Ardmore Municipal Airport

Ardmore Municipal Airport
Ardmore Municipal Airport; Ardmore Industrial Airpark
IATA: ADM – ICAO: KADM – FAA: ADM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ardmore Development Authority
Serves	Ardmore, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL	762 ft / 232 m
Coordinates	34°18′12″N 97°01′10″W / 34.30333°N 97.01944°W
Runways

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Ardmore AAF - 1945

Ardmore Municipal Airport (IATA: ADM, ICAO: KADM, FAA LID: ADM), also known as Ardmore Industrial Airpark, is a general aviation airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of Ardmore, (near Gene Autry, OK) cities in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.

[edit] Facilities

Ardmore Municipal Airport covers 2,503 acres (1,013 ha) and has two runways:

Runway 13/31: 7,220 x 150 ft (2,201 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt to be expanded to 9,000 ft)
Runway 17/35: 5,006 x 100 ft (1,526 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

The airport has an FAA staffed control tower, full instrumentation, parking capacity for up to 100 commercial sized aircraft and over 36,000 sq ft (3,300 m²). of hangar space. The associated industrial park has over 2,900 acres (12 km²), with Burlington Northern Santa Fe providing a spur into the park.

Current industries at the Airpark including King Aerospace, Higgins Interiors, Inc., Dollar General Distribution Center, East Jordan Iron Works, Carbonyx, Inc., and Online Packaging.^[1]

[edit] History

The airport is located on the site of the former Ardmore Army Air Field (AAF) (1942-1946) which later became Ardmore Air Force Base (AFB) (1953-1959).

During World War II, Ardmore AAF was used by the Fourth Air Force an aircrew training base initially for glider pilots, then bomber aircrews. It was also a POW camp for German prisoners of war late in the conflict.

Known Army Air Force units which trained at Ardmore AAF were:

394th Bombardment Group (Medium) (Martin B-26 Marauder) 12 Jul 1943 - 19 Aug 1943
Served in combat with the Ninth Air Force in England, France, and Germany
395th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) 25 Oct 1943 - 1 Apr 1944
Served as an operational training unit (OTU) at Ardmore, later becoming a replacement training unit (RTU) and did not serve in combat.

Ardmore AAF was inactivated in 1946 at the end of World War II.

A historical summary of Ardmroe AAF between 1942 - 1946 can be found here.

As a result of the Korean War and the outbreak of the Cold War, Ardmore airfield was reactivated by the United States Air Force in 1953. The base was used by the Tactical Air Command Eighteenth Air Force as a theater troop carrier base, performing tactical airlift training.

The 463d Troop Carrier Wing (Medium) was the main operating unit at Ardmore AFB from 1 Sep 1953 - 15 Jan 1959. Several other subordinate groups were assigned to Ardmore and attached to the 463d TCW.

309 Troop Carrier Group: attached 8 Jul 1955 - 21 May 1956
419 Troop Carrier Group: attached 9 Jul 1956 - 25 Sep 1957
16 Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 14 Nov 1954 - 8 Jul 1955

A historical summary of Ardmore AFB between 1953 - 1959 can be found here.

Ardmore AFB was inactivated on 31 March 1959.