Ainsworth Army Airfield
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Ainsworth Regional Airport Ainsworth Army Airfield |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Ainsworth Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,589 ft / 789 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°34′45″N 099°59′35″W / 42.57917°N 99.99306°WCoordinates: 42°34′45″N 099°59′35″W / 42.57917°N 99.99306°W | ||||||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations | 4,000 |
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| Based aircraft | 10 |
Ainsworth Regional Airport (IATA: ANW, ICAO: KANW, FAA LID: ANW) (formerly Ainsworth Municipal Airport) is seven miles northwest of Ainsworth, in Brown County, Nebraska. It is owned by the Ainsworth Airport Authority. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation airport.
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces between August and November 1942. The 2,403-acre (9.72 km2) site is bordered by farm land on the west and north, Sand Draw on the east, and Highway 20 on the south.
Sixty four buildings were built at what would be known as Ainsworth Army Airfield. To construct the base, once land was acquired through condemnation and purchase from seven local landowners, laborers were hired from as far away as Omaha and Sioux City. Two hundred Native Americans from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota came to Ainsworth and were put on the payroll as laborers. A total of 1,200 workers came to build the Airfield. By November 1942 the laborers had completed all housing at the base, and a spur was built from the existing Chicago Northwestern Railroad several miles to the south. These tracks brought most of the supplies for the base, including building materials, food, and coal. The 2,496-acre (10.10 km2) field had three 7,300 × 150-foot (46 m) concrete runways, a hangar, warehouse, repair and machine shops, link and bomb trainers, Norden bombsite vaults, and barracks for over 600 officers and enlisted men.
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