Pueblo Army Air Base
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Pueblo Memorial Airport Pueblo Army Air Base |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Pueblo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Pueblo, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,729 ft / 1,441 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°17′21″N 104°29′47″W / 38.28917°N 104.49639°WCoordinates: 38°17′21″N 104°29′47″W / 38.28917°N 104.49639°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.flypueblo.com... | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations (2013) | 165,876 |
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| Based aircraft (2017) | 128 |
Pueblo Memorial Airport (IATA: PUB, ICAO: KPUB, FAA LID: PUB) is a public airport located six miles east of Pueblo, in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. It is primarily used for general aviation.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 4,345 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 5,192 in 2009 and 11,641 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year).
Built in 1941 as the Pueblo Army Air Base, it was used as an advanced flying school to train B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator four engine heavy bomber crews. It was under the command of the United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force 360th Army Air Force Base Unit. Known bomb groups which trained or based at Pueblo were:
The history of the Air Base is preserved with the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society and its Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.
In 1948 it was handed over to the City of Pueblo. In the 1960s the main east-west runway (8/26) was extended from 6,000' to 10,000' to accommodate jet aircraft.
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