Aransas County Airport

Aransas County Airport (HM10BK)

Location: Rockport, TX 78382 Aransas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 5.445', W 97° 2.736'

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This aviation facility developed out of a need during World War II for additional air training sites for U.S. Navy Pilots. In 1942 the Aransas County Commissioners Court offered the Civil Aeronautics Administration the use of land in the county for an auxiliary military landing field. Voters approved a bond issue and accompanying tax to build the airport, and the county subsequently purchased 700 acres of land for that purpose. For the duration of the war, the site was leased to the Navy, which practiced landing operations out of its regional air stations at Beeville, Kingsville and Corpus Christi. The airport since that time has served both military and public purposes.
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HM NumberHM10BK
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Marker Number12429
Year Placed2001
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 2:11am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 692021 N 3108797
Decimal Degrees28.09075000, -97.04560000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 5.445', W 97° 2.736'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 5' 26.70" N, 97° 2' 44.16" W
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Area Code(s)361
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1320 John D Wendell Rd, Rockport TX 78382, US
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