July 2018

286 287 P ueblo Memorial Airport is a public-use airport dominated by general-aviation and commercial air service activity. It is located six miles from downtown Pueblo, the county seat and most populous city in Pueblo County, Colorado. The Airport was built in 1942 as a U.S. Army Air Corps flight school where crews for B-24 Liberator bombers received advanced training. “The Airport is named in memorial of the B-24 pilots who trained here,” explains Director of Avi- ation, Ian Turner. “The city took over the facility in 1953 after the Federal government gave a num- ber of airports across the country to municipali- ties through the War Surplus Administration, and it’s served in a municipal capacity since then.” The passing years have seen many changes at Pueblo Memorial, although the connection to America’s military remains. “Today, we have three runways in a slightly different configuration; the longest being 10,496 feet, which is large enough PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT MILITARY AND MORE AT A GLANCE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT WHAT: A public-use airport dominated by general-aviation and commercial air service activity WHERE: Pueblo, Colorado WEBSITE: www.flypueblo.com