program at Deming wound down, finally coming to an end and inactivated 18 December 1945. Airfield was closed on 31 January 1946. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and sold.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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