Middleton Field
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Middleton Field (Template:Comma separated entries) is a public-use airport located Script error: No such module "convert". west of the central business district of Evergreen, a city in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2] Although the airport is owned by the City of Evergreen, it is primarily used for flight training by the U.S. Navy as Naval Outlying Field Evergreen under Whiting Field.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Middleton Field is assigned GZH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
History
Middleton Field was constructed in 1931 as an emergency landing field for Contract Air Mail route 23 (CAM-23). In 1943, the U.S. Navy began using the airfield as an Outlying Field for pilots training in Pensacola. The airway beacon at Middleton Field is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
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For the 12-month period ending June 25, 2007, the airport had 134,005 aircraft operations, an average of 367 per day: 96% military and 4% general aviation.[1]
Accidents
On July 13, 1982, Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey, the U.S. Navy's first female pilot, and her student were killed in a crash while practicing touch-and-go landings at Middleton Field.[5] The resulting litigation, Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey, went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
See also
References
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- ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB) Template:Webarchive. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KGZH - Evergreen, Alabama (Middleton Field)
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- ↑ Arlington Cemetery Biography for Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey
External links
- Airfield photos for GZH from Civil Air Patrol
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GZH, effective Error: Invalid time.
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GZH
- AirNav airport information for KGZH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures