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Ainsworth Muni Airport



Ainsworth Municipal Airport
USGS aerial photo - 19 April 1999
IATA: ANW – ICAO: KANW – FAA LID: ANW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Ainsworth Airport Authority
Serves Ainsworth, Nebraska
Location Brown County, near Ainsworth, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL 2,589 ft / 789 m
Coordinates 42°34′45″N 099°59′35″W / 42.57917°N 99.99306°W / 42.57917; -99.99306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,824 2,080 Asphalt
13/31 5,501 1,677 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 4,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Ainsworth Municipal Airport (IATA: ANW, ICAO: KANW, FAA LID: ANW) is a public use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Ainsworth, in Brown County, Nebraska, United States. It is a publicly owned airport owned and managed by the Ainsworth Airport Authority.

History

Ainsworth Municipal Airport was constructed by the United States Army Air Force between August and November 1942. The 2,403-acre (9.72 km) site is bordered by farm land on the west and north, Sand Draw on the east, and Highway 20 on the south.

A total of sixty four buildings were constructed at what would be known as Ainsworth Army Airfield. To construct the base, once land was acquired through condemnation and purchase from seven local landowners, laborers were hired from as far away as Omaha and Sioux City. Two hundred Native Americans from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota came to Ainsworth and were put on the payroll as laborers as well. Before the construction was completed, a total of 1,200 workers came to build the Airfield. By November 1942, the laborers had completed all housing at the base, and a railroad spur was built from the existing Chicago Northwestern Railroad several miles to the south. These tracks brought most of the supplies for the base, including building materials, food, and coal. The 2,496-acre (10.10 km) field included three 7,300 x 150-foot (46 m) concrete runways, a hangar, warehouse, repair and machine shops, link and bomb trainers, Norden bombsite vaults, and barracks for over 600 officers and enlisted men.

Ainsworth AAF was activated on 30 November 1942 as one of eleven United States Army Air Force training bases in Nebraska. The base was under the command of the 353d Army Air Force Base Unit of the Second Air Force, based at Colorado Springs AAF Colorado. The 4315th Army Air Force Base Unit commanded the support elements at Ainsworth as part of Air Technical Service Command. Ainsworth was a satellite field of Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota.

The primary objective of this facility was to train air crews of 540th and 543rd Bombardment Squadrons of the 383d Bombardment Group based at Rapid City Army Airfield for training with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft before being sent to the European Theater. The 540th and 543rd remained at Ainsworth between December 1942 to April 1943. Bomber crews practiced bombing runs over the wildlife refuge in Cherry County, the next county to the west.

Other units that trained at Ainsworth during the war were:

  • The 364th Fighter Squadron of the 357th Fighter Group based at Casper AAF, Wyoming trained with Bell P-39 Aircobra aircraft at Ainsworth from October to November 1943.
  • The 53d Fighter Squadron of the 37th Fighter Group based at Scribner AAF, Nebraska trained with Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft at Ainsworth between November 1943 to March 1944.

Also, aircraft camouflage experiments were also conducted at the field. When the facility was fully manned, there were a total of 544 enlisted men and 112 officers who lived on the base. Married personnel lived in Long Pine, Ainsworth and Johnstown.

The base closed on 31 December 1945. Following the withdrawal of the military personnel, the base was closed down except for civilians who manned the Fire Department and the Weather Squadron.

In 1946, a year after the end of World war II, the United States Army Corps of Engineers issued a Revokable License to the City of Ainsworth for commercial aircraft operations at the Airfield. Ainsworth AAF was declared surplus property in 1948, and the City of Ainsworth received title to the Airfield for use as a municipal airport.

By late 1948, Ainsworth Municipal Airport was used for charter flights, aircraft rental, flight lessons and a maintenance shop. In the mid 1980s the National Scientific Balloon Facility rented space at Ainsworth for periodic balloon missions. By the late 1980s, the Ainsworth Airport discontinued these services due to the depressed local economy.

Currently the Ainsworth Municipal Airport, owned by the city of Ainsworth, is overseen by the Airport Authority, which provides basic services, with an airport manager who oversees airport activities such as fuel sales, hangar rental, tie-downs, weather station operation, aircraft communications arid flight plan design. Approximately 1,300 acres (5.3 km) of farm land and pasture is rented out to area farmers.

Today there are a handful of buildings remaining from the World War II–era at the airport. One of the aircraft hangars is still in use, a supply warehouse , the bombardier training building and the bombsight building. In addition, aircraft taxiways, hardstands, aprons, runways and roads exist in various states of repair.

