Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
| Fort Morgan Municipal Airport | |||
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| USGS aerial image, 11 September 1998 | |||
| 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°19′58″N 103°48′16″W / 40.33278°N 103.80444°W | ||
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| 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 (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 8,300 | ||
| Based aircraft | 24 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFMM, FAA LID: FMM) is a city-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) north of the central business district of Fort Morgan, in Morgan County, Colorado, United States.[1] The airport is within the city limits in a detached section of the city. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation airport.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FMM by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Fort Morgan Municipal Airport covers an area of 324 acres (131 ha) at an elevation of 4,569 feet (1,393 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: Runway 14/32 is 5,219 by 60 feet (1,591 x 18 m) with a concrete surface, Runway 17/35 is 3,800 by 30 feet (1,158 x 9 m) with a dirt/turf surface. and Runway 8/26 is 2,467 by 100 feet (752 x 30 m) with a turf surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 8,300 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 90% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for FMM (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: Fort Morgan, Colorado (ICAO: KFMM, FAA: FMM)
- Other sources
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- 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.
- 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
This article incorporates [edit] External links
- Fort Morgan Municipal Airport at City of Fort Morgan website
- Fort Morgan Municipal Airport at Colorado DOT website
- Aerial image as of 4 July 1998 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for FMM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for FMM
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