• Source: University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport

University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (IATA: OUN, ICAO: KOUN, FAA LID: OUN) (Max Westheimer Airport) is a public use airport in Norman, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. It is owned by the University of Oklahoma. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a reliever airport.




History


The airport was built as a civil airport on land donated by the Neustadt family in the name of World War I pilot Max Westheimer to the University of Oklahoma and land from the city of Norman, Oklahoma. It was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1941 and expanded as a training field; it was then called the Naval Air Station Norman. It was transferred back to the University after the war.




Facilities


The airport covers 727 acres (294 ha) at an elevation of 1,182 feet (360 m) above sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 18/36 is 5,199 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 4,748 by 100 feet (1,447 x 30 m).
In the year ending January 1, 2018, the airport had 48,733 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% military and 1% air taxi. In May 2022, there were 107 aircraft based at this airport: 80 single-engine, 16 multi-engine, 5 jet and 6 helicopter.
The Cleveland County Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol meets on Tuesday evenings in a hangar provided by The University of Oklahoma, east of the terminal.




See also


List of airports in Oklahoma




References






External links


University of Oklahoma - Max Westheimer Airport
University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (OUN) at Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
Cleveland County Composite Squadron - Civil Air Patrol
University of Oklahoma LAAS & WAAS Testing
Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 31, 2024
FAA Terminal Procedures for OUN, effective October 31, 2024
Resources for this airport:
FAA airport information for OUN
AirNav airport information for KOUN
ASN accident history for OUN
FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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• University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport
• Norman, Oklahoma
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• Oklahoma City metropolitan area
• List of airports in Oklahoma
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• Radar Operations Center
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• List of airports by IATA airport code: O
• List of airports by ICAO code: K