| Jones Field | |||
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| 1996 USGS Photo | |||
| IATA: F00 – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Bonham | ||
| Location | Bonham, Texas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 618 ft / 188 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 4,000 | 1,219 | Asphalt |
Jones Field (IATA: F00) is a public airport located approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Bonham, Texas. It provides general aviation service.
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Originally dedicated as the Bonham city airport on 11 November 1929 as George Jones Airport. The land was leased from the city of Bonham, and construction began in summer, 1941. The school opened on 4 October 1941, and had three hangars and a 1200’ x 100’ asphalt ramp among its facilities. Activated by the United States Army Air Forces on 4 October 1941. Assigned to the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield.
Base unit was 2547th Army Air Force Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary). Pilot school operated by Bonham Aviation School under control of 302d Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment. This was a civil contract flying school, providing elementary flying training for the Army Air Forces. At some point in time, probably in 1942, the property was purchased by the Defense Plant Corporation (who referred to it as PLANCOR 435) and leased back to Bonham Aviation School. This was a typical arrangement for contract flying schools serving the Army Air Forces.
Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. The last student flew on 12 October 1944, and the school was inactivated on 16 October 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) returned to civil control.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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