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Woodward Field covers an area of 396 acres (160 ha) at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is a 5,000-by-100-foot (1,524 by 30 m) lighted runway and 14/32 is 2,998 by 100 ft (914 by 30 m) crosswind runway.
This is a list of airports in South Carolina (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The North American Institute of Aviation (NAIA) was a private, FAA Part-141 flight school located in Conway, South Carolina, in the United States. Founded on July 7, 1972 in Hammonton, New Jersey, then later moved to South Carolina in 1978, NAIA specialized in flight and aircraft maintenance training. It has also had a campus in Las Cruces, New ...
The first RAF flight cadets began training in the United States in June 1941. The Army Air Corps (later Army Air Forces) maintained a small liaison detachment at each of these schools, however the RAF provided a cadre of officers for military supervision and training, while flight training was conducted by contract flying schools. [1]
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During World War II the United States Army Air Forces' Third Air Force used the airport as a training base and added 1,400 acres (570 ha). Known as Florence Army Airfield , the 52d Pursuit Group was assigned to the airfield on 18 February 1942 and trained with P-39 Airacobra and P-40 Warhawks until departing on 27 April for Wilmington, North ...
Eastern Flight Training Center. Shaw Army Airfield, 8.4 miles (13.5 km) west-northwest of Sumter; Army Air Force Flying School (Basic) Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Burt Gin Auxiliary Field Rembert Auxiliary Field Monaghan Auxiliary Field Sumter Municipal Airport Now: Shaw Air Force Base (IATA: SSC, ICAO: KSSC, FAA LID: SSC)
The Hawthorne School of Aeronautics was a World War II civilian flying school, contracted by the United States Army Air Forces to conduct primary pilot training for aviation cadets. The school was under the supervision of the 58th Flying Training Detachment, Eastern Flight Training Center, Army Air Forces Training Command .