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{{Short description|Airport in Salt Lake County, Utah}}
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'''South Valley Regional Airport ''' {{Airport codes|||U42}} is a public ] located in ], {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of ], ], United States. Established as a ], it is the primary ] airport in the area and is a ] training base with ] and ] helicopters.<ref name="uaoa u42">{{cite web|url=http://www.uaoa.org/u42.htm|title=Salt Lake City Airport II|publisher=Utah Airport Operators Association|access-date=2009-10-11}}</ref> Leading Edge Aviation is the single ] (FBO) onsite; the FBO and Alta Aircraft Maintenance operate maintenance facilities, and the FBO and Utah Helicopter Flight Academy operate ]s.<ref name="uaoa u42" /> '''South Valley Regional Airport ''' {{Airport codes|||U42}} is a public ] located in ], {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of ], ], United States. Originally named Municipal Airport No. 2, construction began July 8, 1941, and it opened around July 15, 1942. It is the primary ] airport in the area and is a ] training base with ] and ] helicopters.<ref name="uaoa u42">{{cite web|url=http://www.uaoa.org/u42.htm|title=Salt Lake City Airport II|publisher=Utah Airport Operators Association|access-date=2009-10-11}}</ref> The Salt Lake City Department of Airports operates as the FBO.


] ]


==History== ==History==
The Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce first proposed Municipal Airport No. 2 in late 1940. The airport was to be used chiefly for private fliers, to free the Salt Lake port for army and commercial transport use.<ref>1941, July 8, "Airport Work Starts at S.L., Fields will be Used for Private Fliers," The Ogden Standard Examiner.</ref> On June 6, 1941, local contractor Gibbons & Reed was chosen as the winning bid to grade and pave one runway, and build the fencing and drainage and the clearing and grading began on July 8, 1941.<ref>1941, June 7, "Army Studies Airport Bids," The Salt Lake Tribune</ref>
On 10 February 1942, the ] (Colonel E. G. Thomas) recommended a "5,450-acre dry farming area in Kearns" for an inland Army training site.{{r|Alexander}} For one of "the eight new technical training installations rushed into operation" during 1942–3, a ] "plot of 1,405 acres was purchased".{{r|Futrell}}{{rp|110}} The '''Kearns Center''' military unit was activated (designated) 1 May 1942,{{r|AETChistory}} and "a contract for a theater of operations cantonment was let" on 16 June 1942.{{r|Futrell}} "Basic Training Center No. 5" began operations on 17 July<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/salt-lake-tribune/1943-08-03/page-9|title=Salt Lake Tribune Newspaper Archives, Aug 3, 1943, p. 9|date=3 August 1943}}</ref> and opened on 20 July{{r|Futrell}}{{rp|110}} under ].{{r|Alexander}} A "]" spur was built to the installation's railroad station, and by 21 August all barracks were complete.{{r|Alexander}} "Upon completion of their basic training most of the pre-aviation cadets sent to one of the many college operated under the supervision of the Army Air {{sic|Corp."}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth256042/m1/1/zoom/|title = The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 30, ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1943|date = 23 July 1943}}</ref> known as the ]. The ] and three technical school squadrons (1032d, 1033d, and 1034th) were assigned to Kearns on 10 September 1942,{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} and Kearns' commander, Colonel Leo F. Post, arrived by September 12.{{r|Alexander}} Construction was completed in October 1942{{r|Futrell}}{{rp|110}} and Kearns' "basic military training and technical training" continued until 30 September 1943.{{r|AETChistory}}


