University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (Max Westheimer Airport) is a public use

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, in

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. It is owned by the

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. The

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for 2021–2025 categorized it as a

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. The Cleveland County Composite Squadron of

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meets on Tuesday evenings in a hangar provided by the City of Norman, east of the terminal. University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport is important to the local economy as the aerospace and aviation industries are significant sectors to Oklahoma's economy. The $43.7 billion in yearly aviation and aerospace spending benefits the Oklahoma economy.

History

The airport was built as a civil airport on land donated by the Neustadt family in the name of World War I pilot Max Westheimer to the

and land from the city of

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. It was taken over by the

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in 1941 and expanded as a training field; it was then called the

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. It was transferred back to the University after the war.

Facilities

The airport covers 727

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s (294 ha) at an

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of 1,182 feet (360 m) above sea level. It has two

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s: 18/36 is 5,199 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 4,748 by 100 feet (1,447 x 30 m). In the year ending January 1, 2018, the airport had 48,733 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 97%

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, 2% military and 1%

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. In May 2022, there were 107 aircraft based at this airport: 80 single-engine, 16 multi-engine, 5 jet and 6 helicopter.

References

External links

University of Oklahoma - Max Westheimer Airport

University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (OUN)
at Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
Cleveland County Composite Squadron - Civil Air Patrol

University of Oklahoma LAAS & WAAS Testing

Aerial image as of February 1995
from

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History

Facilities

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