C. David Campbell Field
{{Short description|Former Army Air Force and current Airport in Navarro County, Texas}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = C. David Campbell Field
| nativename = Corsicana Municipal Airport
| image = C. David Campbell Field - Texas.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = USGS image 2006
| IATA = CRS
| ICAO = KCRS
| FAA = CRS
| type = Public
| owner = City of Corsicana
| operator =
| city-served = Corsicana, Texas
| location =
| elevation-f = 449
| elevation-m = 137
| coordinates = {{coord|32|01|41|N|96|24|02|W|region:US-TX_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = Texas
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_label = KCRS
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-f = 5,004
| r1-length-m = 1,525
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 2/20
| r2-length-f = 3,200
| r2-length-m = 975
| r2-surface = Turf
| stat-year = 2022
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 9/30/2022)
| stat1-data = 25,200
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 61
| footnotes = Sources: FAA,{{FAA-airport|ID=CRS|use=PU|own=PU|site=23664.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 October 2023. City of Corsica[http://www.ci.corsicana.tx.us/resident/airport.php Corsicana Municipal Airport]. City of Corsica. Accessed 17 August 2010.
}}
C. David Campbell Field (Corsicana Municipal Airport) {{Airport codes|CRS|KCRS|CRS}} is six miles southeast of downtown Corsicana, in Navarro County, Texas It provides general aviation service.
History
{{stack|File:Corsicana Field - 42K Classbook.pdf}}
Opened on 1 April 1941 with {{cvt|2000|ft}} all-way turf runway. Known as Corsicana Field. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. had six local axillary airfields for emergency and overflow landings.
Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Air Activities of Texas under 301st Flying Training Detachment. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few old A-3 Curtiss Falcons assigned.
Inactivated on 16 October 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. {{OCLC|57007862|1050653629}}Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}}
Facilities
The airport covers {{convert|166|acre|ha}} at an elevation of 449 feet (137 m). It has two runways: 14/32 is 5,004 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) asphalt; 2/20 is 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m) turf.
In the year ending September 30, 2022, the airport had 25,200 general aviation aircraft operations, average 69 per day. 61 aircraft were then based at the airport: 56 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.
The Cumbie Aviation Museum is located in two rooms in the terminal.{{cite web |title=Cumbie Aviation Museum |url=http://www.cityofcorsicana.com/index.aspx?NID=701 |website=City of Corsicana |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108155224/http://www.cityofcorsicana.com/index.aspx?NID=701 |archive-date=8 November 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Bigham |first1=Randy |title=The Sky is the Limit |url=http://www.nowmagazines.com/2011/06/29/the-sky-is-the-limit |access-date=3 January 2024 |work=Now Magazines |date=29 June 2011}}
See also
References
{{Commons category|Corsicana Field}}
External links
- {{FAA-procedures|CRS}}
{{US-airport-ga|CRS}}
{{USAAF Training Bases World War II}}
Category:1941 establishments in Texas
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas
Category:Buildings and structures in Navarro County, Texas
Category:USAAF Contract Flying School Airfields