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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  AMA Location of airport in Texas  AMA AMA (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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.
- ^ "Amarillo Globe-News". Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for AMA PDF, effective Nov 10, 2016.