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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Kershaw County | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Camden, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 302 ft / 92 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°17′00.90″N 080°33′53.50″W / 34.2835833°N 80.5648611°W | ||||||||||||||
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Woodward Field Airport (IATA: CDN, ICAO: KCDN) is a public airport located 3 miles northeast of Camden, South Carolina. The airport serves the general aviation community, with no scheduled commercial airline service.
History
The airport was opened in November 1937. In 1941 the United States Army Air Forces indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield. Woodward Field was used by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command) as a basic flying training airfield, with instruction being carried out by the 64th Flying Training Detachment.
The Camden-based Southern Aviation School was the civilian contractor performing the basic flight training, and military flight training began on 22 March 1941. Along with the USAAF flying cadets, Royal Air Force personnel were also trained at Woodward. Two small turf airfields were also used by the training school during the war. Flying training ended on 4 August 1944 and afterwords the airfield returned to civil control
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942-2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCDN
- ASN accident history for CDN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCDN
- FAA current CDN delay information