Fort Morgan Municipal Airport

Fort Morgan Municipal Airport

USGS 1998 orthophoto
IATA: none – ICAO: KFMM – FAA LID: FMM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Fort Morgan
Serves Fort Morgan, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 4,569 ft / 1,393 m
Coordinates 40°20′02″N 103°48′15″W / 40.33389°N 103.80417°WCoordinates: 40°20′02″N 103°48′15″W / 40.33389°N 103.80417°W
Website CityOfFortMorgan.com/...
Map
FMM

Location in Colorado

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,219 1,591 Concrete
17/35 3,800 1,158 Dirt/Turf
8/26 2,467 752 Turf
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 9,543
Based aircraft 23

Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFMM, FAA LID: FMM, formerly 3V4)[2] is six miles north of Fort Morgan, in Morgan County, Colorado.[1] The airport is in the city limits in a detached section of the city. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is FMM to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code (Memmingen Airport in Memmingen, Germany has IATA code FMM).

History

Opened in April 1940 as Young Municipal Field. Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1944. Training provided by Plains Airways, Inc. An all-way turf airfield with a 5,200' x 5,200' landing/takeoff area. Used primarily C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered Gliders. The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in proficiency in operation of gliders in various types of towed and soaring flight, both day and night, and in servicing of gliders in the field. Inactivated during 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and returned to civil use. [4] [5] [6]

Facilities

The airport covers 324 acres (131 ha) at an elevation of 4,569 feet (1,393 m). It has three runways: 14/32 is 5,219 by 60 feet (1,591 x 18 m) concrete; 17/35 is 3,800 by 30 feet (1,158 x 9 m) dirt/turf; 8/26 is 2,467 by 100 feet (752 x 30 m) turf.[1]

In 2011 the airport had 9,543 aircraft operations, average 26 per day: 90% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and 2% military. 23 aircraft were then based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% multi-engine.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 FAA Airport Master Record for FMM (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "3V4 – Fort Morgan Municipal Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. Effective October 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  4. ↑  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  5. ↑ Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  6. ↑ Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC.

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