On April 2, 1942, the city commission gave final approval to a contract for V.L. Chapman to construct an 80 foot x 100 foot hangar, make other improvements, and for operation of a commercial flying business, paying the city a $50 per year ground lease for five years and 2 cents per gallon for all gasoline he sold. The target completion date was July 15, 1942.<ref>1942, April 3, "Board Makes Hangar Award," The Salt Lake Tribune.</ref>
===Kearns Army Air Field===
'''Kearns Army Air Field''' was the flight facility constructed{{When|date=October 2013}} on the larger base{{Citation needed |reason=Alexander doesn't mention any "airfield" or "runway" at Kearns, nor does the AETC history identify any flight training at Kearns.|date=October 2013}} and was used by 9 ] bombardment groups--], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and from Gowen Field, ],<ref name="461stHISTORY1">{{cite web |title=CHAPTER I DEVELOPMENT & ORGANIZATION OF THE 461ST BOMB GROUP DURING JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1943. |url=http://www.461st.org/History/461st%20History/PDFs/jul-sep43.pdf |website=461st.org |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012231729/http://461st.org/History/461st%20History/PDFs/jul-sep43.pdf |archive-date=12 October 2011 |page=6 |url-status=live}}</ref> formed 31 August-17 October 1943. The base transferred to ] on 1 October 1943,{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} and the bomb groups all were reassigned by the end of 1943 (e.g., the 461st to ]).<ref name=Maurer>Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.</ref>{{Verify source|date=October 2013}} In January 1944, Kearns AAF began performing personnel replacement training, rather than group training. In April, ground echelon training for B-24 support personnel was ended.<ref>{{Full citation needed|date=October 2013}} {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}} </ref>


On July 25, 1942, fifteen Naval Cadets began training by a private flying school under the civil pilot training program.<ref>1942, July 26, "Flight Courses Commence in S.L.", The Ogden Standard Examiner.</ref>
===Camp Kearns===
In April 1944, "Camp Kearns" was returned to the ] when the WTTC's ] in Colorado transferred to the ].<ref name=DP1944>{{Cite news |date=14 April 1944 |title=Ft. Logan to be Convalescent Center Starting at Midnight |url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/homefront/homefront.news.dp.19440414 |format=transcription at PlainsHumanities.unl.edu |newspaper=] |access-date=2013-02-11 |quote=]…army air service command will take over the post from the army air forces western technical command, which has operated it since 1 March 1941, as a clerical school. Under the air service command, Fort Logan will become a center for the training of convalescent air force service men returning from overseas. … the western technical training command will take back Camp Kearns.}}</ref> On 1 July 1944 Camp Kearns transferred to AAF ].{{r|AETChistory}}


Around Thanksgiving 1944, a Kearns Flying Club began using privately owned single-engine Taylorcrafts, Porterfields, and a Fairchild. Men of all ranks from Kearns flew these and instruction went on 7 days a week.<ref>1945, January 28, "Kearns Flying Club Off to High Start," The Salt Lake Tribune.</ref>
A theater for "colored personnel" became part of Kearns Junior High School. A base chapel is now part of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. The base train station is a day-care center. A cannon that had stood next to the headquarters' flagpole stood for many years at the corner of 40th West and 54th South.<ref name=Davidson />


The nearby base was sometimes called Army Air Base Kearns, but it had no runways. The Army never controlled or probably landed at Municipal Airport 2. The nine bomber units that arrived and left Kearns did so by train.
The World War I-era cannon and flagpole from the old Camp Kearns military base have been relocated to the Kearns township recreation center. They are now part of the new Kearns Veterans Memorial Plaza, dedicated 10 November 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/news/55178744-78/kearns-memorial-veterans-flagpole.html.csp|title = Kearns to dedicate new veterans memorial}}</ref>


