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Jones Field Airport
Jones Field Airport
	1996 USGS Photo
	IATA: F00; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Bonham
Location	Bonham, Texas
Elevation AMSL	618 ft / 188 m
Coordinates	33°36′45″N 096°10′43″W / 33.61250°N 96.17861°W
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Jones Field Airport (IATA: F00) is a public airport located approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Bonham, Texas. It provides general aviation service.

History

Opened in 1937. Airport had single 1,800' sod runway. Taken over by United States Army Air Forces on 4 October 1941. Assigned to the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a basic (level 1) pilot training airfield. Base unit was 2547th Army Air Force Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary). Pilot school operated by Bonham Aviation School under control of 302d Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment.

Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Inactivated 16 October 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) returned to civil control.

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.
Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC

External links

Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KF00
- ASN accident history for F00
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KF00
- FAA current F00 delay information

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 ==History==
+Opened in 1937.  Airport had single 1,800' sod runway.  Taken over by [[United States Army Air Forces]] on 4 October 1941. Assigned to the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a basic (level 1) pilot training airfield.  Base unit was  2547th Army Air Force Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary). Pilot school operated by Bonham Aviation School under control of 302d Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment.
+Flying training was performed with [[Fairchild PT-19]]s as the primary trainer. Also had several [[PT-17 Stearman]]s and a few [[P-40 Warhawk]]s assigned. Inactivated 16 October 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) returned to civil control.
 ==See also==