| Enid Woodring Regional Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: WDG – ICAO: KWDG – FAA LID: WDG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Enid | ||
| Serves | Enid, Oklahoma | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,167 ft / 356 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 6,249 | 1,905 | Concrete |
| 13/31 | 3,149 | 960 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 34,118 | ||
| Based aircraft | 73 | ||
| Source: FAA record[1] & diagram[2] | |||
Enid Woodring Regional Airport (IATA: WDG, ICAO: KWDG, FAA LID: WDG) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Enid, a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is also referred to as Woodring Airport and was formerly known as Enid Woodring Municipal Airport. It is mostly used for military training flights based at Vance Air Force Base. Enid was the first city of Oklahoma to have a municipally owned airport.[3] The airport was dedicated in 1928, and built on 80 acres of land donated by a citizen backed by the American Legion, and Enid passed a $50,000 bond, making it the first city in Oklahoma to use bonds to fund an airport. [4]
Scheduled passenger flights on Great Lakes Airlines to Denver and Liberal were discontinued in August 2006. The service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport now houses a restaurant and several rooms of aerospace and military memorabilia. Outdoors is the Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park, which honors Oklahoma veterans. Ceremonies are held annually on Memorial Day to honor fallen soldiers. A two-story veterans museum at the site is in the works. [5]
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Enid's Airport was renamed Enid Woodring Municipal Airport on May 30, 1933 after Lieutenant Irvin A. Woodring, born February 1, 1902 in Enid, Oklahoma. Irvin A. Woodring was one of the U.S. Army Air Corps' "Three Musketeers of Aviation" along with fellow pilots John J. Williams and William Lewers Cornelius. [6] The group performed aerobatics at the National Air Races. J.J. Williams died in practice at Mines Field, Los Angeles on September 11, 1928.[7] Charles Lindbergh, for whom the three had served as escorts, filled in following Williams death. Two weeks later, W. L. Cornelius died when his plane collided with another plane. Woodring died in an airplane accident on January 20, 1930, falling 2,000 feet to his death at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio after his plane exploded in mid-air.
Enid Woodring Regional Airport covers an area of 1,206 acres (488 ha) at an elevation of 1,167 feet (356 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 17/35 is 6,249 by 100 feet (1,905 x 30 m) with a concrete surface and 13/31 is 3,149 by 108 feet (960 x 33 m) with an asphalt surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 9, 2008, the airport had 34,118 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 55% military, 43% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 8% multi-engine and 7% jet.[1]