===Army Air Base, Kearns=== ===Since World War II===
⚫ After ], the airport continued to be '''Salt Lake City Municipal Airport II'''. On 10 February 2009, the Salt Lake City Council voted to change the airport's name to '''South Valley Regional Airport'''. The council made the change in order to more clearly describe the location and function of the airport and because the traditional name of "Airport II" had "no historical significance."<ref name="SLCresolution">{{cite web |title=Resolution No. 11 of 2009 (Renaming of Airport II) |url=ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/resolutions/Resolution%2011%20of%202009.pdf |website=SLC.gov |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023430/ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/resolutions/Resolution%2011%20of%202009.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2020 |date=10 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SLCmemo">{{cite web |last1=Halladay |first1=Karen |title=Memo: Renaming of Airport II in West Jordan to South Valley Regional Airport |url=ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/attachments/02-10-09-C1.pdf |website=SLC.gov |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804025113/ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/attachments/02-10-09-C1.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2020 |date=27 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Redesignated '''Army Air Base, Kearns''' on 1 October 1944 when transferred to the ], command of the base transferred from Converse R. Lewis to Colonel Walter F. Siegmund.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 28, 1943 |title=Kearns Gets New Head |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19430928&id=aKlSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3947,2800234 |format=] |newspaper=The Deseret News |access-date=2013-10-25 |quote=With the transfer comes the change in the name of the facility, from Basic Training Center No. 5 to Army Air Base, Kearns.}}</ref><ref>"Colonel Walter F. Siegmund, A. C, Commanding Officer Army Air Base Kearns, Utah," inside title "Encamped at Kearns," ca. 1944 (cited by Alexander)</ref>


Leading Edge Aviation was the onsite FBO until 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community members voice concern over changes at South Valley Regional Airport |author= |work=Deseret News |date=3 May 2016 |access-date=10 November 2024 |url= https://www.deseret.com/2016/5/3/20587903/community-members-voice-concern-over-changes-at-south-valley-regional-airport/}}</ref> It was replaced by the Salt Lake City Department of Airports.
Both the "Overseas Replacement Depot, Kearns, Utah"<ref>https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/JAG_I-3.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> and "] under command jurisdiction of Kearns ORD" transferred to ] on 21 March 1946.{{r|SAChs61}} Kearns ORD and SLC AAFld (along with North Carolina's Greensboro ORD and the ])transferred to ] on 30 April{{r|SAChs61}} and Kearns finally transferred to ] (31 July).{{r|AETChistory}} The base (including Kearns AAF)<!--{{dn|reason=Kearns AAF or Salt Lake City AAF?|date=October 2013}}--> was inactivated on 15 August 1946 and transferred to the ] for disposal.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} The War Assets Administration declared Kearns surplus on 24 January 1947, and the high bid by ] was opened in July 1948 for the {{convert|1200|acre|abbr=on}} installation with only 100 remaining buildings.{{r|Alexander}} A "Camp Kearns Memorial" was emplaced at the Arlo D. James Kearns Veterans Memorial Park (later moved to {{Coord|40|38.849||N|112|00.354||W|notes=<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBB35_Camp_Kearns_Kearns_UT_USA |title = Camp Kearns - Kearns, UT, USA - Military Installations on Waymarking.com}}</ref> }}).


===Since World War II===
⚫ After ], control of the airport was turned over to Salt Lake City and it was renamed '''Salt Lake City Municipal Airport II'''. On 10 February 2009, the Salt Lake City Council voted to change the airport's name to '''South Valley Regional Airport'''. The council made the change in order to more clearly describe the location and function of the airport and because the traditional name of "Airport II" had "no historical significance."<ref name="SLCresolution">{{cite web |title=RESOLUTION NO. 11 OF 2009 (Renaming of Airport II) |url=ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/resolutions/Resolution%2011%20of%202009.pdf |website=SLC.gov |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023430/ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/resolutions/Resolution%2011%20of%202009.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2020 |date=10 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SLCmemo">{{cite web |last1=Halladay |first1=Karen |title=MEMO: Renaming of Airport II in West Jordan to South Valley Regional Airport |url=ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/attachments/02-10-09-C1.pdf |website=SLC.gov |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804025113/ftp://ftrftp.slcgov.com/attachments/02-10-09-C1.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2020 |date=27 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
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==References== ==References==
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<ref name=AETChistory>{{Cite report |last=Manning |first=Thomas A. |year=2005 |orig-year=1990s for ''1943-1993'' version |title=History of Air Education and Training Command: 1942-2002 |url=http://www.aetc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-061109-022.pdf |volume=A-090203-089 |publisher=Office of History and Research |asin=B000NYX3PC |access-date=2013-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193148/http://www.aetc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-061109-022.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}</ref> <!--<ref name=AETChistory>{{Cite report |last=Manning |first=Thomas A. |year=2005 |orig-year=1990s for ''1943–1993'' version |title=History of Air Education and Training Command: 1942–2002 |url=http://www.aetc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-061109-022.pdf |volume=A-090203-089 |publisher=Office of History and Research |oclc=71006954 |access-date=2013-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193148/http://www.aetc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-061109-022.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}{{OCLC|29991467}}</ref>

