Hale County Airport

Hale County Airport
Plainview Field

1996 USGS Photo
IATA: PVW – ICAO: KPVW – FAA LID: PVW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Plainview and Hale County, Texas
Location Hale County, near Plainview, Texas
Elevation AMSL 3,374 ft / 1,028 m
Coordinates 34°10′08″N 101°42′57″W / 34.16889°N 101.71583°W / 34.16889; -101.71583Coordinates: 34°10′08″N 101°42′57″W / 34.16889°N 101.71583°W / 34.16889; -101.71583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 5,997 1,828 Asphalt
13/31 4,000 1,219 Asphalt

Hale County Airport (IATA: PVW, ICAO: KPVW, FAA LID: PVW) is a public airport about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Plainview, Texas. No airline flights now.

History

Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1944. Training provided by Clint Breedlove Aerial Service. An all-way turf airfield with a 2,700' x 2,700' landing/takeoff area. Used primarily C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered gliders. Possibly had two auxiliary landing airfields. 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 turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport in April 1946. Had scheduled airline flights in the 1950s-- Pioneer then Continental, then Central DC-3s ended in 1963.

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References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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