Deming Municipal Airport

Deming Municipal Airport
IATA: DMN – ICAO: KDMN – FAA LID: DMN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Deming
Serves		Deming, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL		4,314 ft / 1,315 m
Coordinates		32°15′44″N 107°43′14″W / 32.26222°N 107.72056°W / 32.26222; -107.72056Coordinates: 32°15′44″N 107°43′14″W / 32.26222°N 107.72056°W / 32.26222; -107.72056
Map
DMN Location of airport in New Mexico
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
8/26	6,627	2,020	Asphalt
4/22	5,675	1,730	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations			28,655
Based aircraft			17
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Deming Municipal Airport (IATA: DMN, ICAO: KDMN, FAA LID: DMN) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Deming, a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Deming Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,870 acres (1,160 ha) at an elevation of 4,314 feet (1,315 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 6,627 by 75 feet (2,020 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 5,675 by 60 feet (1,730 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2008, the airport had 28,655 aircraft operations, an average of 78 per day: 65% general aviation, 32% military and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.^[1]

World War II

AAF Bombardier School patch, 1943

Activated 15 November 1942. Conducted bombardier training for USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Command). The first class of bombardiers graduated on 6 March. In the next three years an estimated 12,000 cadets passed through the Deming Qin school. The bombardier trainer used was the Beech AT-11 Kansan.

Assigned to Second Air Force 16th Bombardment Training Wing on 31 December 1944. Conducted B-29 Superfortress group bombardment training until the end of World War II, when the training program at Deming wound down, finally coming to an end and inactivated 18 December 1945. Airfield was closed on 31 January 1946. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and sold.

See also

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal
	World War II portal

• New Mexico World War II Army Airfields

References

 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

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for DMN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.

External links

• Deming Municipal Airport at City of Deming website
• Aerial photo as of 21 September 1996 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for DMN, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KDMN
  • ASN accident history for DMN
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KDMN