Stinson Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Stinson Municipal Airport
nativename = Stinson Field

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IATA = SSF
ICAO = KSSF
type = Public / Municipal
owner = City of San Antonio
operator = City of San Antonio Aviation Department
city-served = San Antonio
location = San Antonio, Texas United States
elevation-f = 577
elevation-m = 175.9
coordinates = Coord|29|20|13.2270|N|98|28|16.1060|W|type:airport
website = [http://www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/stinsonairport.asp www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/]
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r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 4,129
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r2-number = 9/27
r2-length-f = 4,835
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Stinson Municipal Airport airport codes|SSF|KSSF, originally called Stinson Field, is a reliever airport located six miles south of downtown San Antonio’s central business district. The airport has two runways and its elevation is convert|577|ft|m|0 above sea level.

History

Established in 1938, Stinson Municipal Airport is the second oldest general aviation airport in continuous operation in the United States. [http://www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/stinsonairport.asp Airport website. Accessed September 26, 2007.]

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was returned over to the local government for civil use.

The Airport is also home to the Texas Air Museum.

See also

* Texas World War II Army Airfields

External links

* [http://www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/stinsonairport.asp Official site]

References

* Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/ Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]