Salinas Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 36°39′46″N 121°36′23″W / 36.66278, -121.60639

Salinas Municipal Airport


21 August 1998
IATA: SNS – ICAO: KSNS – FAA: SNS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Salinas
Serves Salinas, California
Elevation AMSL 85 ft / 26 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 6,004 1,830 Asphalt
13/31 4,825 1,471 Asphalt
14/32 1,900 579 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 90 27 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 77,896
Based aircraft 229
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Salinas Municipal Airport (IATA: SNS, ICAO: KSNS, FAA LID: SNS) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Salinas, a city in Monterey County, California, United States.[1]

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Salinas Municipal Airport covers 605 acres (245 ha) which contain three asphalt paved runways: 8/26 measuring 6,004 x 150 ft. (1,830 x 46 m), 13/31 at 4,825 x 150 ft. (1,471 x 46 m), and 14/32 at 1,900 x 50 ft. (579 x 15 m). It also has one helipad with a 90 x 90 ft. (27 x 27 m) asphalt/concrete surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 77,896 aircraft operations, an average of 213 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 229 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 3% jet and 6% helicopter.[1]

[edit] History

The airfield was opened in June 1942 during World War II as Salinas Army Air Base (AAB). It was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a subpost to Fort Ord during the war. Its mission was that of a incoming personnel processing center and a training field for Army pilots in reconnaissance and observation duties in various aircraft from light observation planes to medium bombers. The Air Transport Command also used the field and had an air freight terminal here for transshipment of cargo.

With the end of the war, the base was declared excess to requirements and returned to civil control.[2]

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for SNS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ Historic California Posts, Salinas Army Air Base. The California State Military Museum. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.

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