Palacios Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Palacios Municipal Airport
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IATA = GLE
ICAO = KGLE
type = Public
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operator = City of Palacios, Texas
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r1-number = 08/26
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Palacios Municipal Airportt Airport codes|PSX|KPSX is a commercial airport located 3 miles NW of Palacios, Texas.

History

Camp Palacios was originally established as a summer training camp for the 36th Infantry Division of the TX National Guard after the Palacios Campsite Association donated the land to the state in 1926. As a result of World War II, Palacios Army Airfield was constructed in 1943 and opened in August 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 (KPSX)]
* 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.palacios.org/airport.htm Palacios Municipal Airport Website]
* [http://www.citybytheseamuseum.org/hulen.html Palacios Area Historical Association]