Pecos Municipal Airport
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Pecos Municipal Airport | |||
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IATA: PEQ - ICAO: KPEQ | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Operator | City of Pecos, Texas | ||
Elevation AMSL | 682 ft (207.9 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
14/32 | 6,237 | 1,901 | Asphalt |
927 | 5,954 | 1,815 | Asphalt |
Pecos Municipal Airport (IATA: PEQ, ICAO: KPEQ) is a general aviation airport located 2 miles SW of Pecos, Texas.
It is owned and operated by the city of Pecos, Texas.
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[edit] History
The airport was opened in September 1938 as Pecos Airport. During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base (1942-1945) and became Pecos Army Airfield. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and was returned the local government for civil use.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- AirNav.Com - Pecos Municipal Airport (KPEQ)
- Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517
[edit] External Links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KPEQ
- ASN accident history for PEQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KPEQ
- FAA current PEQ delay information