Coalinga Municipal Airport (Old)

2006 USGS airphoto

IATA: none – ICAO: none

Summary

Coordinates

36°09′27″N 120°21′35″W / 36.15750°N 120.35972°W

Map

Location of Coalinga Municipal Airport (Old)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	5,280	1,609	Asphalt
01/19			Asphalt

Coalinga Municipal Airport (Old) is a closed airport located 1 mile north of Coalinga, California. The airport was closed approximately 2000, all aviation use was moved to the New Coalinga Municipal Airport.

History

It was established sometime in the 1920s. It is known that Army Air Corps units trained at the airport during the 1930s. Later, during World War II, the airport was used an auxiliary training airfield for Minter Field Army Airfield, and Lemoore Army Airfield, California.

It was released to civil use at the end of the war, and was the municipal airport for the local area. It was closed approximately in 2000. As of 2012 traces of it can still be seen on aerial photographs and satellite images. Most buildings have been torn down and the concrete parking areas as well as other parts of the airfield are deteriorating.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

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Coalinga Municipal Airport (Old)

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