# What Commerical Airports Share With The Military? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734 "2002-12-19T03:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/1 "2002-12-19T03:30:44Z")
Well, I was flying home into Albuquerque today, and the airport shares the runways and airspace with Kirtland AFB. This is the only commerical airport I know of that does that. Are there any others? ---
**Author:** ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/2 "2002-12-19T03:38:43Z")
The Boise airport and Gowen field here in Idaho shores a runway. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/3 "2002-12-19T03:42:05Z")
If you consider the National Guard as Military, there are many airports that qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/4 "2002-12-19T03:42:49Z")
I recall changing planes in St. Louis, and being surprised to see a fighter jet screaming down the runway. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/5 "2002-12-19T03:55:17Z")
Fresno, Ca also hosts an Air National Guard Base. Sharing all runways AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Bannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Race\_Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Bannon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/6 "2002-12-19T03:56:47Z")
Early Out In St. Louis, Lambert Airport has an Air National Guard Unit that flies F-15s. Boeing (nee McDonnel Douglass) is also on the field, and manufactures several fighter models there (AF and Navy). I used to see a Harrier hovering around there once in a while too. Asterion, Over at Scott AFB, in Illinois, Mid-America airport is civilian, and they’re linked by a taxiway (I think). ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/7 "2002-12-19T03:57:18Z")
I saw the thread title and rushed in to post about Albuquerque. Just how many Dopers do we **have** here now? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/8 "2002-12-19T04:01:31Z")
I’m constantly seeing Air Force landing at Will Rodgers World Airport. (a tongue twister! try it) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/9 "2002-12-19T04:30:43Z")
Kind of a flipside response, and outdated no doubt, but in the 1950s I flew PanAm flights that landed at Wake and Midway. Those were military airfields that accomodated a small commercial air presence. I believe PanAm also stopped on Guam back then. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/10 "2002-12-19T05:16:36Z")
There are tons of them. Around here, we have the MQY (Smyrna, TN) which has a good sized military installation, a couple of airlines, and the place that turns 727s into houses. BNA (Nashville, TN) also has the 118th Air Guard, flying C-130s. ---
**Author:** ![mapsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@mapsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mapsmith)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/11 "2002-12-19T05:24:54Z")
Libby Airfield is in Sierra Vista, AZ and is on the property of Ft. Huachuca (Army Base) but serves the commercial air needs of Sierra Vista. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/12 "2002-12-19T07:20:58Z")
I’ve seen fighter jets take off and land at PDX. It’s my understanding that there’s an Air National Guard unit stationed there. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/13 "2002-12-19T07:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Over at Scott AFB, in Illinois, Mid-America airport is civilian, and they’re linked by a taxiway (I think). - - - Yes, true. However, it’s difficult to call Mid-America a civilian airport as there’s no carriers flying out if it regularly last I heard–I think Pan Am was for a while (they might still be, but not very often). The entire Mid-America airport building is about as big as the average high-school gymnasium. It’s kind of a local pork-barrel joke; there’s no carriers, yet the operating budget gets bigger each year… ~ ---
**Author:** ![racosun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@racosun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racosun)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/14 "2002-12-19T07:34:42Z")
I believe an airport in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN area also shares their runways. I was heading to L.A. when I noticed one of those cool Blackbird jets sitting near a hangar. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/15 "2002-12-19T07:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InternetLegend \* > \*\*I saw the thread title and rushed in to post about Albuquerque. Just how many Dopers do we **have** here now? \*\* Same here. Imagine my disappointment when I saw that the OP stole my post! I’m not actually in Abq, but I’m from there. And I managed to convince my wife that we should move there for a while. 🙂 (Jackass Baca isn’t still mayor, is he?) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/16 "2002-12-19T08:09:38Z")
The Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, has the Wisconsin Air National Guard in residence. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/17 "2002-12-19T08:51:16Z")
In my hometown: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma (AZ) & Yuma International Airport ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/18 "2002-12-19T09:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InternetLegend \* > \*\*I saw the thread title and rushed in to post about Albuquerque. Just how many Dopers do we **have** here now? \*\* Heh. So did I. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/19 "2002-12-19T10:19:18Z")
[Frankfurt Airport](http://www.frankfurt-airport.de/b2c/livecontroller/en/index.jsp?sprache=en&teaserarea=homepage) (FRA) shares it’s runways and parts of the southern area (Cargo City) with the [Rhein-Main Air Base](http://www.rheinmain.af.mil/). Interestingly enough, the commander of the 469th Air Base Group, based at Rhein-Main, is a she: Col. Christine D. Prewitt. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734/20 "2002-12-19T12:54:34Z")
Savannah, GA with GA ANG. Charleston, SC with the REAL Air Force. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-commerical-airports-share-with-the-military/143734.md?page=2)