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Chickasha Municipal Airport (IATA: CHK[2], ICAO: KCHK, FAA LID: CHK) is four miles northwest of Chickasha, in Grady County, Oklahoma.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Chickasha Municipal Airport
1995 USGS image
IATA: CHK ICAO: KCHK FAA LID: CHK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Chickasha
Serves	Chickasha, Oklahoma
Location	Grady County, near Chickasha, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL	1,152 ft / 351 m
Coordinates	35°05′50″N 97°58′04″W
Website	Chickasha.org/airport/
Map
CHK
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 5,101 1,555 Concrete 18/36 2,840 866 Turf 2/20 2,525 770 Turf
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 4,000 Based aircraft 36
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities

The airport covers 720 acres (291 ha) at an elevation of 1,152 feet (351 m). Its single paved runway, 17/35, is 5,101 by 100 feet (1,555 x 30 m) concrete. It has two turf runways: 18/36 is 2,840 by 145 feet (866 x 44 m) and 2/20 is 2,525 by 100 feet (770 x 30 m).[1]

In the year ending November 8, 2010 the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, average 10 per day. 36 aircraft were then based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, and 3% helicopter.[1]

History

Opened in October, 1941 as Wilson-Bonifils Field, the airport conducted contract basic flying training for the United States Army Air Forces. The contractor was the Wilson-Bonfils Flying Schools. 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. The wartime airport had up to six grass runways, with the runways being changed at times.

There may have been four auxiliaries associated with Chickasha - Aux #1, Aux #2, Aux #3 & Aux #4 but unconfirmed and location unknown.

Deactivated on 1 May 1945 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).

Chickasha had scheduled airline flights on Central Airlines DC-3s for a year or two, ending in 1955.

See also

• Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields
• 31st Flying Training Wing (World War II)

References

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

• 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
• 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

External links

• Chickasha Municipal Airport at City of Chickasha website
• Chickasha Municipal (CHK) at Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
• Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CHK, effective June 16, 2022
• Chickasha Wings Inc , Flight school started in 2003.

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CHK
  • AirNav airport information for KCHK
  • ASN accident history for CHK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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