Dalhart Municipal Airport

Dalhart Municipal Airport
1996 USGS Photo
IATA: DHT – ICAO: KDHT – FAA LID: DHT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Dalhart
Location		Hartley County, near Dalhart, Texas
Elevation AMSL		3,991 ft / 1,216 m
Coordinates		36°01′21″N 102°32′50″W / 36.0225°N 102.54722°W / 36.0225; -102.54722Coordinates: 36°01′21″N 102°32′50″W / 36.0225°N 102.54722°W / 36.0225; -102.54722
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
3/21	5,669	1,728	Asphalt
17/35	6,400	1,951	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			22,750
Based aircraft			36
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Dalhart MAP

Location of Dalhart Municipal Airport, Texas

Dalhart Municipal Airport (IATA: DHT, ICAO: KDHT, FAA LID: DHT) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Dalhart, Texas,^[1] a city straddling the border of Dallam and Hartley counties in the northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle.^[2]

The airport is not served by any commercial airlines at this time.

Facilities and aircraft

Dalhart Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,206 acres (488 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,669 x 75 ft (1,728 x 23 m) and 17/35 measuring 6,400 x 75 ft (1,951 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 25, 2009, the airport had 22,750 aircraft operations, an average of 62 per day: 75% local general aviation, 25% transient general aviation, and <1% military. There are 30 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 3% glider.^[1]

History

The airport was constructed by the Army and opened in 1942 as Dalhart Army Air Field. The Army trained B-17 and B-29 pilots at the field during World War II. Known bombardment groups which trained at Dalhart were:

• 6th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 9th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 16th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 331st Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 333d Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 346th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 382d Bombardment (Heavy) (B-17)
• 383d Bombardment (Heavy) (B-17)
• 415th Bombardment (Dive) (A-20)
• 449th Bombardment (Heavy) (B-17)
• 501st Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 502d Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 504th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 505th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)
• 507th Bombardment (Very Heavy) (B-29)

After the war in 1946 it was turned over the city of Dalhart and converted into a municipal airport.

See also

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal
	World War II portal

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for DHT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2010-11-18
2. ^ City of Dalhart, Texas

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KDHT
  • ASN accident history for DHT
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KDHT