Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...
, in
Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Ottawa County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,285. Its county seat is Miami. The county was named for the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a ''
general aviation
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History
The airport opened in December 1937 with two 3,200' concrete runways aligned north-south (17/35) and northeast-southwest (05/22).
In summer 1941 the facility was taken over by the
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
and was used initially as part of the British Flying Training School program. This training was part of the Lend-Lease act where
Royal Air Force
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(RAF) flying cadets had a 20-week basic flying course taught by civil contractors. Flight training was by Spartan Aircraft Company, using Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several
PT-17 Stearman
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely kno ...
s and a few
P-40 Warhawk
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and ...
s assigned.
In November 1942 RAF training ended at Miami and the airfield became a primary (stage 1) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command). The civil instructors were retained under USAAF control.
Three known auxiliary airfields were associated with Miami Airport for emergency and overflow landings, all in the Miami area. Training ended in mid-1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and the airfield returned to civil control.
Miami had scheduled airline flights for a year or two starting in 1952, on Ozark DC-3s.
Facilities
Miami Municipal Airport covers 300 acres (121 ha) at an elevation of 808 feet (246 m). Its single runway, 17/35, is 5,020 by 100 feet (1,530 x 30 m) asphalt.
In the year ending July 10, 2008 the airport had 12,000
general aviation
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aircraft operations, average 32 per day. 31 aircraft were then based at the airport: 74% single-engine and 26% multi-engine.
Incidents
On November 8, 2010 a
Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 22-23. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. In 19 ...
crash landed at the airport. No one was injured as it landed in a plowed field and sustained minor damage.Kfor.com News Retrieved on November 10, 2010
List of airports in Oklahoma
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31st Flying Training Wing (World War II)
The 31st Flying Training Wing was a training formation of the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II.
The wing's mission was to train personnel of the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command. Headquartered at Enid Field, Oklahoma, f ...
USGS
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The National Map
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