Clarksville–Montgomery County Regional Airport


Clarksville–Montgomery County Regional Airport or simply Outlaw Field, is seven miles northwest of Clarksville, in Montgomery County, Tennessee. It is owned by the city of Clarksville and Montgomery County and is near Fort Campbell.

History

It opened in 1937 as a private airport. It was taken over by the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and became known as Clarksville Army Airfield. It was established as a sub-base for the larger Campbell Army Airfield in Fort Campbell, Kentucky and was activated on 1 June 1942 as a primary basic flying training airfield. It conducted flying training until inactivated on 31 October 1945. It remained inactive until transferred to USAF Tactical Air Command on 31 March 1946 and remained under USAF control until 1959 when the Air Force turned over all airport facilities to the United States Army.
In 1960 it returned to public airport status
Ozark Airlines stopped at Clarksville 1955 to 1979.

Facilities

Outlaw Field covers at an elevation of 550 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 6,000 by 100 feet and 5/23 is 4,004 by 100 feet.
December 15, 2009 the airport had 20,600 aircraft operations, average 56 per day: 89% general aviation, 10% military and 1% air taxi. 40 aircraft were then based at the airport: 75% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 2.5% jet and 2.5% helicopter.
In 2017, a $12.9 million modernization project began. It included the reconstruction of Runway 17-35, the parallel taxiway, modernization of the airfield lighting and NAVAIDS, and improved drainage features.

Future

The terminal was reconstructed in 2011; ground breaking was on December 17, 2010. The terminal was fully reconstructed by spring 2012.