Coleman Municipal Airport

Coleman Municipal Airport
Coleman Municipal Airport
	1994 USGS Photo
	IATA: COM; ICAO: KCOM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Coleman
Location	Coleman, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,697 ft / 517 m
Coordinates	31°50′28″N 099°24′12″W / 31.84111°N 99.40333°W
Runways

Coleman Municipal Airport (IATA: COM, ICAO: KCOM) is two miles northeast of Coleman, Texas.

History

Opened on 1 October 1941. Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Coleman Flying School under 304th Flying Training Detachment. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. had four local axillary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans assigned.

Inactivated on 16 October 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Airline flights (Trans-Texas DC-3s) ended in 1957.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from 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

External links

FAA Terminal Procedures for COM, effective November 28, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for COM
- AirNav airport information for COM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for COM

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