Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field

Infobox Airport
name = Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field


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IATA = TBN
ICAO = KTBN
FAA = TBN
type = Public / Military
owner = U.S. Army
operator =
city-served =
location = Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
elevation-f = 1,159
elevation-m = 353
coordinates = Coord|37|44|30|N|092|08|27|W|type:airport
website =
r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 6,038
r1-length-m = 1,840
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 20,653
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 4
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=TBN|use=PU|own=MR|site=11730.*A, effective 2007-05-10]

Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field airport codes|TBN|KTBN|TBN [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/TBN Great Circle Mapper: TBN / KTBN - Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri] ] is an airport located southeast of Waynesville, inside Fort Leonard Wood, in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States. Until 1998 it known as Forney Army Airfield. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/forney.htm Forney Army Airfield] at GlobalSecurity.org] It is mostly used for military aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Facilities and aircraft

Forney Field covers an area of 237 acres (96 ha) and has one asphalt runway (14/32) measuring 6,038 x 150 ft (1,840 x 46 m). For 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 20,653 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day. Of those, 59% were military, 31% general aviation, 7% scheduled commercial and 2% air taxi. There are 4 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.:

Airline and destination

* Great Lakes Airlines (St. Louis)

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force

ee also

* Missouri World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

*FAA-diagram|05093