Coleman Municipal Airport

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Coleman Municipal Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Coleman
Location Coleman, Texas
Elevation  AMSL 1,697 ft / 517 m
Coordinates 31°50′28″N99°24′12″W / 31.84111°N 99.40333°W / 31.84111; -99.40333 Coordinates: 31°50′28″N99°24′12″W / 31.84111°N 99.40333°W / 31.84111; -99.40333
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
15/334,5031,373 Asphalt
Coleman Flying School 1943 Classbookl Coleman Municipal Airport - 43J Classbook.pdf
Coleman Flying School 1943 Classbookl

Coleman Municipal Airport( IATA : COM, ICAO : KCOM) is an airport two miles northeast of Coleman, Texas.

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History

Opened on 1 October 1941. Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Coleman Flying School under 304th Flying Training Detachment. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. had four local axillary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans assigned.

Inactivated on 16 October 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Airline flights (Trans-Texas DC-3s) ended in 1957.

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