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Charleston Municipal Airport
Charleston Municipal Airport
	1996 USGS Photo
	IATA: 09M; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Charleston
Location	Charleston, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL	175 ft / 53 m
Coordinates	33°59′27″N 090°04′43″W / 33.99083°N 90.07861°W
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Charleston Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 09M) is a public airport, located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Charleston, Mississippi. It provides general aviation service.

History

The airport was built in 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces as a basic (stage 2) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command).

Instruction at the school consisted of teaching the cadets to fly in formation, fly by instruments or by aerial navigation, fly at night, and fly for long distances. Aviation Cadets who washed out of pilot training were usually sent to navigator or bombardier school. The initial aircraft complement numbered 24 Vultee BT-13 Valiant and BT-15 aircraft. The ten-week course consisted of 70 hours of flight training and 150 hours of ground training.

Pilot training at the airfield apparently ended on 30 May 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

External links

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 09M
- AirNav airport information for K09M
- ASN accident history for 09M
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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 ==History==
-During [[World War II]] it was a [[United States Army Air Force]] flying training airfield.
+The airport was built in 1942 by the [[United States Army Air Forces]] as a basic (stage 2) pilot training airfield assigned to AAF Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command).
+Instruction at the school consisted of teaching the cadets to fly in formation, fly by instruments or by aerial navigation, fly at night, and fly for long distances.  Aviation Cadets who washed out of pilot training were usually sent to navigator or bombardier school. The initial aircraft complement numbered 24 Vultee [[BT-13 Valiant]] and BT-15 aircraft. The ten-week course consisted of 70 hours of flight training and 150 hours of ground training.
+Pilot training at the airfield apparently ended on 30 May 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. The airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration (WAA).
 ==See also==