Paul Windle Municipal Airport

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Paul Windle Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typeClosed, no longer in use
OwnerCity of Greensburg
Serves Greensburg, Kansas
Elevation  AMSL 2,230 ft / 680 m
Coordinates 37°36′16″N099°16′23″W / 37.60444°N 99.27306°W / 37.60444; -99.27306
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
2/20 (closed)2,600792 Turf
17/35 (closed)2,400732Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations0
Source: FAA, [1] with corrected coordinates from WikiMapia [2]

Paul Windle Municipal Airport( FAA LID : 8K7) is a closed and no longer used airport located east of the central business district of Greensburg, a city in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. [1] The airport was owned by the City of Greensburg [1] and named in honor of Captain Paul R. "Windy" Windle (1934-1965) who learned to fly at this airport and was killed in action during the Vietnam War. [3]

Contents

Facilities and aircraft

Paul Windle Municipal Airport covered an area of 71 acres (29  ha ) at an elevation of 2,230 feet (680 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, both now closed, with turf surfaces: 2/20 was 2,600 by 130 feet (792 x 40 m) and 17/35 was 2,400 by 290 feet (732 x 88 m).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 8K7 PDF , effective 2009-05-07.
  2. Paul Windle Municipal Airport at WikiMapia
  3. Remembrance Past: Capt. Paul R. "Windy" Windle