Bruce Campbell Field

Coordinates: 32°26′19″N 90°06′11″W / 32.43861°N 90.10306°W / 32.43861; -90.10306
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Bruce Campbell Field

(former Augustine Auxiliary Field)
AMSL
326 ft / 99 m
Coordinates32°26′19″N 90°06′11″W / 32.43861°N 90.10306°W / 32.43861; -90.10306
Map
MBO is located in Mississippi
MBO
MBO
Location of airport in Mississippi
MBO is located in the United States
MBO
MBO
MBO (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,444 1,355 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations48,660
Based aircraft63

Bruce Campbell Field (IATA: DXE, ICAO: KMBO, FAA LID: MBO) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Madison, a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MBO by the FAA,[1] and DXE from IATA[3] (which assigned MBO to Mamburao Airport in the Philippines).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Bruce Campbell Field covers an area of 260

mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,444 by 75 feet (1,355 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 14, 2011, the airport had 48,660 aircraft operations, an average of 133 per day: 99.8% general aviation and 0.2% military. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, and 13% multi-engine.[1]

History

The airport was opened in March 1941 as Augustine Auxiliary Field with an all-direction 4,000' turf takeoff/landing field. single 3,600' concrete runway. It began training

PT-17 Stearmans
assigned.

The airfield was deactivated on June 30, 1945, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. It was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945, and was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport. [5] [6] [7]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27.
  3. ^ "Bruce Campbell Field (ICAO: KMBO, FAA: MBO, IATA: DXE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  4. ^ "Mamburao Airport (IATA: MBO, ICAO: RPUM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  6. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629
  7. OCLC 71006954, 29991467

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