King City Airport serves King City, CA.
King City Airport (CA-0011) is not closed; it operates as Mesa Del Rey Airport (KKIC), a publicly-owned and open-to-the-public facility managed by the City of King City,.
Historically, it opened in April 1940 as Palo Alto Airport or King City Airport and was used by the United States Army Air Forces for contract pilot training during most of World War II, primarily with Fairchild PT-19s and PT-17 Stearmans,. Training ended by October 1944, and in April 1945, military control transferred to the U.S. Navy, which commissioned it as King City Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS),. The Navy placed the station on caretaker status in September 1945 and returned the airfield to the City of King City by December 1945.
Today, Mesa Del Rey Airport has 12 aircraft based on the field and averages 151 operations per week, with 78% being transient general aviation. A few of the former base's buildings are now used by a commercial onion and garlic dehydrator.
*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, militarymuseum.org, airnav.com, kingcity.com*
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King City Airport is located in King City, CA. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is CA-0011.