| Lake Wales Municipal Airport Lake Wales Army Airfield | |||||||||||||||
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 2006 USGS airphoto | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public use | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Lake Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Mark R. Mc Duff | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Lake Wales, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lake Wales, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 127 ft / 39 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°53′37″N 081°37′13″W / 27.89361°N 81.62028°W / 27.89361; -81.62028 | ||||||||||||||
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  X07Location of Lake Wales Municipal AirportShow map of Florida X07X07 (the United States)Show map of the United States | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2018) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Lake Wales Municipal Airport (FAA LID: X07) is a public-use airport located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the central business district of the city of Lake Wales in Polk County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned.
Overview
The airport's service area includes the cities of Lake Wales, Dundee, Eagle Lake, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Highland Park, Hillcrest Heights, and Lake Hamilton. Typical operations conducted at the airport are local and transient general aviation, localized recreational glider activity, and skydiving. Presently there are no air carrier, commuter or air taxi operations conducted at the airport.
The airport's current role and classification are listed in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport System (NPIAS) as a General Utility General Aviation Airport capable of accommodating virtually all general aviation aircraft with maximum gross takeoff weights of 12,500 pounds or less with wingspans up to, but not including, 79 feet.
History
Opened in 1928 as a civil airport, in 1943 the airport was leased by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary airfield of Sarasota Army Airfield. III Fighter Command used Lake Wales Army Airfield for fighter training of replacement personnel. The Army improved the facility which included the construction of the two present 4,000-foot runways. No permanent units were assigned.
It was inactivated in 1945 and returned to civil control.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for X07 PDF, effective 2023-8-10
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for X07
- AirNav airport information for X07
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for X07
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