- Ardmore Municipal Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Ardmore Municipal Airport
nativename = Ardmore Industrial Airpark
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IATA = ADM
ICAO = KADM
FAA = ADM
type = Public
owner =
operator = Ardmore Development Authority
city-served =Ardmore, Oklahoma
location =
elevation-f = 762
elevation-m = 232
coordinates = Coord|34|18|12|N|97|01|10|W|type:airport_region:US
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r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-f = 7,220
r1-length-m = 2,201
r1-surface =Asphalt
r2-number = 17/35
r2-length-f = 5,006
r2-length-m = 1,526
r2-surface = Asphalt
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footnotes =Ardmore Municipal Airport Airport codes|ADM|KADM|ADM, also known as Ardmore Industrial Airpark, is a
general aviation airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of thecentral business district of Ardmore, a city in Carter County,Oklahoma ,United States .Facilities
Ardmore Municipal Airport covers convert|2503|acre|ha|0|lk=on and has two
runway s:
* Runway 13/31: 7,220 x 150 ft (2,201 x 46 m), Surface:Asphalt
* Runway 17/35: 5,006 x 100 ft (1,526 x 30 m), Surface: AsphaltHistory
The airport is located on the site of the former Ardmore Army Air Field (AAF) (1942-1946) which later became Ardmore Air Force Base (AFB) (1953-1959).
During
World War II , Ardmore AAF was used by theFourth Air Force an aircrew training base initially for glider pilots, then bomber aircrews. It was also a POW camp for German prisoners of war late in the conflict.Known Army Air Force units which trained at Ardmore AAF were:
* 394th Bombardment Group (Medium) (Martin
B-26 Marauder ) 12 Jul 1943 - 19 Aug 1943
Served in combat with theNinth Air Force inEngland ,France , andGermany
* 395th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (BoeingB-17 Flying Fortress ) 25 Oct 1943 - 1 Apr 1944
Served as an operational training unit (OTU) at Ardmore, later becoming a replacement training unit (RTU) and did not serve in combat.Ardmore AAF was inactivated in 1946 at the end of World War II.
A historical summary of Ardmroe AAF between 1942 - 1946 can be found [http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/Summary42-46.html here] .
As a result of the
Korean War and the outbreak of theCold War , Ardmore airfield was reactivated by theUnited States Air Force in 1953. The base was used by theTactical Air Command Eighteenth Air Force as a theater troop carrier base, performing tactical airlift training.The 463d Troop Carrier Wing (Medium) was the main operating unit at Ardmore AFB from 1 Sep 1953 - 15 Jan 1959. Several other subordinate groups were assigned to Ardmore and attached to the 463d TCW.
* 309 Troop Carrier Group: attached 8 Jul 1955 - 21 May 1956
* 419 Troop Carrier Group: attached 9 Jul 1956 - 25 Sep 1957
* 16 Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 14 Nov 1954 - 8 Jul 1955A historical summary of Ardmore AFB between 1953 - 1959 can be found [http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/Summary%2053-59.html here] .
Ardmore AFB was inactivated on 31 March 1959.
See also
*
Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields References
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947-1977 (Washington: USGPO, 1984)
*FAA-airport|ID=ADM|use=PU|own=PU|site=18795.*A
* [http://chamber.ardmore.org/page.php?page=1002 Ardmore Development Authority]
* [http://www.sb-d.com/issues/spring2004/features/Top10AviationSites.asp Top Aviation & Aerospace Sites in the South]
* [http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/ History of Ardmore Army Air Field (1942-1945) and Air Force Base (1953-1959)]
* [http://members.tripod.com/Airfields_freeman/OK/Airfields_OK_C.htm Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Central Oklahoma]External links
* [http://www.lakelandaviation.com/ Lakeland Aviation, Inc.] (
fixed base operator for Ardmore Municipal Airport)
*PDF| [http://staging.okcommerce.gov/test1/dmdocuments/ODOC5_Site_Ardmore_040706.pdf Site Profile: Ardmore Industrial Park]
*PDF| [http://www.gis.ci.ardmore.ok.us/PDF/airpark.pdf Aerial photo of Ardmore Industrial Airpark] |6.13 MiB
* [http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news6910.html Carter County water treatment constructed at airport] (July 16, 2004 press release)
* http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/
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*FAA-diagram|00022
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