Strother Field
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| 2008 USGS airphoto | |||
| IATA: WLD – ICAO: KWLD – FAA LID: WLD | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Cities of Winfield & Arkansas City | ||
| Location | Pleasant Valley Township / Beaver Township, Cowley County, near Arkansas City and Winfield, Kansas, USA | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,160 ft / 354 m | ||
| Coordinates | 37°10′07″N 097°02′15″W / 37.16861°N 97.0375°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 3,137 | 956 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 5,506 | 1,678 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 6,500 | ||
| Based aircraft | 23 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
- For the World War II use of this facility, see Strother Army Airfield
Strother Field (IATA: WLD, ICAO: KWLD, FAA LID: WLD) is a public airport located in Cowley County, Kansas, five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district of Winfield and north of Arkansas City. This airport is jointly owned by both cities.[1]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Strother Field covers an area of 1,530 acres (620 ha) which contains two runways:[1]
- Runway 13/31: 3,137 x 75 ft (956 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 17/35: 5,506 x 100 ft (1,678 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
For 12-month period ending November 4, 2005, the airport had 6,500 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day, 100% of which were general aviation. There are 23 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% jet aircraft and 9% ultralights.[1]
[edit] History
An airport, jointly owned by Arkansas City and Winfield, was under construction in April 1942 when the United States Army Air Forces indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center. Strother Army Airfield was rushed to completion with the first class of cadets scheduled to arrive for basic training in the BT-13 on December 14, 1942.
The military use of Strother Field ended in October 1945 and it was turned over for civil use. Today, the site is currently Strother Field and Industrial Park. Remaining wartime structures include 2 hangars, 2 link training buildings, 1 tetrahedron wind cone, 2 ruins sites, 1 building of unknown original use and runways.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Historical building inventory of Strother Field, 2008
- Strother Field Industrial Park, Winfield, Kansas
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KWLD
- ASN accident history for WLD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
