Robert Gray Army Airfield Robert Gray Air Force Base (former Camp Hood Air Force Base) (former Killeen Army Airfield) | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Owner | U.S. Army ATCA-ASO | ||||||||||
Location | Fort Cavazos / Killeen, Texas | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,015 ft / 309 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°04′02″N 097°49′44″W / 31.06722°N 97.82889°W | ||||||||||
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Robert Gray Army Airfield [1] ( IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a military joint-use airport that operates alongside Killeen Regional Airport. [2] The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation ( West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas, [2] in unincorporated Bell County.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [3] 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010. [4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). [5]
The base was named after a Killeen native who was a pilot of a B-25 bomber on the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942. He was killed later in World War II flying combat missions. [6]
The airport has one runway designated 15/33 with a PEM ( Porous European Mix) surface measuring 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending April 10, 2010, the airport had 12,208 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 98.5% scheduled commercial and 1.5% general aviation. [2]
The base is also served by Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport ( IATA: HLR, ICAO: KHLR, FAA LID: HLR) and two asphalt auxiliary landing strips used for training at North Fort Hood:
Robert Gray Army Airfield Robert Gray Air Force Base (former Camp Hood Air Force Base) (former Killeen Army Airfield) | |||||||||||
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USGS 2006
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Owner | U.S. Army ATCA-ASO | ||||||||||
Location | Fort Cavazos / Killeen, Texas | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,015 ft / 309 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°04′02″N 097°49′44″W / 31.06722°N 97.82889°W | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2010) | |||||||||||
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Robert Gray Army Airfield [1] ( IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a military joint-use airport that operates alongside Killeen Regional Airport. [2] The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation ( West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas, [2] in unincorporated Bell County.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [3] 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010. [4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). [5]
The base was named after a Killeen native who was a pilot of a B-25 bomber on the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942. He was killed later in World War II flying combat missions. [6]
The airport has one runway designated 15/33 with a PEM ( Porous European Mix) surface measuring 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending April 10, 2010, the airport had 12,208 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 98.5% scheduled commercial and 1.5% general aviation. [2]
The base is also served by Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport ( IATA: HLR, ICAO: KHLR, FAA LID: HLR) and two asphalt auxiliary landing strips used for training at North Fort Hood: