Campbell Army Airfield | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | United States Army | ||||||||||||||
Location | Fort Campbell, Christian County, Kentucky, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 573 ft / 175 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°40′20″N 087°29′33″W / 36.67222°N 87.49250°W | ||||||||||||||
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Campbell Army Airfield (IATA: HOP, ICAO: KHOP, FAA LID: HOP) is a military airport at Fort Campbell, which is located near Hopkinsville, a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
Previously Campbell Air Force Base, a U.S. Air Force installation from 1947 to 1959,[2] this U.S. Army airfield has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 11,826 by 200 feet (3,605 × 61 m) and 18/36 is 4,500 by 150 feet (1,372 × 46 m).[1]
The airfield currently houses UH-60M, CH-47F, and AH-64D helicopters belonging to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, and MH-60M, MH-60M DAP, MH-47G, and MH-6/AH-6M helicopters of 1st Battalion, 2d Battalion, and Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). It was also home to elements of the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, before the brigade was deactivated in 2015.
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Current Units
- Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (CAB) ("Wings of Destiny")(♦)
- Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (CAB) ("Wings of Destiny")(♦)
See also
References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for HOP PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
- ^ Kentucky World War II Army Airfields
External links
- Campbell Army Airfield at GlobalSecurity.org
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective February 22, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for HOP, effective February 22, 2024
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- FAA airport information for HOP
- AirNav airport information for KHOP
- ASN accident history for HOP
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KHOP