Eagle Pass Municipal Airport
Eagle Pass Municipal Airport Eagle Pass Field | |||||||||||
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Built | 1919 | ||||||||||
In use | 1919-1996 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°42′08″N 100°28′54″W / 28.70222°N 100.48167°W | ||||||||||
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Runway information from: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:Texas - Laredo area |
Eagle Pass Municipal Airport is a former airport, located in Eagle Pass, Texas. Airport operations ended around 1998, being transferred to the Maverick County Memorial International Airport. Today the former airport is a commercial site.
History
Eagle Pass Municipal Airport was established by the
Flight "A" of the
The 90th operated from Eagle Pass until it was moved to
The next use of the airfield was when the
Sometime in 1945, the airport was re-opened as commercial/municipal airport. It was described as having a 3,000' unpaved runway. The runway at Eagle Pass was evidently paved at some point, being described in January 1961 as having a 2,600' hard-surface runway. A secondary runway (12/3) was constructed, having a 580' asphalt, with a 1,730' turf extension in 1963. Five hangars were depicted on a paved ramp along the west side. The operators were listed as Al Apts Aero Service & Border Aero Services. By 1985, the main runway 16/34 had been lengthened to 3,025', and the operator was listed as Bravo Aero Service.[3]
In the late 1990s, Eagle Pass Municipal Airport was closed and general aviation operations moved to Bowles Airfield, being renamed Maverick County Memorial International Airport (FAA: 5T9).[3]
With its closure the land was subdivided and redeveloped for other uses. Today the land is indistinguishable from its aviation past, being the site of a large
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency