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Corning Municipal Airport (Arkansas)
Corning Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Corning, a city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a '' general aviation'' facility. Facilities and aircraft Corning Municipal Airport covers an area of 135 acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...s (55 ha) at an elevation of 293 feet (89 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,299 by 60 feet (1,310 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2011, the airport had 33,200 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 99% general av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corning, Arkansas
Corning is a city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,377 at the 2010 census. It is one of the two county seats of Clay County, along with Piggott. History The original settlement was approximately one mile east and was called Hecht City, named for brothers Levi and Solomon Hecht, who operated a lumber mill on Black River. Hecht City moved to the present site of Corning in 1871, when the Cairo and Fulton Railroad surveyed the land for the proposed route. The railroad through the settlement was completed by 1872. On February 5, 1873, the name was changed from Hecht City to Corning, in honor of H. D. Corning, an engineer with the railroad. The city of Corning experienced a massive period of growth in the early part of the 20th century. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was the site of many industrial manufacturing developments. Corning was the site of a large explosion on March 9, 1966. The pre-dawn explosion originated in a munitions railcar and resulted in onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
