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Fort Morgan Municipal Airport 〔 〕 is six miles north of Fort Morgan, in Morgan County, Colorado.〔 The airport is in the city limits in a detached section of the city. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility.〔 〕 Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is FMM to the FAA〔 and has no IATA code (Memmingen Airport in Memmingen, Germany has IATA code FMM). ==History== Opened in April 1940 as Young Municipal Field. Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1944. Training provided by Plains Airways, Inc. An all-way turf airfield with a 5,200' x 5,200' landing/takeoff area. Used primarily C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered Gliders. The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in proficiency in operation of gliders in various types of towed and soaring flight, both day and night, and in servicing of gliders in the field. Inactivated during 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and returned to civil use. 〔Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.〕 〔Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Morgan Municipal Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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