Facilities and aircraft

Ainsworth Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,493 acres (1,009 ha) at an elevation of 2,589 feet (789 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 6,824 by 110 feet (2,080 x 34 m) and 13/31 is 5,501 by 75 feet (1,677 x 23 m). It also has one helipad designated H1 which measures 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending August 19, 2008, the airport had 4,000 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military.



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Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:2008-09-25
Airport Identifier:ANW
Airport Status:Operational
Longitude/Latitude:099-59-34.6826W/42-34-45.2194N
-99.992967/42.579228 (Estimated)
Elevation:2589 ft / 789.13 m (Surveyed)
Land:2493 acres
From nearest city:6 nautical miles NW of Ainsworth, NE
Location:Brown County, NE
Magnetic Variation:10E (1980)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:Publicly owned
Owner:Ainsworth Arpt Auth
Address:Po Box 84
Ainsworth, NE 69210-0084
Phone number:402-387-1491
ARPT MGR.
Manager:Lance Schipporeit
Address:Po Box 84
Ainsworth, NE 69210-0084
Phone number:402-387-1491
AMGR HOME PHONE 402-387-1255/1-800-303-1491. ON CALL.

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:Open to public
Wind indicator:Yes
Segmented Circle:Yes
Control Tower:No
Lighting Schedule:DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RYS 13/31 & 17/35; MALSR RYS 17 & 35; PAPI RYS 17 & 35; VASI RYS 13 & 31 - CTAF.
Beacon Color:Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge:No
Sectional chart:Omaha
Region:ACE - Central
Boundary ARTCC:ZDV - Denver
Tie-in FSS:OLU - Columbus
FSS on Airport:No
FSS Toll Free:1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility:ANW (NOTAM-d service avaliable)
Federal Agreements:NGPY

Airport Communications

CTAF:122.800
Unicom:122.800 

Airport Services

Fuel available:100LLA
24 HR SELF SVC FUEL AVBL VIA CREDIT CARD SYSTEM.
Airframe Repair:NONE
Power Plant Repair:NONE
Bottled Oxygen:NONE
Bulk Oxygen:NONE

Runway Information

Runway 13/31

Dimension:5501 x 75 ft / 1676.7 x 22.9 m
Surface:ASPH, Fair Condition
Weight Limit:Single wheel: 24000 lbs.
Dual wheel: 36000 lbs.
Edge Lights:Medium
 

Runway 13

Runway 31

Longitude:099-59-45.1884W099-58-52.5912W
Latitude:42-35-15.1502N42-34-37.1821N
Elevation:2587.00 ft2583.00 ft
Alignment:127127
Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft
Markings:Non-precision instrument, Good ConditionNon-precision instrument, Fair Condition
Crossing Height:50.00 ft50.00 ft
VASI:2-box on left side2-box on left side
Visual Glide Angle:3.00°3.00°

Runway 17/35

Dimension:6824 x 110 ft / 2080.0 x 33.5 m
Surface:ASPH, Good Condition
Weight Limit:Single wheel: 30000 lbs.
Dual wheel: 45000 lbs.
Edge Lights:Medium
 

Runway 17

Runway 35

Longitude:099-59-47.9500W099-59-46.8770W
Latitude:42-35-10.0920N42-34-02.6980N
Elevation:2587.00 ft2588.00 ft
Alignment:127127
Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft
Markings:Precision instrument, Good ConditionPrecision instrument, Good Condition
VASI:4-light PAPI on left side4-light PAPI on left side
Approach lights:MALSRMALSR

Helipad H1

Dimension:50 x 50 ft / 15.2 x 15.2 m
Surface:ASPH, Good Condition
 

Runway H1

Runway

Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft

Radio Navigation Aids

ID Type Name Ch Freq Var Dist
RBENDBRock County341.0008E18.4 nm
VTNNDBValentine314.0008E29.9 nm
ANWVOR/DMEAinsworth074X112.7009E0.6 nm
TDDVOR/DMEThedford023X108.6009E48.3 nm

Remarks

  • HELIPAD FOR REFUELING ONLY. NOT AVBL FOR INST APCHS.
  • SEASONAL MIGRATORY WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT.
  • PRVDD CLEAR APCH/DEP PATHS FOR A MIN 8:1 GLIDE SLOPE; CLEAR TRANSITIONAL SFC FOR A MIN 2:1 SLOPE; AFTER IFR APCH & FOR VFR OPS AIR TAXI RTES OVER ESTABLISHED RYS OR TWYS; NO INGRESS/EGRESS OVER HANGERS OR OTHER BLDGS.

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