Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Amarillo | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Amarillo Airport Department | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Amarillo, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,607 ft / 1,099.4 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′10″N 101°42′21″W / 35.21944°N 101.70583°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.fly-ama.com/ | ||||||||||||||
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AMA Location of airport in Texas AMA AMA (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: Amarillo Globe-News, Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
| Amarillo Air Force Base Amarillo Army Airfield | |
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| Part of Strategic Air Command/Air Training Command | |
| Amarillo, Texas | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Air Force base |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| Built by | United States Army Air Forces |
| In use | 1942–1946, 1951–1968 |
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Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (IATA: AMA, ICAO: KAMA, FAA LID: AMA) is a public airport six miles (10 km) east of downtown Amarillo, in Potter County, Texas, United States. The airport was renamed in 2003 after NASA astronaut and Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February of that year.