Ardmore Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ardmore Municipal Airport
nativename = Ardmore Industrial Airpark
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IATA = ADM
ICAO = KADM
FAA = ADM
type = Public
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operator = Ardmore Development Authority
city-served = Ardmore, Oklahoma
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elevation-f = 762
elevation-m = 232
coordinates = Coord|34|18|12|N|97|01|10|W|type:airport_region:US
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r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-f = 7,220
r1-length-m = 2,201
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 17/35
r2-length-f = 5,006
r2-length-m = 1,526
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Ardmore Municipal Airport Airport codes|ADM|KADM|ADM, also known as Ardmore Industrial Airpark, is a general aviation airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of Ardmore, a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.

Facilities

Ardmore Municipal Airport covers convert|2503|acre|ha|0|lk=on and has two runways:
* Runway 13/31: 7,220 x 150 ft (2,201 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
* Runway 17/35: 5,006 x 100 ft (1,526 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

History

The airport is located on the site of the former Ardmore Army Air Field (AAF) (1942-1946) which later became Ardmore Air Force Base (AFB) (1953-1959).

During World War II, Ardmore AAF was used by the Fourth Air Force an aircrew training base initially for glider pilots, then bomber aircrews. It was also a POW camp for German prisoners of war late in the conflict.

Known Army Air Force units which trained at Ardmore AAF were:

* 394th Bombardment Group (Medium) (Martin B-26 Marauder) 12 Jul 1943 - 19 Aug 1943
Served in combat with the Ninth Air Force in England, France, and Germany
* 395th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) 25 Oct 1943 - 1 Apr 1944
Served as an operational training unit (OTU) at Ardmore, later becoming a replacement training unit (RTU) and did not serve in combat.

Ardmore AAF was inactivated in 1946 at the end of World War II.

A historical summary of Ardmroe AAF between 1942 - 1946 can be found [http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/Summary42-46.html here] .

As a result of the Korean War and the outbreak of the Cold War, Ardmore airfield was reactivated by the United States Air Force in 1953. The base was used by the Tactical Air Command Eighteenth Air Force as a theater troop carrier base, performing tactical airlift training.

The 463d Troop Carrier Wing (Medium) was the main operating unit at Ardmore AFB from 1 Sep 1953 - 15 Jan 1959. Several other subordinate groups were assigned to Ardmore and attached to the 463d TCW.
* 309 Troop Carrier Group: attached 8 Jul 1955 - 21 May 1956
* 419 Troop Carrier Group: attached 9 Jul 1956 - 25 Sep 1957
* 16 Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 14 Nov 1954 - 8 Jul 1955

A historical summary of Ardmore AFB between 1953 - 1959 can be found [http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/Summary%2053-59.html here] .

Ardmore AFB was inactivated on 31 March 1959.

See also

* Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947-1977 (Washington: USGPO, 1984)
*FAA-airport|ID=ADM|use=PU|own=PU|site=18795.*A
* [http://chamber.ardmore.org/page.php?page=1002 Ardmore Development Authority]
* [http://www.sb-d.com/issues/spring2004/features/Top10AviationSites.asp Top Aviation & Aerospace Sites in the South]
* [http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/ History of Ardmore Army Air Field (1942-1945) and Air Force Base (1953-1959)]
* [http://members.tripod.com/Airfields_freeman/OK/Airfields_OK_C.htm Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Central Oklahoma]

External links

* [http://www.lakelandaviation.com/ Lakeland Aviation, Inc.] (fixed base operator for Ardmore Municipal Airport)
*PDF| [http://staging.okcommerce.gov/test1/dmdocuments/ODOC5_Site_Ardmore_040706.pdf Site Profile: Ardmore Industrial Park]
*PDF| [http://www.gis.ci.ardmore.ok.us/PDF/airpark.pdf Aerial photo of Ardmore Industrial Airpark] |6.13 MiB
* [http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news6910.html Carter County water treatment constructed at airport] (July 16, 2004 press release)
* http://www.brightok.net/~gsimmons/
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