Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Amarillo | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Amarillo Airport Department | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Amarillo, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,607 ft / 1,099.4 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°13′10″N 101°42′21″W / 35.21944°N 101.70583°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | https://www.fly-ama.com/ | ||||||||||||||
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Amarillo Air Force Base Amarillo Army Airfield | |
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Part of Strategic Air Command/Air Training Command | |
Amarillo, Texas | |
Type | Air Force base |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
Built by | United States Army Air Forces |
In use | 1942–1946, 1951–1968 |
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (IATA: AMA, ICAO: KAMA, FAA LID: AMA) is a public airport six miles (10 km) east of downtown Amarillo, in Potter County, Texas, United States.[2] The airport was renamed in 2003 after NASA astronaut and Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February of that year.