Ponca City Regional Airport

Ponca City Regional Airport
USGS aerial image - 17 February 1995
IATA: PNC – ICAO: KPNC – FAA LID: PNC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Ponca City
Serves		Ponca City, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL		1,008 ft / 307 m
Coordinates		36°43′55″N 097°05′59″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	7,201	2,195	Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations			61,500
Based aircraft			64
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Ponca City Regional Airport (IATA: PNC, ICAO: KPNC, FAA LID: PNC) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the central business district of Ponca City, in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation. Enrique's is a well known Mexican restaurant located in the terminal.

Scheduled passenger flights on Great Lakes Airlines to Denver and Dodge City were discontinued in August, 2006. The service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

History

The airport was opened during November 1938 with a single 3,600' concrete runway. In the summer of 1941, the facility was taken over by the United States Army Air Force and was used initially as part of the British Flying Training School program. This training was performed as part of the Lend-Lease act where Royal Air Force (RAF) flying cadets were provided a 20-week basic flying course taught by civil contractors. Flight training was provided by the Darr School of Aeronautics, Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer at the airfield. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned.

In November 1942, RAF training ended at Miami and the airfield became a primary (stage 1) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command). The civil instructors were retained under USAAF control by the 323d Flying Training Detachment.

Pilot training at the airfield apparently ended on 30 May 1944, with the reduced demand for new pilots. The airfield was then returned to the local government at the end of the war.

Facilities and aircraft

Ponca City Regional Airport covers an area of 500 acres (200 ha) at an elevation of 1,008 feet (307 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 7,201 by 150 feet (2,195 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2008, the airport had 61,500 aircraft operations, an average of 168 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% military. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 3% jet and 2% ultralight.

See also

• Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields

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.
• Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 2401) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2006-7-25: Terminating subsidy eligibility and allowing Great Lakes Aviation to suspend service as of Sep. 1, 2006

External links

• Ponca City Airport Industrial ParkPDF (595 KiB)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for PNC, effective 12 January 2012
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KPNC
  • ASN accident history for PNC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures