# Jones Field > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jones_Field > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jones_Field.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Field > Source revision: 1331989925 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Airport in Fannin County, Texas}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox airport | name = Jones Field | image = Jones Field - Texas.jpg | image-width = 250 | caption = [USGS](/source/USGS) 2007 [orthophoto](/source/orthophoto) | FAA = F00 | type = Public | owner = City of Bonham | operator = | city-served = [Bonham, Texas](/source/Bonham%2C_Texas) | location = | elevation-f = 618 | coordinates = {{coord|33|36|47|N|96|10|46|W|region:US-TX_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | website = | pushpin_map = USA Texas | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_label = '''F00''' | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Texas | r1-number = 17/35 | r1-length-f = 4,000 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2022 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 9/16/2022) | stat1-data = 13,600 | stat2-header = Based aircraft | stat2-data = 24 | footnotes = Source: [Federal Aviation Administration](/source/Federal_Aviation_Administration){{FAA-airport|ID=F00|use=PU|own=PU|site=23454.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 5, 2023. }} '''Jones Field''' {{airport codes|||F00}} is a city-owned, public-use [airport](/source/airport) located two [nautical mile](/source/nautical_mile)s (4 [km](/source/kilometre)) north of the [central business district](/source/central_business_district) of [Bonham](/source/Bonham%2C_Texas), a city in [Fannin County, Texas](/source/Fannin_County%2C_Texas), United States. It is included in the [National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems](/source/National_Plan_of_Integrated_Airport_Systems) for 2011–2015, which [categorized](/source/FAA_airport_categories) it as a ''[general aviation](/source/general_aviation)'' airport.{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A |format=PDF, 2.03 MB |work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |archivedate=September 27, 2012 }} == Facilities and aircraft == Jones Field covers an area of 300 [acre](/source/acre)s (121 [ha](/source/hectare)) at an [elevation](/source/elevation) of 618 feet (188 m) above [mean sea level](/source/mean_sea_level). It has one [runway](/source/runway) designated 17/35 with an [asphalt](/source/Asphalt_concrete) surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending September 16, 2022, the airport had 13,600 [general aviation](/source/general_aviation) aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 23 single-[engine](/source/aircraft_engine), and 1 helicopter. ==History== {{More citations needed section|date=November 2024}} {{stack|thumb|200px|Jones Field 1943 Classbook}} Originally dedicated as the Bonham city airport on November 11, 1929 as George Jones Airport. The land was leased from the city of Bonham, and construction began in summer 1941. The school opened on October 4, 1941, and had three hangars and a 1200’ x 100’ asphalt ramp among its facilities. Activated by the [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) on October 4, 1941. Assigned to the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. Base unit was 2547th Army Air Force Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary). Pilot school operated by Bonham Aviation School under control of 302d Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment. This was a civil contract flying school, providing elementary flying training for the Army Air Forces. At some point in time, probably in 1942, the property was purchased by the Defense Plant Corporation (who referred to it as PLANCOR 435) and leased back to Bonham Aviation School. This was a typical arrangement for contract flying schools serving the Army Air Forces. Flying training was performed with [Fairchild PT-19](/source/Fairchild_PT-19)s as the primary trainer. Also had several [PT-17 Stearman](/source/PT-17_Stearman)s and a few [P-40 Warhawk](/source/P-40_Warhawk)s assigned. The last student flew on 12 October 1944, and the school was inactivated on 16 October 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) returned to civil control. == See also == * [Texas World War II Army Airfields](/source/Texas_World_War_II_Army_Airfields) * [List of airports in Texas](/source/List_of_airports_in_Texas) * [31st Flying Training Wing (World War II)](/source/31st_Flying_Training_Wing_(World_War_II)) == References == * {{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 {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}} * Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), ''Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy'', Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. {{OCLC|57007862|1050653629}} == External links == {{Commons category|Jones Field (Airfield)}} * [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=33.6111&lon=-96.1793&w=600&h=700&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of January 1996] from [USGS](/source/USGS) ''[The National Map](/source/The_National_Map)'' * {{FAA-procedures|F00}} * {{US-airport-minor|F00}} {{USAAF Training Bases World War II}} {{Portal bar|Aviation|Texas}} Category:Airports in Texas Category:Buildings and structures in Fannin County, Texas Category:Transportation in Fannin County, Texas Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas Category:United States Army Air Forces Contract Flying School Airfields Category:1929 establishments in Texas Category:USAAF Central Flying Training Command Category:American theater of World War II Category:Airports established in 1929 Category:Bonham, Texas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jones Field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Field) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Field?action=history)). 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