Fort Stockton–Pecos County Airport

Fort Stockton–Pecos County Airport
Gibbs Army Airfield

2006 USGS Airphoto
IATA: FST – ICAO: KFST
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Pecos County, near Fort Stockton, Texas
Elevation AMSL 3,011 ft / 917.8 m
Coordinates 30°54′54.90″N 102°54′46.0″W / 30.9152500°N 102.912778°W / 30.9152500; -102.912778Coordinates: 30°54′54.90″N 102°54′46.0″W / 30.9152500°N 102.912778°W / 30.9152500; -102.912778
Map
KFST

Location

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 4,399 1,341 Asphalt
7/25 4,961 1,512 Asphalt
16/34 3,981 1,213 Asphalt
11/29 3,348 1,020 Asphalt

Fort Stockton–Pecos County Airport (IATA: FST, ICAO: KFST) is two miles NW of Fort Stockton, Texas, United States and is owned and operated by Pecos County, Texas.

History

The airport opened as Gibbs Field , or Fort Stockton Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base during World War II.

Opened on 1 June 1942 with two 2,500' turf runways. Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Pacific Air School Ltd. 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 two local auxiliary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned.

Inactivated on 12 March 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.

Airline flights (Trans-Texas DC-3s) ended in 1960.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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