Childress Municipal Airport

For the World War II history of the airport, see Childress Army Airfield.

Childress Municipal Airport (IATA: CDS, ICAO: KCDS, FAA LID: CDS) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) west of the central business district of Childress, a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Childress.^[1]

Childress Municipal Airport (former Childress Army Airfield)
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: CDS ICAO: KCDS FAA LID: CDS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Childress
Serves	Childress, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,954 ft / 596 m
Coordinates	34°26′02″N 100°17′17″W
Map
CDS Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 5,949 1,813 Asphalt 4/22 4,425 1,349 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 3,040 Based aircraft 15
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

History

The airport was opened in October 1942 as Childress Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.

Childress AAF operated as a bombardier-training school under the Central Flying Training Command. It occupied an area of 2,474 acres (10.01 km²). Construction of the field was announced on 2 May 1942, and began immediately thereafter. After the field was closed on December 21, 1945, it was donated to the city and transformed into a municipal airport.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Childress Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) at an elevation of 1,954 feet (596 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 5,949 by 75 feet (1,813 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 4,425 by 60 feet (1,349 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 27, 2009, the airport had 3,040 aircraft operations, an average of 253 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 7% helicopter, and 13% ultralight.^[1]

See also

• List of airports in Texas