Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport
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IATA = FST
ICAO = KFST
type = Public
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location = Pecos County, Texas
elevation-f = 3,011
elevation-m = 917.8
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r1-number = 3/21
r1-length-f = 4,399
r1-length-m = 1,341
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 7/25
r2-length-f = 4,961
r2-length-m = 1,512
r2-surface = Asphalt
r3-number = 16/34
r3-length-f = 3,981
r3-length-m = 1,213
r3-surface = Asphalt
r4-number = 11/29
r4-length-f = 3,348
r4-length-m = 1,020
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Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport Airport codes|FST|KFST is a general aviation airport located 2 miles NW of Fort Stockton, Texas.

It is owned and operated by the city of Pecos County, Texas.

History

The airport was opened as as Gibbs Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base during World War II. 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/KFST AirNav.Com - Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (KFST)]
* 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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