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Herington Regional Airport

Field	Value
name	Herington Regional Airport
nativename	(former Herington Army Airfield)
image	Herington Regional Airport KS 2006 USGS.jpg
image-width	250
caption	USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA
ICAO	KHRU
FAA	HRU
type	Public
owner	City of Herington
city-served	Herington, Kansas, U.S.
location	Morris County
elevation-f	1,481
coordinates
pushpin_map	USA Kansas
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location of airport in Kansas
pushpin_label	HRU
r1-number	17/35
r1-length-f	4,184
r1-surface	Concrete
stat-year	2009
stat1-header	Aircraft operations
stat1-data	12,600
stat2-header	Based aircraft
stat2-data	11
footnotes	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Herington Regional Airport is a public use airport in Morris County, Kansas, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Herington and is located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) northeast of its central business district. Although the airport is in Morris County, most of Herington is located in Dickinson County.{{cite web | access-date = May 1, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513042441/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Herington/airport.html | archive-date = May 13, 2007 | url-status = dead |url-status=dead

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of HRU by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.{{cite web

History

During World War II, the facility was known as Herington Army Airfield and was used as a United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force as a staging area for overseas deployment of heavy bombers and their crews. These bombers included the models B-17, B-24, and B-29. The facilities at the field included runways, hangars, fuel storage tanks, barracks, administration buildings, and other related structures necessary for airfield operations. Construction started in 1942, and the field was completed over a 14-month period.

In 1945 Herington AAF was deactivated and then declared surplus in 1946. All the property was eventually disposed of and became the Herington Municipal Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Herington Regional Airport covers an area of 1,709 acres (692 ha) at an elevation of 1,481 feet (451 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 4,184 by 75 feet (1,275 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 23, 2009, the airport had 12,600 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 92% general aviation and 8% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% ultralight.

References

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