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The Djiboutian authorities consequently asked U.S. officials to relocate the drones to the rarely used Chabelley Airfield. [5] Previously, Chabelley airstrip had been exclusively reserved in case of need for the French military. [6] The U.S. Air Force's 870th Air Expeditionary Squadron operates Predator and Reaper drones from the airfield. [7] [4]
Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / Barnard Ranch Airfield / Chittim Ranch Airfield (Eagle Pass) Eagle Pass Municipal Airport; El Paso Municipal Airport (original) Five-Points Field / Naval Outlying Landing Field 22913 (Watsonville) Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #1 / Pinto Stagefield (Garner)
The previous airport was Raven Rock Field, near the Ohio River at 38.715N 83.052W, a grass field with a 2200-foot run. Lake Central Airlines served the airport from its opening until it merged into Allegheny Airlines in 1968; [3] Allegheny pulled out in 1971. [4] The airport has had no airline service since. [3]
It serves the Mid-Ohio Valley area, which includes the Ohio cities of Marietta, Belpre and the West Virginian cities of Williamstown, Parkersburg, and Vienna. Its scheduled passenger services are subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport itself is located along Interstate 77, just south of the border with Ohio.
The Weirton–Steubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Upper Ohio Valley, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the cities of Weirton and Steubenville.
Lunken opened in 1926 in the Ohio River Valley; it frequently experienced fog, and the 1937 flood submerged its runways and two-story terminal building. [11] Federal officials wanted an airfield site that would not be prone to flooding, but Cincinnati officials hoped to build Lunken into the region's main airport. [12]
Cincinnati Municipal Airport (Lunken Airport) was Cincinnati's main airport until 1947. It is in the Little Miami River valley near Columbia, the site of the first Cincinnati-area settlement in 1788. John Dixon “Dixie” Davis began giving flying lessons at the field in 1921 and the field was originally named the Dixie Davis Flying Field.
Clermont County Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 844 feet (257 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with a 3,568 x 75 ft (1,088 x 23 m) asphalt surface. [1] The airport is served by four instrument approaches, including an RNAV (GPS) approach to both runway 4 and 22. [29]