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The airport was opened in September 1942 as Porterville Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a training base during World War II. It was a sub-base to Lemoore AAF, being used as a pilot training facility. Improvements to the site included a fueling system utilizing nine underground storage tanks.
The airport covers 548 acres (222 ha) at an elevation of 501 feet (153 m).Its single runway, 13/31, is 6,500 by 100 feet (1,981 x 30 m) asphalt. [1]In the year ending November 3, 2023, the airport had 67,100 aircraft operations, average 184 per day: 100% general aviation and <1% military. 68 aircraft were then based at this airport: 52 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 1 jet, 4 helicopter, and 1 ...
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training.
This list of airports in Texas (a U.S. state) is 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.
Majors Airport covers 1,525 acres (617 ha) at an elevation of 535 feet (163 m). Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,030 by 150 feet (2,448 x 46 m) asphalt. [1]In the year ending 23 June 2016, the airport had 19,135 aircraft operations, averaging 52 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. 42 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 7% jets, and 2% helicopters.
The first airline flights were operated by Pioneer Air Lines with twin engine Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft in 1947. Pioneer was then acquired by and merged into Continental Airlines which in 1955 was operating daily DC-3 service with a multi-stop routing of Midland, TX/Odessa, TX – Big Spring, TX – Snyder, TX – Abilene, TX – Breckenridge, TX – Fort Worth – Dallas Love Field – Waco ...
A twelve-ship formation over the Guadalupe River in the vicinity of Foster Field, Texas, summer 1942. Victoria Regional Airport (IATA: VCT, ICAO: KVCT, FAA LID: VCT) is a county-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) northeast of the central business district of Victoria, a city in Victoria County, Texas, United States. [1]
The airport covers 1,410 acres (570 ha) at an elevation of 749 feet (228 m). It has three runways: 17L/35R, which measures 9,000 by 150 feet (2,743 x 46 m) and is made from asphalt/concrete; 17R/35L, which measures 4,008 by 100 feet (1,222 x 30 m) and is also made from asphalt/concrete, and 13/31, which measures 2,277 by 60 feet (694 x 18 m) and is made from asphalt.