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Army airfield serving Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division.
Location
Fort Drum, United States
Wheeler Sack Army Air Field (ICAO: KGTB) is a military airfield located at Fort Drum, a United States Army installation in Jefferson County, New York, near Watertown. It serves as the primary aviation facility for Fort Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry).
The airfield supports tactical military aviation operations, including rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft used by Army aviation units. It handles airlift missions, training operations, and deployments associated with the 10th Mountain Division and other tenant units at Fort Drum.
As a military installation airfield, Wheeler Sack is not open to civilian commercial traffic and does not serve scheduled passenger airline service. Access is restricted to authorized military and government personnel and aircraft.
Getting to & from
The airfield is located on the Fort Drum installation, accessible primarily via US Route 11 and Interstate 81 near Watertown, New York.
Notable facts
- ›Wheeler Sack Army Air Field is the primary aviation facility for Fort Drum, New York.
- ›It supports the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), one of the most deployed units in the U.S. Army.
- ›The airfield handles both rotary-wing (helicopter) and fixed-wing military aircraft operations.
- ›It has no IATA code and is not open to scheduled commercial aviation.
- ›Fort Drum is located in northern New York, approximately 70 miles north of Syracuse.
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