La Junta Municipal Airport
- La Junta Municipal Airport
is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of La Junta, in Otero County, Colorado, United States. It is owned and operated by the City of La Junta.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, La Junta Municipal Airport is assigned LHX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KLHX Great Circle Mapper: KLHX - La Junta, Colorado (La Junta Municipal Airport)] ]
History
The airport was opened in April 1940 as La Junta Army Air Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an advanced flying school operating B-25 Mitchell two engine bombers and Cessna AT-17 twin-engined advanced trainers. It was operated by the 402nd Army Air Force Base Unit, as part of the Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center.
The 50th and 358th Fighter groups were assigned to La Junta in late 1945 (August - November) for inactivation.
At the end of World War II the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use. [Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517]
Facilities and aircraft
La Junta Municipal Airport covers an area of 4,200 acres (1,700 ha) at an elevation of 4,229 feet (1,289 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 8/26 with a 6,849 x 75 ft (2,088 x 23 m) asphalt surface and 12/30 with a 5,803 x 60 ft (1,769 x 18 m) asphalt/concrete surface. It also has one helipad designated H1 and measuring 145 x 145 ft (44 x 44 m). For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2006, the airport had 6,900 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% military.
See also
* Colorado World War II Army Airfields
References
External links
* [http://www.ci.la-junta.co.us/airport.htm La Junta Airport] at City of La Junta web site
* [http://www.colorado-aeronautics.org/La%20Junta.htm La Junta Municipal (LHX)] at Colorado DOT Airport Directory
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