Mineral Wells Airport
Gen. Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the Fifty-sixth Brigade of the National Guard, and designated a summer training site for his units.The army camp became an important infantry replacement training center with a troop capacity that reached a peak of 24,973.The tensions of the cold war, however, resulted in the reopening of the camp in early 1951, under the authority of the United States Air Force.Part of the land and facilities became the property of the city and private businessmen; 90 acres (360,000 m2) and thirteen buildings became the Education Center of Weatherford College.[1] In the year ending April 28, 2017 the airport had 32,250 aircraft operations, average 88 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military.