Atwater Airport (1936) serves Atwater, US.
Atwater Airport (1936) was identified as a 1320'x2640' sod field located two miles south of Atwater, with an elevation of 156 feet, serving as Department of Commerce Site #26 on the Los Angeles-San Francisco Airway. Specific information regarding when and why this particular iteration of Atwater Airport closed is not detailed in the available records. The region is more prominently associated with Castle Air Force Base, which opened in 1941 as the Army Air Force Basic Flying School and was subsequently renamed Castle Air Force Base in 1946. Castle Air Force Base, a significant Strategic Air Command facility, closed in 1995 following a Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision after the Cold War. Today, the site operates as Castle Airport (KMER), a public airport, and the Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center, also home to the Castle Air Museum.
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Where is Atwater Airport (1936) located?
Atwater Airport (1936) is located in Atwater, US, at an elevation of 141 ft. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is US-3559.