Woodward Field Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPublic
OperatorKershaw County
ServesCamden, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL302 ft / 92 m
Coordinates34°17′00.90″N 080°33′53.50″W / 34.2835833°N 80.5648611°W / 34.2835833; -80.5648611
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
14/32 2,998 914 Asphalt

Woodward Field Airport (IATA: CDN, ICAO: KCDN) is a public airport located 3 miles northeast of Camden, South Carolina. The airport serves the general aviation community, with no scheduled commercial airline service.

History

The airport was opened in November 1937. In 1941 the United States Army Air Forces indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield. Woodward Field was used by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command) as a basic flying training airfield, with instruction being carried out by the 64th Flying Training Detachment.

The Camden-based Southern Aviation School was the civilian contractor performing the basic flight training, and military flight training began on 22 March 1941. Along with the USAAF flying cadets, Royal Air Force personnel were also trained at Woodward. Two small turf airfields were also used by the training school during the war. Flying training ended on 4 August 1944 and afterwords the airfield returned to civil control

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References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Flying training
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