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Deming Municipal Airport

Airport in Luna County, New Mexico

Field	Value
name	Deming Municipal Airport
Deming Army Airfield
image	Deming Municipal Airport - New Mexico.jpg
image-width	250
caption	2006 USGS orthophoto
IATA	DMN
ICAO	KDMN
FAA	DMN
type	Public
owner	City of Deming
city-served	Deming, New Mexico
elevation-f	4,314
elevation-m	1,315
coordinates
pushpin_map	New Mexico
pushpin_label	DMN
pushpin_mapsize	250
r1-number	8/26
r1-length-f	6,627
r1-length-m	2,020
r1-surface	Asphalt
r2-number	4/22
r2-length-f	5,675
r2-length-m	1,730
r2-surface	Asphalt
stat-year	2008
stat1-header	Aircraft operations
stat1-data	28,655
stat2-header	Based aircraft
stat2-data	17
footnotes	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Deming Municipal Airport is two miles southeast of Deming, in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.

Facilities

The airport covers 2,870 acre at an elevation of 4,314 feet (1,315 m). It has two asphalt 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).

In the year ending April 13, 2008 the airport had 28,655 aircraft operations, average 78 per day: 65% general aviation, 32% military and 3% air taxi. 17 aircraft were then based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.

World War II

The airfield was activated on 15 November 1942. It conducted bombardier training for USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central 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 Kansan.

The airfield was assigned to Second Air Force 16th Bombardment Training Wing on 31 December 1944. It conducted B-29 Superfortress group bombardment training until the end of World War II, when the training program at Deming wound down and was inactivated 18 December 1945. The airfield was closed on 31 January 1946. It was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and sold.

Past airline service

Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) DC-3s served Deming starting in July, 1950, flying El Paso to Phoenix via Las Cruces, Deming, and Lordsburg, New Mexico as well as Clifton, Safford, and Tucson, Arizona. The service ended in April, 1953.

References

Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.

References

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Frontier Airlines timetable: November 1, 1950

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