Childress Municipal Airport

Childress Municipal Airport (IATA: CDS, ICAO: KCDS, FAA LID: CDS) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) west of the central business district of Childress, a city in Childress County, Texas, United States.

Childress AAF operated as a bombardier-training school under the Central Flying Training Command.

After the field was closed on December 21, 1945, it was donated to the city and transformed into a municipal airport.

[2] Childress Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) at an elevation of 1,954 feet (596 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending July 27, 2009, the airport had 3,040 aircraft operations, an average of 253 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military.