Caddo Mills Municipal Airport
Caddo Mills Municipal Airport is a city-owned public airport southwest of the central business district of Caddo Mills, Texas, United States. The airport has no IATA or ICAO designation. The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes, and has a history as an auto racing venue. History. The airfield was built during World War II as an auxiliary training field for the United States Army Air Forces. After the end of the war, the airfield was transferred to the city of Caddo Mills for civil use. After the transfer of ownership, few aircraft used  the airfield, and its disused runways became a popular site for races held by Dallas-area auto clubs. In 1951, drag races hosted at the airport by the Chaparral Roadster Club were drawing thousands of spectators. Soon afterwards, several other Dallas-area car clubs collaborated to form the North Texas Timing Association, which subsequently became affiliated with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), and the airfield became the first NHRA-sanctioned dragstrip in the region. In July 1952, the Sports Car Club of America scheduled two road races at the airfield, and the NHRA held its regional drag championships at  the site in June 1956. The North Texas Timing Association continued to host NHRA drag races at the site through at least 1960 but the organization eventually vacated the site in favor of permanent dedicated dragstrips. By 1997, the airfield was home to 7 hangars and 100 aircraft, but the two remaining runways had never been rehabilitated and had fallen into disrepair. That year, the city received an $843,000 grant to resurface the runways and add runway lighting, and gyroplane maker Air Command International announced that they would relocate all operations to the airport. In 2000, Armadillo Aerospace used  the airport as a testing base for their experimental reusable rocket-powered lunar landing module. The airport's simultaneous remote location and close proximity to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex were major factors in the company's decision to conduct experiments there. In 2010, auto racing returned to the airport when an organization known as the Texas Speed Syndicate used a temporarily closed runway to host the Texas Invitational, a racing event styled after a street race over a course with a rolling start. The event was last held in October 2017. Facilities. Caddo Mills Municipal Airport covers at an  elevation of 541.6 ft (165.1 m) above mean sea level and has two runways: For the year ending 31 December 2015, the airport had 14,000 aircraft operations, averaging 38 per day: 100% general aviation. 17 aircraft were then based at the airport: 100% single-engine. The Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum is located at the airport. The organization bills itself as the only museum dedicated to military drones.