Durant Regional Airport–Eaker Field
airport in Oklahoma, United States of America
Durant Regional Airport–Eaker Field (IATA: DUA, ICAO: KDUA, FAA LID: DUA) is three miles (5 km) south of Durant, Oklahoma. It was established in September 1943. The airport is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University's Aviation Sciences Institute.
History
The airport is named for SOSU alum General Ira Eaker, a 1917 graduate of Southeastern who served in World War I and World War II. During World War II, General Eaker was commander of the Eighth Air Force in England and led several historic bombing missions against targets in occupied Europe and Germany.
The City of Durant named an airfield west of town in honor of then Captain Eaker in the 1930s. The U.S. Navy built the current airfield as an auxiliary field during World War II and it became Durant Municipal Airport after the war. It was later renamed Eaker Field.
The airport was served by Central Airlines from October 1949 until August 1954. Central initially operated only Beechcraft Bonanzas but phased them out in 1950–1951 in favor of the Douglas DC-3.
Facilities
Eaker Field covers 840 acres (3.4 km2) and has one asphalt runway.
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