<ref name=Alexander>{{Cite journal |date=Spring 1966 |volume=34 |number=2 |title=Brief Histories of Three Federal Military Installations in Utah: Kearns Army Air Base, Hurricane Mesa, and Green River Test Complex |url=http://utah.ptfs.com/Data/Library2/publications/rm000475.pdf |publisher=Utah State Historical Society |journal=] |access-date=2013-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184532/http://utah.ptfs.com/Data/Library2/publications/rm000475.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=Alexander>{{Cite journal |date=Spring 1966 |volume=34 |number=2 |title=Brief Histories of Three Federal Military Installations in Utah: Kearns Army Air Base, Hurricane Mesa, and Green River Test Complex |url=http://utah.ptfs.com/Data/Library2/publications/rm000475.pdf |publisher=Utah State Historical Society |journal=] |access-date=2013-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184532/http://utah.ptfs.com/Data/Library2/publications/rm000475.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
⚫ <ref name=Davidson>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Lee |date=July 20, 2008 |title=Camp Kearns: Documents offer new glimpse into life at dismantled WWII base |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700244487/Camp-Kearns-Documents-offer-new-glimpse-into-life-at-dismantled-WWII-base.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194524/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700244487/Camp-Kearns-Documents-offer-new-glimpse-into-life-at-dismantled-WWII-base.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref>

⚫ <ref name=Futrell>{{Cite report |last=Futrell |first=Robert F. |publisher=Air Historical Office | date=July 1947 |title=Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939–1945 |volume=ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2) |page=110 |quote=At Kearns, Utah (just outside Salt Lake City), a plot of 1,495 acres was purchased, a contract for a theater of operations cantonment was let on 16 June, and Basic Training Center No. 5, was opened 20 July, although construction was not completed until October 1942.}}</ref>
⚫ <ref name=Davidson>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Lee |date=July 20, 2008 |title=Camp Kearns: Documents offer new glimpse into life at dismantled WWII base |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700244487/Camp-Kearns-Documents-offer-new-glimpse-into-life-at-dismantled-WWII-base.html?pg=all |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref>
⚫ <ref name=SAChs61>{{Cite report |date=n.d.|title=History of Strategic Air Command: Chapter III Operations and Training |url=http://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/WW3_Documents/USAF/SAC_Historic_Study_61_Partial.htm |format=partial transcript at AlternateWars.com |volume=Historical Study No. 61 |publisher=Historical Division, SAC Office of Information |access-date=2013-09-27}} Declassified 11 October 1991.</ref> -->

⚫ <ref name=Futrell>{{Cite report |last=Futrell |first=Robert F. |publisher=Air Historical Office | date=July 1947 |title=Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939-1945 |volume=ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2) |page=110 |quote=At Kearns, Utah (just outside Salt Lake City), a plot of 1,495 acres was purchased, a contract for a theater of operations cantonment was let on 16 June, and Basic Training Center No. 5, was opened 20 July, although construction was not completed until October 1942.}}</ref>

