Winkler County Airport
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| Winkler County Airport | |||
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| IATA: INK – ICAO: KINK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Winkler County, Texas | ||
| Serves | Kermit, Wink | ||
| Location | Winkler County, near Wink, Texas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,822 ft / 860 m | ||
| Coordinates | 31°46′46.66″N 103°12′04.903″W / 31.7796278°N 103.20136194°WCoordinates: 31°46′46.66″N 103°12′04.903″W / 31.7796278°N 103.20136194°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| 4/22 | 3,515 | 1,071 | Asphalt |
Winkler County Airport (IATA: INK, ICAO: KINK) is a general aviation airport located 3 miles NW of Wink, Texas.
It is owned and operated by Winkler County, Texas.
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[edit] History
The airport was opened in August 1941 as Wink Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. It was an auxiliary airfield to Hobbs Army Airfield, New Mexico as part of the AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine) at Hobbs.
At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- AirNav.Com - Winkler County Airport (KINK)
- Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517
[edit] External links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KINK
- ASN accident history for INK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KINK
- FAA current INK delay information
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