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21 D-KC Guthrie DOCILF

GPS: 35.853758, -97.418648

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OKLAHOMA:  Logan County

21 D-KC Guthrie
AKA 24 D-KC; Department of Commerce site No. 24, Site 24, Dallas-Kansas City Airway (D-KC); Department of Commerce site No. 24; Guthrie Airport, Guthrie Edmond Regional Airport

gps: 35.853758, -97.418648

Contract Air Mail

CAM #3: Chicago IL-Dallas TX; interim stops: Moline IL; Saint Joseph MO; Kansas City MO ; Wichita KS, Oklahoma City OK; Fort Worth TX
Dallas-Kansas City Airway
Wichita-Kansas City Section

Operator

National Air Transport Inc.
Contract made October 7, 1925

 

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Courtesy of Schellon Stanley -Airport Manager @ Guthrie Edmond Municipal Airport

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Air Commerce Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 5, page 16, September 2, 1929

Guthrie, Okla. (Route D-KC, site 24)—The beacon site at Guthrie has been relocated to a point, 2 miles south of that city and changed to an intermediate landing field in the N. ½ sec. 21, Tp. 16 N., R. 2 W., Logan County. This new field is L-shaped. Landing strips are 2,000 feet east and west and 1,850 feet north and south. A 50-foot ground marker has been installed at the intersection of the landing strips and the farm land portions seeded. The entire area is now in satisfactory landing condition. A 24-inch beacon, 2,000,000 candlepower, 6 revolutions per minute, is mounted on a 50-foot tower in the northwest corner of the north-south runway. Green course lights have been or will be installed. There is a directional arrow at base of tower.

Airway Bulletin  No. 1109, October 15, 1930

GUTHRIE, OKLA. Name: Site 24, Dallas-Kansas City Airway (D-KC).
Class: Intermediate. Rating. Owner and operator, Dept. of Commerce.
Position: Lat. 35° 50' 06"", long. 97° 23' 15""; alt. above sea level, 980'; mag. var., 9° 45' E., 1930; annual decrease, 1'. Distance and direction from city, 2 miles S. of center.
Description: Size, see sketch; acres, 53; shape, L. Surface, sod; gradient, rolling; drainage, natural. landing strips, two, 1,930' x 630' and 1,850' x 670'; entire field available. Marking thereof, none.
Obstructions: Trees, power line, and beacon tower to NW.; trees to N., NE., and SB.; fill to S.; fence surrounds field. Marking (day), tower striped yellow and black; shed yellow with black band. Lighting, red on pole line and marking obstructions to NE. and S.
Marking and identification: Standard 50' white circle, with arms, at intersection of landing strips. Name on hangar or in field, none. Other marking, 24 D-KC on shed roof. Wind-direction indicator, illuminated cone on tower.
Lighting: Beacon, 24"" rotating, 6 r. p. m., 2,000,000 c. p., on beacon, operated from dusk to dawn. Boundary lights, surround field. Approach lights, green, indicating best approaches. Flood lights for landing, none. Other lighting, 2 amber course lights pointing to beacons on airway.
Accommodations: Personnel for servicing, none. Landing fee, none; storage, none. Hangars, none. Repair facilities, none; spares, none. Specification fuel and oil, none. Guard, none; fire apparatus, hand extinguishers, Quarters, in city; meals, in city. Transportation to city, none. First aid, none. Mooring mast, none. Communication and signal equipment: Telephone, none; telegraph, none. Radio, none. Register for noting arrival and departure of aircraft, yes.
Remarks: GUTHRIE on roof of building in city.

Airway Bulletin  2, page 118, September 1, 1931

Guthrie.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 21, Fort Worth-Wichita Airway; 2 miles S. of city. Altitude, 980 feet; L-shape, 53 acres; surface, sod, rolling, natural drainage; two landing strips, 1,930 by 630 feet, 1,850 by 670 feet; entire field available. Directional arrow marked "21, Ft. W.-W." Trees, pole line, and beacon tower to NW., trees to N., NE., and SE., fill to S. Beacon, boundary, approach and obstruction lights. Beacon, 24-inch rotating. No servicing facilities.

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, page 127, September 1, 1932

Guthrie.—Department of Commerce Intermediate field, site 21, Fort Worth-Wichita Airway; 2 miles S. of city. Altitude, 980 feet; L shape, 53 acres; surface, sod, rolling, natural drainage; two landing strips, 2,080 by 648 feet, 1,850 by 670 feet; entire field available. Directional arrow marked "21, Ft. W.-W." Trees, pole line, and beacon tower to NW., trees to N., NE., and SE., fill to S. Beacon, boundary, approach and obstruction lights. Beacon, 24-inch rotating. No servicing facilities.

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