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Hunter Army Airfield (IATA: SVN, ICAO: KSVN, FAA LID: SVN), located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart located in Hinesville, Georgia. Hunter features a runway that is 11,375 feet (3,468 m) long and an aircraft parking area that is more than 350 acres (1.4 km 2).
Stinson Municipal Airport is the second oldest general aviation airport in continuous operation in the United States [3] (after College Park Airport). Established in October 1915, when the Stinson family initially leased the land from the City of San Antonio.
San Antonio International Airport has two terminals with an overall 27 jet bridge gates. The original one-level terminal (formerly Terminal 2) opened in 1953 with ground-loading holding areas and was expanded twice, once in 1959 with new east and west wings, and again in 1968 with an eight-gate satellite concourse, which was built to handle ...
The museum's mission has been dedicated to tell the stories of San Antonio's and Texas' vital role in the development of civilian and military air power. It pays tribute to aviation pioneers, notably the co-founders of Stinson Airport Katherine Stinson , her sister Marjorie Stinson and brother Edward Stinson .
With the consolidation of pilot training by the United States Army Air Corps in 1931, nearly all flying training had taken place at Randolph Field, near San Antonio, Texas. During the 1930s, Randolph had produced about 500 new pilots per year, which was adequate for the peacetime air corps. [ 2 ]
This OAG lists TI DC-9 service to San Angelo from Austin, Laredo, McAllen and San Antonio in Texas and from Abilene, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. By 1978 all TI flights at the airport were DC-9s with four a day to Dallas/Fort Worth via a stop in Abilene. [16] The airline merged into Continental Airlines in 1982 and soon left San Angelo.
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training.