New Jerusalem Airport

New Jerusalem Airport
New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield

2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1Q4
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Tracy
Serves Tracy, California
Elevation AMSL 62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates 37°40′40″N 121°18′04″W / 37.67778°N 121.30111°W
Map
1Q4

Location of New Jerusalem Airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,530 1,076 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 4,000

New Jerusalem Airport (FAA LID: 1Q4) is a nontowered, public airport located seven nautical miles (8.1 miles; 13 km) southeast of the central business district of Tracy, a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is owned by the City of Tracy.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

New Jerusalem Airport covers an area of 394 acres (159 ha) at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,530 by 60 feet (1,076 × 18 m). A second, parallel runway was built initially but fell into disrepair and is not used by general aviation. This easternmost runway is used by remote control aircraft hobbyists who have resurfaced a small portion.[2]

For the 12-month period ending December 9, 2009, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.[1] New Jerusalem Airport has been used in several installments of the Discovery Channel television show MythBusters, including the "Duct Tape Plane" episode (#174)[3] and to test drive their JATO Rocket Car, JATO 3, for the episode "JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?"

World War II

During World War II, the airport was designated as New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield (No 2), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for 1Q4 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tale of a Second Hand Waco". RC Groups. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  3. ↑ Wiebe, James (20 October 2011). "Mythbuster Duct Tape Airplane production photos". Belite Ultralight Blog: The Blog for Ultralight Aircraft. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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