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Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (IATA: CXO, ICAO: KCXO, FAA LID: CXO) (formerly known as Lone Star Executive Airport and Montgomery County Airport) is a public-use airport in Conroe, Texas, United States, [1] 37 miles (60 km) north of the central business district of Houston. [2] It is publicly owned by Montgomery County.
In early 2010, Hooks Airport received a notable resident when the B-17G Flying Fortress 'Texas Raiders' was permanently moved from William P. Hobby Airport to a spacious hangar in the Tomball Jet Center as a cost-saving measure. 'Texas Raiders' used Hooks Airport as her base of operations for the 2010 air show season and several years afterward.
Texas Raiders starts its four engines for the first time in 5 years in July 2009. The Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing encompassed the "Texas Raiders" group, who maintained and operated the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (former U.S. Navy PB-1W) named Texas Raiders, which crashed on November 12, 2022.
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 620,443. [1] The county seat is Conroe. [2] The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1837, and is named for the town of Montgomery. [3]
Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport covers an area of 674 acres (273 ha) which contains one concrete paved runway (17/35) measuring 7,000 x 100 ft (2,134 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2021, the airport had 77,981 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% commercial.
Conroe Normal and Industrial College faculty (c. 1903) Conroe Normal and Industrial College was established in April 1903, by founding president Jimmie Johnson. [2] Johnson fundraised for the formation of the school through extensive travel within Texas and lecturing; he solicited for funds from black churches, black associations, and black conventions.
It housed up to five runways, three hangars, ten planes, and an all-black chapter of the Civil Air Patrol. The airport was operated from 1941-1954 by John William Greene Jr, and also by Tuskegee Airmen, Herbert Jones Jr., who would later form International Air Association, the first African-American owned airline. [1] [3] [4]
Lincoln Heights (mostly burned down in September 2022 fire; parts of Weed have some Black residents but fewer compared to mid-20th century when most of the Black community worked on the railroads). Mono Lake and nearby Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Round Valley developed large Black percentages near the NV state line.