Strother Field

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Strother Field


IATA: WLD – ICAO: KWLD – FAA: WLD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Cities of Winfield & Arkansas City
Location		Winfield, Kansas
Elevation AMSL		1,160 ft / 354 m
Coordinates		37°10′07″N 097°02′15″W / 37.16861, -97.0375
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	3,137	956	Asphalt
17/35	5,506	1,678	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			6,500
Based aircraft			23
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Strother Field (IATA: WLD, ICAO: KWLD, FAA LID: WLD) is a public airport located in Cowley County, Kansas, five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district of Winfield and north of Arkansas City. This airport is jointly owned by both cities.^[1]

The airport was built in 1942 and used as a training facility by the Army Air Force until 1945. It was named Strother Army Air Field in honor of Capt. Donald Root Strother, a Winfield native who was the first Army Air Force pilot from Cowley County to be killed in World War II.^[2]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 History
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Strother Field covers an area of 1,530 acres (619 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 13/31: 3,137 x 75 ft. (956 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 17/35: 5,506 x 100 ft. (1,678 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending November 4, 2005, the airport had 6,500 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day, 100% of which were general aviation. There are 23 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% jet aircraft and 9% ultralights.^[1]

[edit] History

During World War II, the facility was known as Strother Army Airfield and was used as a United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force training field.