Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Airport , also known as John F. Outlaw Field or simply Outlaw Field, is a public use airport

Airport

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 located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Clarksville

Clarksville, Tennessee

Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...

, a city in Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Tennessee

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The county seat is Clarksville. The population was 172,331 at the 2010 census. It is one of the four counties included in the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the city of Clarksville and Montgomery County. The airport is located near Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...

.

History

Opened in 1937 as a private airport. Taken over during World War II

World War II

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 by the United States Army Air Corps

United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps was a forerunner of the United States Air Force. Renamed from the Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part of the United States Army and the predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces , established in 1941...

 and known as Clarksville Army Airfield. Established as a sub-base for the larger Campbell Army Airfield

Campbell Army Airfield

Campbell Army Airfield is a military airport at Fort Campbell, which is located near Hopkinsville, a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. Previously Campbell Air Force Base, a U.S. Air Force installation from 1947 to 1959, this U.S. Army airfield has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23...

 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Activated on 1 June 1942 as a primary basic flying training (level 1) airfield. Conducted flying training until inactivated on 31 October 1945. Remained inactive until transferred to USAF Tactical Air Command on 31 March 1946. Remained under USAF control until 1959 when the Air Force turned over all airport facilities to the United States Army

United States Army

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. Returned to public airport status, 1960.

Facilities and aircraft

Outlaw Field covers an area of 452 acres (182.9 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 550 feet (168 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 17/35 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) and 5/23 is 4,004 by 100 feet.

For the 12-month period ending December 15, 2009, the airport had 20,600 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 89% general aviation

General aviation

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, 10% military

Military aviation

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, and 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 20% multi-engine, 2.5% jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 2.5% helicopter

Helicopter

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.

Outlaw Field has several FBOs

Fixed base operator

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 and flight training facilities. Volunteer Aviation (www.volunteeraviation.com) is a full service flight school located at the airport. The civil air patrol

Civil Air Patrol

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has a squadron located at the Airport.please visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com for more information.

Future

Outlaw Field will have had its terminal reconstructed in the year 2011. The ground breaking was first started on December 17, 2010. The terminal is expected to be fully reconstructed by spring 2012.

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