Deming Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Deming

Deming, New Mexico

Deming is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, located 60 miles west of Las Cruces. The population was 14,116 at the 2000 census. Deming is the county seat and principal town of Luna County.-History:...

, a city in Luna County

Luna County, New Mexico

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*77.7% White*1.1% Black*1.3% Native American*0.5% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*2.6% Two or more races*16.8% Other races*61.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, New Mexico

New Mexico

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, United States

United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Deming Municipal Airport covers an area of 2870 acres (1,161.4 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 4,314 feet (1,315 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 8/26 is 6,627 by 75 feet (2,020 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 5,675 by 60 feet (1,730 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2008, the airport had 28,655 aircraft operations, an average of 78 per day: 65% general aviation

General aviation

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, 32% military

Military aviation

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 and 3% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 6% multi-engine.

World War II

Activated 15 November 1942. Conducted bombardier training for USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Command). The first class of bombardiers graduated on 6 March. In the next three years an estimated 12,000 cadets passed through the Deming Qin school. The bombardier trainer used was the Beech AT-11 Kansan.

Assigned to Second Air Force

Second Air Force

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 16th Bombardment Training Wing

16th Bombardment Training Wing (World War II)

The 16th Bombardment Training Wingis an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force, based at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado...

  on 31 December 1944. Conducted B-29 Superfortress

B-29 Superfortress

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 group bombardment training until the end of World War II, when the training program at Deming wound down, finally coming to an end and inactivated 18 December 1945. Airfield was closed on 31 January 1946. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and sold.

See also

• New Mexico World War II Army Airfields
  New Mexico World War II Army Airfields
  During World War II, the United States Army Air Force established numerous airfields in New Mexico for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers....
  
  

External links

• Deming Municipal Airport at City of Deming website
• Aerial photo as of 21 September 1996 from USGS The National Map