Pecos Municipal Airport

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Pecos Municipal Airport
IATA: PEQ - ICAO: KPEQ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Pecos, Texas
Elevation AMSL		682 ft (207.9 m)
Coordinates		31°22′56.60″N, 103°30′38.60″W
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.

Contents 1 History 2 See Also 3 References 4 External Links

[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

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

[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