Pecos Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Pecos Municipal Airport
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IATA = PEQ
ICAO = KPEQ
type = City of Pecos, Texas
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operator = 682
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elevation-f = 207.9
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r1-surface = Asphalt
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Pecos Municipal Airport Airport codes|PEQ|KPEQ is a general aviation airport located 2 miles SW of Pecos, Texas.

It is owned and operated by the city of Pecos, Texas.

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.

See also

* Texas World War II Army Airfields

References

* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPEQ 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

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