Chiriaco Summit Airport

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Coordinates: 33°39′53.6″N 115°42′36.0″W / 33.664889, -115.71

Chiriaco Summit Airport


4 June 2002
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: L77
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Chiriaco Summit, California
Location Chiriaco Summit, California
Elevation AMSL 1,713 ft / 522 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 4,600 1,402

Chiriaco Summit Airport (FAA LID: L77) is a general aviation airport located 5 miles northeast of Chiriaco Summit, California.

It is owned and operated by the city of Chiriaco Summit, California.

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[edit] History

The airport was opened in April 1943 as Shavers Summit Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a training base during World War II. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.

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[edit] References

  • Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517

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