| Thompson-Robbins Airport | |||
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| IATA: HEE – ICAO: KHEE – FAA LID: HEE | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Helena-West Helena | ||
| Serves | Helena-West Helena, Arkansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 242 ft / 74 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| 8/26 | 3,009 | 917 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 35,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 42 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Thompson-Robbins Airport (IATA: HEE, ICAO: KHEE, FAA LID: HEE) is a public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) northwest of the central business district of Helena-West Helena, in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Helena-West Helena.[1]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
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The airport was established in 1941 by the United States Army Air Force and is also known as Thompson-Robbins Field.
The airfield was operated under contract to USAAF by Aero-Tech providing basic flight (level 1) instruction to aviation cadets. Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer used. It also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. It performed contract training until airfield was inactivated on 4 August 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).
Thompson-Robbins Airport covers an area of 610 acres (247 ha) at an elevation of 242 feet (74 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,000 by 96 feet (1,524 x 29 m) and 8/26 is 3,009 by 60 feet (917 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2009, the airport had 35,000 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 97.1% general aviation, 1.4% air taxi, and 1.4% military. At that time there were 42 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 2% helicopter.[1]
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