Kickapoo Downtown Airport (IATA: KIP, ICAO: KCWC, FAA LID: CWC, formerly T47) is a city-owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States.[1]

Kickapoo Downtown Airport
IATA: KIP ICAO: KCWC FAA LID: CWC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Wichita Falls
Serves	Wichita Falls, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,003 ft / 306 m
Coordinates	33°51′38″N 098°29′25″W
Map
CWC
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 4,450 1,356 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 22,400 Based aircraft 76
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CWC by the FAA and KIP by the IATA[2] (which assigned CWC to Chernovtsy Airport in Chernovtsy, Ukraine).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Kickapoo Downtown Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) at an elevation of 1,003 feet (306 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 4,450 by 75 feet (1,356 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 12, 2008, the airport had 22,400 aircraft operations, an average of 61 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 76 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 29% multi-engine, 4% jet and 3% helicopter.[1]

References

External links

• "Kickapoo Downtown (CWC)" (PDF). at Texas DOT Airport Directory
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CWC, effective June 16, 2022

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