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Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
	USGS 1998 orthophoto
	IATA: none; ICAO: KFMM; FAA LID: FMM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Fort Morgan
Serves	Fort Morgan, Colorado
Elevation AMSL	4,569 ft / 1,393 m
Coordinates	40°20′02″N 103°48′15″W / 40.33389°N 103.80417°W
Website	CityOfFortMorgan.com/...
Map
	FMM Location in Colorado
Runways
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	9,543
Based aircraft	23
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFMM, FAA LID: FMM, formerly 3V4)^[2] is six miles north of Fort Morgan, in Morgan County, Colorado, United States.^[1] The airport is in the city limits in a detached section of the city.^{[citation needed]} The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[3]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is FMM to the FAA^[1] and has no IATA code (Memmingen Airport in Memmingen, Germany has IATA code FMM).

Facilities

The airport covers 324 acres (131 ha) at an elevation of 4,569 feet (1,393 m). It has three runways: 14/32 is 5,219 by 60 feet (1,591 x 18 m) concrete; 17/35 is 3,800 by 30 feet (1,158 x 9 m) dirt/turf; 8/26 is 2,467 by 100 feet (752 x 30 m) turf.^[1]

In 2011 the airport had 9,543 aircraft operations, average 26 per day: 90% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and 2% military. 23 aircraft were then based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% multi-engine.^[1]

History

The Fort Morgan Municipal Airport was dedicated in 1933 as Young Municipal Field. Agriculture was the mainstay of the community, and the crop spraying and dusting business became the focus of the airport.^[4] In April 1940, the airport was leased by the United States Army Air Corps as part of the military buildup prior to World War II. It was used by the Air Corps as a glider pilot training school.

The glider school was operated under contract by Plains Airways, Inc., under the general supervision of the 1st Glider Training Detachment, 36th Flying Training Wing, Western Flying Training Command.^[5] Training was conducted using Taylorcraft TG-6A and Aeronca TG-5 combat training gliders, towed by C-47 Skytrain aircraft.^[6] An all-way turf airfield with a 5,200' x 5,200' landing/takeoff area was used for flight operations.

The flight cadets consisted of both experienced sailplane pilots and others who had washed out of conventional pilot training and were given a second chance to fly. The possibility of officer's pay and the chance to fly attracted a particular breed of risk-tolerant trainees. Trainees were given instruction on how to follow a tow plane and fly the unpowered aircraft to the designated landing zone.^[7]

Unlike powered pilots, combat training was also provided, as once a pilot committed to a landing and discovered, as he got closer, frequently the landing zone was under fire, mined, or otherwise obstructed, he had little room to maneuver to make a safe landing. Once the landing was made, the glider pilot then became another infantryman.^[8]

Once the glider pilot cadet successfully completed primary training, he moved on to advanced training, taught by AAF instructors at several military glider schools.^[7]

The school was closed in November, 1943 as part of the drawdown of the Army Air Forces pilot training program. It was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers, and eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) after the end of World War II.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for FMM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
^ "3V4 – Fort Morgan Municipal Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. October 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005.
^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
^ Fort Morgan Airport History
^ 36th Flying Training Wing, lineage and history document Air Force Historical Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
^ "Military Aviation Incident Reports". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
^ ^a ^b Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467
^ Cameron, Rebecca Hancock, 1999, Training to Fly. Military Flight Training 1907–1945, Chapter 4: Training at home for War Overseas. Air Force History and Museums Program, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

External links

Fort Morgan Municipal Airport at City of Fort Morgan website
Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (FMM) at Colorado DOT airport directory
FAA Terminal Procedures for FMM, effective September 5, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FMM
- AirNav airport information for KFMM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for FMM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.

[2] "3V4 – Fort Morgan Municipal Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. October 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005.

[3] "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.

[4] Fort Morgan Airport History

[5] 36th Flying Training Wing, lineage and history document Air Force Historical Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

[6] "Military Aviation Incident Reports". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2015-12-23.

