University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (IATA: OUN, ICAO: KOUN, FAA LID: OUN) (Max Westheimer Airport) is a public use airport in Norman, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.[1] It is owned by the University of Oklahoma.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]

University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport
Terminal building in 2018
IATA: OUN ICAO: KOUN FAA LID: OUN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	University of Oklahoma
Serves	Norman, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL	1,182 ft / 360 m
Coordinates	35°14′44″N 097°28′20″W
Map
OUN Location of airport in Oklahoma Show map of Oklahoma OUN OUN (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 5,199 1,585 Asphalt 3/21 4,748 1,447 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2018) 48,733 Based aircraft (2022) 107
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The Cleveland County Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol meets on Tuesday evenings in a hangar provided by the City of Norman, east of the terminal.

University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport is important to the local economy as the aerospace and aviation industries are significant sectors to Oklahoma's economy. The $43.7 billion in yearly aviation and aerospace spending benefits the Oklahoma economy.[3]

History

The airport was built as a civil airport on land donated by the Neustadt family in the name of Max Westheimer to the University of Oklahoma and land from the city of Norman, Oklahoma. It was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1941 and expanded as a training field; it was called the Naval Air Station Norman. It was transferred back to the university after the war.[4]

Facilities

The airport covers 727 acres (294 ha) at an elevation of 1,182 feet (360 m) above sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 18/36 is 5,199 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 4,748 by 100 feet (1,447 x 30 m).[1]

In the year ending January 1, 2018, the airport had 48,733 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% military and 1% air taxi. In May 2022, there were 107 aircraft based at this airport: 80 single-engine, 16 multi-engine, 5 jet and 6 helicopter.[1]

References

External links

• University of Oklahoma - Max Westheimer Airport
• University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (OUN) at Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
• Cleveland County Composite Squadron - Civil Air Patrol
• University of Oklahoma LAAS & WAAS Testing
• Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective July 14, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for OUN, effective July 14, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for OUN
  • AirNav airport information for KOUN
  • ASN accident history for OUN
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures