Frederick Regional Airport

Frederick Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Frederick, a city in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. It was formerly known as Frederick Municipal Airport.

History
Opened on 23 September 1942 as Frederick Army Airfield with four hard-surfaced runways, 3x6000' (00/18; 04/22; 13/31); 1x4380' (09/27). Also was used as civil airport in joint-use agreement. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as an advanced twin-engine (level 3) pilot training airfield. had four local auxiliary airfields for emergency and overflow landings. Inactivated on 31 October 1945 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 21 September 1946. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Facilities and aircraft
Frederick Regional Airport covers an area of 1,442 acre at an elevation of 1,258 feet (383 m) above mean sea level. It has four runways: 17/35 is 6,099 by 150 feet (1,859 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 3/21 is 4,812 by 60 feet (1,467 x 18 m) with a concrete surface; 12/30 is 4,578 by 75 feet (1,395 x 23 m) with a concrete surface; 17L/35R is 3,180 by 50 feet (969 x 15 m) with a concrete surface.

The airport is also home to the World War II Airborne Demonstration Team Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in the historic former Frederick Army Airfield portion of the airport. In addition to its museum functions focused on World War II U.S. Army airborne infantry/paratrooper operations, the team also maintains two flyable C-47 Skytrain transports in one of the airport's remaining World War II military hangars. Painted in U.S. Army Air Forces markings, these aircraft are regularly flown for use in historical reenactments of paratrooper airdrop operations.

For the 12-month period ending June 9, 2008, the airport had 63,700 aircraft operations, an average of 174 per day: 94% military and 6% general aviation. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 18% multi-engine and 6% military.