[ATC-7] Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467

[8] Cameron, Rebecca Hancock, 1999, Training to Fly. Military Flight Training 1907–1945, Chapter 4: Training at home for War Overseas. Air Force History and Museums Program, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

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+| coordinates  = {{coord|40|20|02|N|103|48|15|W|region:US-CO_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
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 | r2-number    = 17/35
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-| r3-length-m  = 752
 | r3-surface   = Turf
-| stat-year    = 2007
+| stat-year    = 2011
 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations
-| stat1-data   = 8,300
+| stat1-data   = 9,543
 | stat2-header = Based aircraft
-| stat2-data   = 24
+| stat2-data   = 23
-| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=FMM|use=PU|own=PU|site=02612.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.</ref>
+| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=FMM|use=PU|own=PU|site=02612.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.</ref>
 }}
+'''Fort Morgan Municipal Airport''' {{airport codes||KFMM|FMM{{nobold|, formerly }}3V4}}<ref>
-'''Fort Morgan Municipal Airport''' {{Airport codes||KFMM|FMM}} is a city-owned, public-use [[airport]] located five nautical miles (9 km) north of the [[central business district]] of [[Fort Morgan, Colorado|Fort Morgan]], in [[Morgan County, Colorado|Morgan County]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]].<ref name=FAA /> The airport is within the city limits in a detached section of the city. According to the FAA's [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a ''[[general aviation]]'' airport.<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part2.pdf Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB)]. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.</ref>
+ {{cite web
+ | url = http://www.airnav.com/airport/3V4
+ | title = 3V4 – Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
+ | publisher = [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] data republished by AirNav
+ | date = October 27, 2005
+ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051202165146/http://www.airnav.com/airport/3V4
+ | archive-date = December 2, 2005
+ }}
+</ref> is six miles north of [[Fort Morgan, Colorado|Fort Morgan]], in [[Morgan County, Colorado]], United States.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is in the city limits in a detached section of the city.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} The [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015 [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a ''[[general aviation]]'' facility.<ref>{{cite book
+|section=Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost
+|title=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports
+|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011
+|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122636/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011
+|archive-date=2012-10-27
+|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration
+|date=October 4, 2010
+}}</ref>
-Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], this airport is assigned '''FMM''' by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.<ref>[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KFMM Great Circle Mapper: Fort Morgan, Colorado (ICAO: KFMM, FAA: FMM)]</ref>
+Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], but this airport is FMM to the FAA<ref name="FAA" /> and has no IATA code ([[Memmingen Airport]] in [[Memmingen]], Germany has IATA code FMM).
+==Facilities==
+The airport covers 324 [[acre]]s (131 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 4,569 feet (1,393 m). It has three [[runway]]s: 14/32 is 5,219 by 60 feet (1,591 x 18 m) [[concrete]]; 17/35 is 3,800 by 30 feet (1,158 x 9 m) dirt/turf; 8/26 is 2,467 by 100 feet (752 x 30 m) turf.<ref name="FAA" />
+In 2011 the airport had 9,543 aircraft operations, average 26 per day: 90% [[general aviation]], 8% [[air taxi]], and 2% military. 23 aircraft were then based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% multi-engine.<ref name="FAA" />
 ==History==
+The Fort Morgan Municipal Airport was dedicated in 1933 as '''Young Municipal Field'''. Agriculture was the mainstay of the community, and the crop spraying and dusting business became the focus of the airport.<ref>[http://www.cityoffortmorgan.com/index.aspx?NID=80 Fort Morgan Airport History]</ref> In April 1940, the airport was leased by the [[United States Army Air Corps]] as part of the military buildup prior to World War II. It was used by the Air Corps as a glider pilot training school.
