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This is a list of airports in Oklahoma (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.
Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRCE, FAA LID: RCE, formerly F29) is a public-use airport owned by the city of Oklahoma City and located in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. It is 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of the central business district of Oklahoma City , but still within its city limits. [ 1 ]
The airport first opened in 1911 as Oklahoma City Municipal Airfield.It was renamed in Rogers' honor in 1941. [8]World War II postcard from Will Rogers Army Airfield. During World War II, Will Rogers Field was a major training facility for the United States Army Air Forces; many fighter and bomber units were activated and received initial training there.
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During the Japanese occupation, Japanese staff officers used the building for offices and housing. Major General Eugene L. Eubank, Thirteenth Air Force Commander from July 1946 to October 1948, was the first to occupy this building after its re-designation as the General's Family Quarters in August 1946.
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center is a regional office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration on the grounds of Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City. [1] [2] With around 7,500 direct federal employees, [3] the Aeronautical Center is one of the Department of Transportation's largest facilities outside the Washington, DC area, and one of the 10 largest employers in the Oklahoma ...
Four people were killed when a small airplane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma City, local authorities said. The plane crashed about 1:30 p.m. at Sundance Airport, a small airport on the ...
The airport is on the site of Ardmore Army Air Field (1942 to 1946), later Ardmore Air Force Base (1953 to 1959). Central Airlines served Ardmore from about 1951 until 1963. On April 22, 1966 American Flyers Flight 280 , flying a Lockheed Electra L-188 on approach to Ardmore crashed into a hill. 83 of the 98 aboard were killed.