⚫ <ref name=SAChs61>{{Cite report |date=n.d.|title=History of Strategic Air Command: Chapter III Operations and Training |url=http://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/WW3_Documents/USAF/SAC_Historic_Study_61_Partial.htm |format=partial transcript at AlternateWars.com |volume=Historical Study No. 61 |publisher=Historical Division, SAC Office of Information |access-date=2013-09-27}} Declassified 11 October 1991.</ref>

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Airport in Salt Lake County, Utah
South Valley Regional Airport
2006 USGS airphoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSalt Lake City Department of Airports
LocationWest Jordan, Utah
Elevation AMSL4,607 ft / 1,404.2 m
Coordinates40°37′10″N 111°59′34″W / 40.61944°N 111.99278°W / 40.61944; -111.99278
Websitehttps://slcairport.com/about-the-airport/general-aviation/south-valley-regional-airport/
Map
U42 is located in UtahU42U42Location of airport in Utah / United StatesShow map of UtahU42 is located in the United StatesU42U42U42 (the United States)Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,860 1,786 Asphalt

South Valley Regional Airport (FAA LID: U42) is a public airport located in West Jordan, seven miles (11 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Originally named Municipal Airport No. 2, construction began July 8, 1941, and it opened around July 15, 1942. It is the primary general aviation airport in the area and is a Utah Army National Guard training base with Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. The Salt Lake City Department of Airports operates as the FBO.

Oblique aerial photo

History

The Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce first proposed Municipal Airport No. 2 in late 1940. The airport was to be used chiefly for private fliers, to free the Salt Lake port for army and commercial transport use. On June 6, 1941, local contractor Gibbons & Reed was chosen as the winning bid to grade and pave one runway, and build the fencing and drainage and the clearing and grading began on July 8, 1941.

On April 2, 1942, the city commission gave final approval to a contract for V.L. Chapman to construct an 80 foot x 100 foot hangar, make other improvements, and for operation of a commercial flying business, paying the city a $50 per year ground lease for five years and 2 cents per gallon for all gasoline he sold. The target completion date was July 15, 1942.

On July 25, 1942, fifteen Naval Cadets began training by a private flying school under the civil pilot training program.

Around Thanksgiving 1944, a Kearns Flying Club began using privately owned single-engine Taylorcrafts, Porterfields, and a Fairchild. Men of all ranks from Kearns flew these and instruction went on 7 days a week.

The nearby base was sometimes called Army Air Base Kearns, but it had no runways. The Army never controlled or probably landed at Municipal Airport 2. The nine bomber units that arrived and left Kearns did so by train.

Since World War II

After World War II, the airport continued to be Salt Lake City Municipal Airport II. On 10 February 2009, the Salt Lake City Council voted to change the airport's name to South Valley Regional Airport. The council made the change in order to more clearly describe the location and function of the airport and because the traditional name of "Airport II" had "no historical significance."

Leading Edge Aviation was the onsite FBO until 2016. It was replaced by the Salt Lake City Department of Airports.


See also

References

  1. "South Valley Regional Airport (1434590)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. "Salt Lake City Airport II". Utah Airport Operators Association. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. 1941, July 8, "Airport Work Starts at S.L., Fields will be Used for Private Fliers," The Ogden Standard Examiner.
  4. 1941, June 7, "Army Studies Airport Bids," The Salt Lake Tribune
  5. 1942, April 3, "Board Makes Hangar Award," The Salt Lake Tribune.
  6. 1942, July 26, "Flight Courses Commence in S.L.", The Ogden Standard Examiner.
  7. 1945, January 28, "Kearns Flying Club Off to High Start," The Salt Lake Tribune.
  8. "Resolution No. 11 of 2009 (Renaming of Airport II)" (PDF). SLC.gov. 10 February 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. Halladay, Karen (27 January 2009). "Memo: Renaming of Airport II in West Jordan to South Valley Regional Airport" (PDF). SLC.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  10. "Community members voice concern over changes at South Valley Regional Airport". Deseret News. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

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