-Opened in April 1940 as '''Young Municipal Field'''. Provided contract glider training to the [[United States Army Air Forces]], 1942-1944. Training provided by Plains Airways, Inc. An all-way turf airfield with a 5,200' x 5,200' landing/takeoff area. Used primarily [[C-47 Skytrain]]s and [[Waco CG-4]] unpowered Gliders. 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.
+The glider school was operated under contract by Plains Airways, Inc., under the general supervision of the 1st Glider Training Detachment, [[36th Flying Training Wing (World War II)|36th Flying Training Wing]], [[Western Flying Training Command]].<ref>36th Flying Training Wing, lineage and history document Air Force Historical Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama</ref> Training was conducted using [[Taylorcraft TG-6A]] and [[Aeronca TG-5]] combat training gliders, towed by [[C-47 Skytrain]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.accident-report.com/usaf.html |title=Military Aviation Incident Reports |access-date=2015-12-23 |archive-date=2019-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302032605/http://www.accident-report.com/usaf.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> An all-way turf airfield with a 5,200' x 5,200' landing/takeoff area was used for flight operations.
-Inactivated during 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and returned to civil use.
+The flight cadets consisted of both experienced sailplane pilots and others who had washed out of conventional pilot training and were given a second chance to fly. The possibility of officer's pay and the chance to fly attracted a particular breed of risk-tolerant trainees. Trainees were given instruction on how to follow a tow plane and fly the unpowered aircraft to the designated landing zone.<ref name="ATC">Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''.  Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}}</ref>
-==Facilities and aircraft==
-Fort Morgan Municipal Airport covers an area of {{convert|324|acre|ha}} at an [[elevation]] of 4,569 feet (1,393 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has three [[runway]]s:
-Runway 14/32 is 5,219 by 60 feet (1,591 x 18 m) with a concrete surface, Runway 17/35 is 3,800 by 30 feet (1,158 x 9 m) with a dirt/turf surface. and Runway 8/26 is 2,467 by 100 feet (752 x 30 m) with a turf surface.<ref name="FAA" />
+Unlike powered pilots, combat training was also provided, as once a pilot committed to a landing and discovered, as he got closer, frequently the landing zone was under fire, mined, or otherwise obstructed, he had little room to maneuver to make a safe landing. Once the landing was made, the glider pilot then became another infantryman.<ref>Cameron, Rebecca Hancock, 1999, ''Training to Fly. Military Flight Training 1907–1945'', Chapter 4: Training at home for War Overseas. Air Force History and Museums Program, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama</ref>
-For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 8,300 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 90% [[general aviation]], 8% [[air taxi]], and 2% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport, all single-[[aircraft engine|engine]].<ref name="FAA" />
+Once the glider pilot cadet successfully completed primary training, he moved on to advanced training, taught by AAF instructors at several military glider schools.<ref name="ATC"/>
+The school was closed in November, 1943 as part of the drawdown of the Army Air Forces pilot training program. It was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers, and eventually discharged to the [[War Assets Administration]] (WAA) after the end of World War II.
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Aviation}}
-* [[Colorado World War II Army Airfields]]
+* [[36th Flying Training Wing (World War II)]]
+* [[List of airports in Colorado]]
 ==References==
 <references />
+{{Commons category|Fort Morgan Municipal Airport}}
-;Other sources
-* {{AFHRA}}
-* 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==
-{{Portal box|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}
 * [http://www.cityoffortmorgan.com/index.aspx?nid=80 Fort Morgan Municipal Airport] at City of Fort Morgan website
-* [http://www.colorado-aeronautics.org/Fort%20Morgan.htm Fort Morgan Municipal Airport] at [[Colorado DOT]] website
+* [http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/aeronautics/colorado-airport-system/ColoradoAirportMap/FMM Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (FMM)] at [[Colorado DOT]] airport directory
+* {{FAA-procedures|FMM}}
-* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=40.334&lon=-103.8055&w=600&h=900&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of 4 July 1998] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
-* {{US-airport-minor|FMM}}
+{{US-airport-ga|FMM|-}}
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