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词条 TSTC Waco Airport
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  1. History

     Military Use  Civilian Use 

  2. Facilities and aircraft

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox airport
| name = TSTC Waco Airport
| nativename = {{smaller|(formerly James Connally AFB)}}
| image = TSTC Waco Airport - Texas.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = USGS 2006 orthophoto
| IATA = CNW
| ICAO = KCNW
| FAA = CNW
| type = Public
| owner = Texas State Technical College
| operator =
| city-served = Waco, Texas
| location =
| elevation-f = 470
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|31|38|16|N|097|04|27|W|region:US-TX_scale:40000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Texas
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Texas
| pushpin_label = CNW
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 17L/35R
| r1-length-f = 8,600
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 17R/35L
| r2-length-f = 6,291
| r2-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2010
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 71,800
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 11
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
}}TSTC Waco Airport {{airport codes|CNW|KCNW|CNW}} is a public use airport located eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) northeast of the central business district of Waco, a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. Before 1968, it was known as James Connally Air Force Base. The airport is owned by Texas State Technical College.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

The facility is currently used as an industrial airpark operated by Texas State Technical College System for their aviation programs, and is noted for being the largest airport in the United States owned by an educational institution.[3]

History

Military Use

{{Main|James Connally Air Force Base}}

The airport opened May 5, 1942 as Waco Army Air Field and was the headquarters Army Air Force Central Instructors' School during World War II. It was deactivated after the war in 1945 but was reactivated in 1948 as a pilot training base under the Air Training Command. It was named for Colonel James T. Connally who had been killed in Japan in 1945. The airport was initially called Connally Air Force Base but the name evolved to also include his first name.

In 1957, the base became a support facility for the headquarters of Twelfth Air Force (12 AF) located in nearby Waco and concurrently concentrated on providing navigator flight training under the cognizance of the Air Training Command.

In 1968, as part of a nationwide reduction in air force bases and naval air stations to stay within congressional funding limits while continuing to prosecute the war in Vietnam, James Connally AFB was closed. All navigator training consolidated at Mather Air Force Base, California and 12th Air Force relocated to Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas. At this point, the facility was conveyed to the State of Texas by the General Services Administration (GSA).

Civilian Use

The airport and the base facilities were used as a technical school while General Dynamics remained as a tenant performing modification work on various military aircraft. The General Dynamics facility was later closed.

Electrospace Systems opened a hangar at the facility; its operations were later sold to Chrysler and renamed Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems. Chrysler subsequently sold the operation to Raytheon which renamed the facility Raytheon Aircraft Integration Systems. In 2002, Raytheon sold the facility to L-3 Communications and it is currently known as L-3 Communications Platform Integration Division.[4]

George W. Bush during his Presidency flew in and out of the airport on Air Force One during visits to his home at the Prairie Chapel Ranch.

In 1991, TSTI was renamed Texas State Technical College (TSTC).

Facilities and aircraft

TSTC Waco Airport covers an area of 2,200 acres (890 ha) at an elevation of 470 feet (143 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 17L/35R is 8,600 by 150 feet (2,621 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 17R/35L is 6,291 by 80 feet (1,917 x 23 m) with a concrete surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 21, 2010, the airport had 71,800 aircraft operations, an average of 196 per day: 76% general aviation and 24% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.[1]

See also

  • List of American Balloon Squadrons

References

1. ^{{FAA-airport|ID=CNW|use=PU|own=PU|site=24980.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
2. ^ {{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf | title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = PDF, 2.03 MB | work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010 }}
3. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tstc.edu/programs/AircraftPilotTraining | title = Texas State Technical College Programs Aircraft Pilot Training | publisher = TSTC}}
4. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.l-3com.com/is/waco/wacoCorpHistory.html | title = Corporate history of L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Waco Aircraft Modification Center | publisher = L-3 Communications | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091220045434/http://www.l-3com.com/is/waco/wacoCorpHistory.html | archivedate = 2009-12-20 | df = }}

External links

{{Commons category|TSTC Waco Airport}}
  • Airport page at TSTC website
  • Servion of Waco, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
  • {{cite web|url= http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/avn/airport_directory/cnw.pdf |title=Waco, TSTC / Texas State Tech College (CNW) }} from Texas DOT Airport Directory
  • Aerial image as of January 1995 from USGS The National Map
  • {{FAA-diagram|00579}}
  • {{FAA-procedures|CNW}}
{{US-airport-ga|CNW}}

6 : Airports in Texas|Buildings and structures in Waco, Texas|University and college airports|Transportation in McLennan County, Texas|1942 establishments in Texas|Airports established in 1942

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