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La Junta Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of La Junta, a city in Otero County, Colorado, United States.〔 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility.〔 〕 Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LHX by the FAA〔 but has no designation from the IATA.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 La Junta Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KLHX, FAA: LHX) ) 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 IATA Airport Code Search (LHX) ) 〕 == History == The history of La Junta Municipal Airport begins in 1935 with initial development by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. In 1940, the War Department leased the facility for civilian pilot training of British RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force pilots in 4-engine aircraft. In 1942, the airport was taken over by the United States Army Air Forces and assigned to the Western Flying Training Command (WFTC) and the airfield was expanded to accommodate a large number of aircraft and training flights. Three asphalt runways were constructed in a triangle layout, 8000x150 (NE/SW), 8000x150 (E/W), 8000x150 (NW/SE) along with a large aircraft parking apron, taxiways, landing aids and several large aircraft hangars. In addition, four auxiliary airfields were constructed to accommodate training flights and emergency landings: * (Rocky Ford Aux #1 ) * (Las Animas Aux #2 ) * La Junta Aux #3 * (Arlington Aux #4 ) La Junta Army Airfield was activated on November 2, 1942 and was designated as an advanced twin-engine flying school under the jurisdiction of the 83d Flying Training Wing (Advanced, Twin-Engine), Douglas Army Airfield, Arizona. It operated B-25 Mitchell twin-engine bombers and Cessna AT-17, Curtiss AT-9 twin-engine, and BT-15 Valiant and BT-13 Valiant single-engined trainers. In March 1944, the Advanced Twin Engine School was re-designated as the 402d Army Air Force Base Unit. In March 1945, the unit was re-designated as the 249th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Army Air Forces Pilot School, Specialized Four Engine) and jurisdiction was transferred to Second Air Force in June. The mission of La Junta AAF then became the training of replacement heavy bomber pilots in AT-17 Flying Fortress trainers for eventual assignment to B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. The 50th and 358th Fighter groups were assigned to La Junta in late 1945 (August - November) for inactivation. La Junta AAF received notice from Second Air Force that it would be inactivated on 28 February 1946 and it was returned to the local government for civil airport use following its closure.〔Thole, Lou (1999), ''Forgotten Fields of America''〕 More airport, city, and county history can obtained from the Otero Museum and the Otero County Historical Society.〔(Otero Museum )〕 La Junta Municipal Airport was used as a filming location for the 1973 film by Terrence Malick titled Badlands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Junta Municipal Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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