Crisp County–Cordele Airport

Crisp County–Cordele Airport (ICAO: KCKF, FAA LID: CKF) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Cordele, a city in Crisp County, Georgia, United States.^[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[2] The airport does not have scheduled commercial airline service.

Crisp County–Cordele Airport Cordele Army Airfield
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: KCKF FAA LID: CKF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Crisp County
Serves	Cordele, Georgia
Elevation AMSL	310 ft / 94 m
Coordinates	31°59′20″N 83°46′26″W
Map
KCKF Location of airport in Georgia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 5,001 1,524 Asphalt 5/23 5,006 1,526 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 22,000 Based aircraft 16
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

History

Opened to the public in March 1943, during World War II, the airport was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Force, and was known as Cordele Army Airfield. It was also known as Turner AAF Auxiliary Airfield No. 7. The airfield supported the AAF Advanced Pilot School (Twin-Engine) school at Turner Army Airfield.

It was closed in mid-1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus, it was turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945 and eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) to become a civil airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Crisp County–Cordele Airport covers an area of 619 acres (251 ha) at an elevation of 310 feet (94 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) and 5/23 is 5,006 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 10, 2010, the airport had 22,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 60 per day. At that time there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% helicopter.^[1]

See also

• Aviation portal

• Georgia World War II Army Airfields
• List of airports in Georgia (U.S. state)

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for CKF PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
2. "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.

Other sources

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
• 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
• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629
• Shettle, M. L. (2005), Georgia's Army Airfields of World War II. ISBN 0-9643388-3-1

External links

• CKF – Crisp County–Cordele at Georgia DOT website
• Departments: Airport Archived 2009-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at Crisp County website
• Aerial image as of January 1993 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CKF, effective October 31, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for
  • AirNav airport information for KCKF
  • ASN accident history for CKF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCKF