Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field
Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field is located near the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, approximately 10 miles east of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
The installation is located an elevation of 1202 feet and has the IATA code of CKA.
The field has one runway, a fire station, personnel offices and a NEXRAD tower, which is used for weather forecasting for both the military and civilian entities.[1] It is located on 1,066 acres. [2] Runway 17/35 is the only remaining active runway; it is 6800 feet long and 150 feet wide and has displaced thresholds at each end.
Currently Kegelman AFAF is a sub-base of Vance Air Force Base, but was previously administered by Will Rogers Field, Clovis Army Air Field, Woodward Army Air Field, and Liberal Army Airfield.[3] Vance AFB pilots use the airfield to practice landings in T-6A Texan II aircraft, and refer to the field with the callsign "Dogface".
The installation was first known the Great Salt Plains Auxiliary Field, but was named after Kegelman in 1949.[4]