St. Louis Downtown Airport

St. Louis Downtown Airport
St. Louis Downtown Airport
St. Louis Downtown Airport logo.png
IATA: CPSICAO: KCPSFAA LID: CPS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Bi-State Development Agency
Serves Greater St. Louis
Location Cahokia, Illinois
Elevation AMSL 413 ft / 126 m
Coordinates 38°34′15″N 090°09′22″W / 38.57083°N 90.15611°W / 38.57083; -90.15611
Website StLouisDowntownAirport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12R/30L 7,001 2,133 Asphalt
12L/30R 3,800 1,158 Concrete
5/23 2,799 853 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 170,000
Based aircraft 281
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

St. Louis Downtown Airport (IATA: CPSICAO: KCPSFAA LID: CPS) is a public-use airport located in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, one mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Cahokia, in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Bi-State Development Agency. The airport is located less than 3 miles from the Gateway Arch Riverfront and is used by many business aircraft visiting the St. Louis region. Airport services include two full-service 24-hour fixed base operators, an instrument landing system, an FAA air traffic control tower, and its own dedicated Index B aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) service.[1]

The St. Louis metropolitan area is also served by Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri; MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Belleville, Illinois; St. Louis Regional Airport in Alton, Illinois; and Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, Missouri.

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Facilities and aircraft

St. Louis Downtown Airport covers an area of 1,013 acres (410 ha) which contains three paved runways: 12R/30L measuring 7,001 x 100 ft. (2,133 x 30 m), 12L/30R measuring 3,800 x 75 ft. (1,158 x 23 m) and 5/23 measuring 2,799 x 75 ft. (853 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2005, the airport had 170,000 aircraft operations, an average of 465 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 281 aircraft based at this airport: 62% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 12% jet and 5% helicopter.[1]

Historic Hangar #2 houses the Greater Saint Louis Air & Space Museum [1] and the airport is still home to the nation's oldest flight school, Parks College of Engineering and Aviation's Center for Aerospace Sciences, which holds CAA Flight School Certificate #1.

History

The airport opened in 1929 as Curtiss-Steinberg Airport. In 1940 it was renamed Curtiss-Parks Airport, followed by Parks Metropolitan Airport later that same year.

Taken over by the United States Army Air Force on 1 August 1939 as a basic (level 1) pilot training airfield. Assigned to USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command). Parks Air College conducted contract basic flying training. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Inactivated 12 March 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.

The airport closed in 1959 and reopened six years later as Bi-State Parks Airport. It was renamed St. Louis Downtown-Parks Airport in 1984 and received its current name in 1999. Today, it is the third busiest airport in Illinois.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  • Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  • Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CPS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20

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