Perryville Regional Airport (also known as McBride Airport / Perryville Municipal Airport) is a city-owned public-use
airport located nine nautical miles (17 km) north of the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Perryville, a city in
Perry County Perry County may refer to:
United States
*Perry County, Alabama
*Perry County, Arkansas
*Perry County, Illinois
*Perry County, Indiana
*Perry County, Kentucky
*Perry County, Mississippi
*Perry County, Missouri
*Perry County, Ohio
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,
Missouri,
United States.
Facilities and aircraft
Perryville Regional Airport covers an area of at an
elevation of 372 feet (113 m) above
mean sea level. It has one
runway designated 2/20 with a
concrete surface measuring 7,003 by 100 feet (2,135 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 5,900 total aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 86%
general aviation, 8%
military and 5%
air taxi. At that time there were nine aircraft based at this airport: eight single-
engine and one
helicopter.
History
The airport was built in 1942 by the
United States Army Air Forces as a primary (stage 1) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command). It was named Chester Army Airfield and consisted of two parallel 2000' runways aligned NNE/SSW (02/20).
Flight training was provided by Anderson Air Activities to the aviation cadets assigned to the airfield and
Fairchild PT-19
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s were the primary trainer used. Pilot training at the airfield apparently ended on 30 May 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).
The name of Perryville Regional Airport and ICAO codes were changed from Perryville Municipal Airport and K02 on March 2, 2017.
See also
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Missouri World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Missouri for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Arm ...
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29th Flying Training Wing (World War II)
The 29th Flying Training Wing was a wing of the United States Army Air Forces. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Napier Field, Alabama. The wing controlled World War II Phase One p ...
References
* Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
* Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), ''Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy'', Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.
External links
City of Perryville, Airport DivisionAerial photofrom
USGS ''
The National Map'' via
MSR Maps, 10 April 1996
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