Winkler County Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Winkler County Airport
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IATA = INK
ICAO = KINK
type = Public
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operator = Winkler County, Texas
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elevation-f = 2,822
elevation-m = 860
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r1-number = 13/31
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Winkler County Airport Airport codes|INK|KINK is a general aviation airport located 3 miles NW of Wink, Texas.

It is owned and operated by Winkler County, Texas, Kermit, Texas.

History

The airport was opened in August 1941 as Wink Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.

See also

* Texas World War II Army Airfields

References

* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/KINK AirNav.Com - Winkler County Airport (KINK)]
* Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517

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