Deming Municipal Airport
Deming Municipal Airport is two miles southeast of Deming, in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.
Facilities
The airport covers at an elevation of 4,314 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 8/26 is 6,627 by 75 feet and 4/22 is 5,675 by 60 feet.In the year ending April 13, 2008 the airport had 28,655 aircraft operations, average 78 per day: 65% general aviation, 32% military and 3% air taxi. 17 aircraft were then based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.
World War II
The airfield was activated on 15 November 1942. It conducted bombardier training for USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center. The first class of bombardiers graduated on 6 March. In the next three years an estimated 12,000 cadets passed through the Deming school. The bombardier trainer used was the Beech AT-11 Kansan.The airfield was assigned to Second Air Force 16th Bombardment Training Wing on 31 December 1944. It conducted B-29 Superfortress group bombardment training until the end of World War II, when the training program at Deming wound down and was inactivated 18 December 1945. The airfield was closed on 31 January 1946. It was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration and sold.