Sherman Army Airfield

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name = Sherman Army Airfield
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IATA = FLV
ICAO = KFLV
type = Military/Public
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location = Leavenworth
elevation-f = 772
elevation-m = 235.3
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r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 5,905
r1-length-m = 1,800
r1-surface = Asphalt/Concrete
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Sherman Army Airfield Airport codes|FLV|KFLV is an airport located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Although the airport is within the confines of a United States Army Base, it has agreement with the city of Leavenworth, Kansas to permit civilian use at all hours.

It derives its codes from Fort Leavenworth. It is named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman who spent extensive time at the Fort and helped establish the Command and General Staff College there.

The airport is at the foot of the Missouri River bluffs that make up the fort. The levee protecting it burst in both the Great Flood of 1951 and the Great Flood of 1993.

History

During World War II, the facility was used as a United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force training field.

ee also

* Kansas World War II Army Airfields

External links

* [http://www.lvks.org/sherman_airfield.htm Leavenworth, Kansas profile]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/sherman.htm Global Security profile]
* [http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/articles/2005/10/13/features/features1.txt Leavenworth Lamp Profile]