Sherman Army Airfield

For the defunct World War II army airfield in Pleasant Hill, California, see Sherman Army Airfield (California).
Sherman Army Airfield
Sherman Air Force Base
Located near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Sherman Army Airfield, 2006
Coordinates39°22′04″N 094°55′04″W / 39.36778°N 94.91778°W / 39.36778; -94.91778 (Sherman AAF)
TypeMilitary/Civil Airfield
Site information
OwnerUnited States Army
Site history
Built1926; 98 years ago (1926)
In use1926–present
Airfield information
Summary
Airport typeMilitary / public
Elevation AMSL772 ft / 235 m
Coordinates39°22′04″N 094°55′04″W / 39.36778°N 94.91778°W / 39.36778; -94.91778
Map
KFLV is located in Kansas
KFLV
KFLV
Location of Sherman Army Airfield
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,318 1,772 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations20,400
Based aircraft31
Entrance road

Sherman Army Airfield (IATA: FLV, ICAO: KFLV) is a joint use civilian-military airport located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, Kansas.[1] The airport is located on the United States Army post, but the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, has an agreement providing for civilian use at all times without prior notice or permission.[2] Civilian use of the airfield far exceeds military use 93% to 7% as of the end of 2019.[3]

It derives its codes from Fort Leavenworth. While many facilities at Fort Leavenworth are named for the Command and General Staff College founder William Tecumseh Sherman the airfield is actually named for an early Army Aviation pioneer, Major William Carrington Sherman (1888–1927), who died in 1927 at Ft. Leavenworth while there as an instructor.[4] William Sherman wrote the Army's first airplane tactics manual, Air Tactics (1921), as well as several other army airplane manuals and histories.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for FLV PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Sherman Army Airfield Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "AirNav: KFLV - Sherman Army Airfield".
  4. ^ Lamaster, Kenneth M. (2010). Fort Leavenworth. Arcadia. ISBN 9780738560823.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-10-25. Retrieved 2011-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)