Sacramento Mather Airport
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| Sacramento Mather Airport | |||
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| IATA: MHR - ICAO: KMHR - FAA: MHR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Sacramento County | ||
| Serves | Sacramento, California | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 96 ft (29.3 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4R/22L | 11,301 | 3,445 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 4L/22R | 6,040 | 1,841 | Asphalt |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Size | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| H1 | 30 | 9 | Asphalt |
| H2 | 100 | 30 | Asphalt |
- For the military use of this facility before 1993, see Mather Air Force Base
Sacramento Mather Airport (IATA: MHR, ICAO: KMHR, FAA LID: MHR), also known as simply Mather Airport, is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Sacramento, a city in Sacramento County, California, USA. The airport covers 2,875 acres (1,163 ha) and has two runways and two helipads.
On February 17, 2000 an Emery Worldwide DC-8 cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off from this airport.[1] [2]
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[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- FAA Airport Master Record for MHR (Form 5010 PDF)
- Mather Airport (official Sacramento County Airport System site)
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1] Emery DC-8 cargo plane crashes near Sacramento, California retrieved from CNN.com on December 13, 2006.
- ^ [2] Safety Board Finds Poor Maintenance Caused Sacramento, Calif., Airport Crash retrieved from AccessMyLibrary.com on December 13, 2006.
[edit] External links
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 5 June 2008
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMHR
- ASN accident history for MHR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMHR
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