Winkler County Airport

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Winkler County Airport

(former Wink Air Force Aux. Field)
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Winkler County
Serves Wink, Texas
Elevation  AMSL 2,822 ft / 860 m
Coordinates 31°46′47″N103°12′06″W / 31.77972°N 103.20167°W / 31.77972; -103.20167
Website www.co.winkler.tx.us/...
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
INK
Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
4/223,5141,071Asphalt
13/315,0031,525Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations2,720
Based aircraft14

Winkler County Airport( IATA : INK, ICAO : KINK, FAA LID : INK) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Winkler County, Texas, United States. It is located three  nautical miles (6  km) northwest of the central business district of Wink, Texas. [1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]

Contents

History

The airport was opened in August 1941 as Wink Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. It was an auxiliary airfield to Hobbs Army Airfield, New Mexico as part of the AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine) at Hobbs. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use. [3] [4]

Facilities and aircraft

Winkler County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha) at an elevation of 2,822 feet (860 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,003 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) and 4/22 is 3,514 by 100 feet (1,071 x 30 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending May 20, 2021, the airport had 2,720 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per week: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport, 13 single-engine and 1 helicopter. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for INK PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  4. Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN   1-57510-051-7