NASA Crows Landing Airport
| NASA Crows Landing Airport | |||||||||||||||
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 USGS aerial image - 29 July 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: NRC – ICAO: KNRC – FAA LID: NRC | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | NASA Ames Research Center | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Crows Landing / Patterson, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 166 ft / 51 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°24′29″N 121°06′34″W / 37.40806°N 121.10944°WCoordinates: 37°24′29″N 121°06′34″W / 37.40806°N 121.10944°W | ||||||||||||||
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NASA Crows Landing Airport (IATA: NRC, ICAO: KNRC, FAA LID: NRC)[2] is a private use airport that is owned by the NASA Ames Research Center, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of the central business district of Crows Landing, in Stanislaus County, California.[1] The airfield was formerly named Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Crows Landing or NALF Crows Landing when operated by the U.S. Navy.[3] As of January 2011 Airport-data.com reports this airport status as Closed Permanently.
Facilities
The airport has two runways with concrete surfaces: 12/30 is 6,975 by 200 ft (2,126 by 61 m), and 17/35 is 7,950 by 200 ft (2,423 by 61 m).[1]
Mare Island Studios
Mare Island Studios is exploring the possibility of using the site for a new large Northern California location that could create three- to five-thousand jobs for the area.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for NRC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ↑ "Crows Landing-Aux Field, California". Aviation Safety Network.
- ↑ "Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (NRC), Patterson, California". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Garth Stapley (1 November 2011). "Crows Landing new site for huge movie studio?". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
External links
- Aerial photo from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for NRC
- AirNav airport information for NRC
- ASN accident history for NRC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for NRC