Columbus Municipal Airport (New Mexico)
Airport in Columbus, New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA: CUS, FAA LID: 0NM0) is an abandoned airport in New Mexico. Its origins date to 1916 when it was used by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps as a military airfield during the Pancho Villa Expedition. It was apparently closed and abandoned in the late 1970s. Today, efforts are being made to restore it to a general aviation airport.
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Location | Columbus, New Mexico | ||||||||||
Built | 1916 | ||||||||||
In use | 1916-1980s | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,024 ft / 1,227 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°49′30″N 107°37′56″W (Historical) 31°48′29″N 107°39′42″W (Private airstrip) | ||||||||||
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Columbus Municipal Airport is historically recognized as the birthplace of American air power.[citation needed]