Culberson County Airport

Coordinates: 31°03′28″N 104°47′02″W / 31.05778°N 104.78389°W / 31.05778; -104.78389

Culberson County Airport
IATA: VHN – ICAO: KVHN – FAA LID: VHN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Culberson County
Location		Culberson County, near Van Horn, Texas
Elevation AMSL		3,957 ft / 1,206 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
3/21	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
7/25	5,353	1,632	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			500
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Culberson County Airport (IATA: VHN, ICAO: KVHN, FAA LID: VHN) is a county-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Van Horn, a town in Culberson County, Texas, United States.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Culberson County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 6,000 x 75 ft. (1,829 x 23 m) and 7/25 measuring 5,353 x 75 ft. (1,632 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 27, 2007, the airport had 500 aircraft operations: 60% general aviation and 40% military.^[1]

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force

See also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for VHN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for VHN
  • ASN accident history for VHN
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for VHN