- Chickasaw Municipal Airport
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Chickasaw Municipal Airport 
1995 USGS image IATA: CHK – ICAO: KCHK Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Chickasha Location Grady County, near Chickasha, Oklahoma Elevation AMSL 1,152 ft / 351 m Coordinates 35°05′50″N 097°58′03″W / 35.09722°N 97.9675°WCoordinates: 35°05′50″N 097°58′03″W / 35.09722°N 97.9675°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 5,101 1,555 Asphalt 18/36 2,840 866 Turf 02/20 2,525 770 Turf Chickasha Municipal Airport (IATA: CHK, ICAO: KCHK) is a public airport located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Chickasha, Oklahoma. It provides general aviation service.
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History
Opened in October, 1941 as Wilson-Bonifils Field, the airport conducted contract basic flying training for the United States Army Air Forces. The contractor was the Wilson-Bonfils Flying Schools. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. The wartime airport had up to six grass runways, with the runways being changed at various times.
Appears that there may have been four auxiliaries associated with Chickasha - Aux #1, Aux #2, Aux #3 & Aux #4 but unconfirmed and location unknown.
Inactivated on 1 May 1945 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).
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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
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CHK, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for CHK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CHK
Army Air Forces Training CommandFlying Training Flying Schools Eastern Flying Training Command · Central Flying Training Command · Western Flying Training CommandSpecialized Schools Bombardier · Contract Flying · Glider Training · Gunnery · Navigator
Technical Training Eastern Technical Training Command · Central Technical Training Command · Western Technical Training CommandCategories:- 1941 establishments
- USAAF Contract Flying School Airfields
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Oklahoma
- Buildings and structures in Grady County, Oklahoma
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