Deming Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Deming | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Deming, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,314 ft / 1,315 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°15′44″N 107°43′14″W / 32.26222°N 107.72056°W | ||||||||||||||
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Deming Municipal Airport (IATA: DMN, ICAO: KDMN, FAA LID: DMN) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Deming, a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.[1]
Deming Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,870 acres (1,161 ha) at an elevation of 4,314 feet (1,315 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 6,627 by 75 feet (2,020 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 5,675 by 60 feet (1,730 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2008, the airport had 28,655 aircraft operations, an average of 78 per day: 65% general aviation, 32% military and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.[1]
Activated 15 Nov 1942. Conducted bombardier training for USAAF West Coast Training Center (later Western Flying Command). The first class of bombardiers graduated on 6 March. In the next three years an estimated 12,000 cadets passed through the Deming school. The bombardier trainer used was the Beech AT-11
Assigned to Second Air Force on 31 December 1944. With the end of World War II, the training program at Deming wound down, finally coming to an end in September, 1946. Conducted group training until closed on 31 Jan 1946. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and sold.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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