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  2. List of airports in the San Diego area - Wikipedia

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    Brown Field Municipal Airport (IATA: SDM, ICAO: KSDM, FAA LID: SDM) is located 13 miles (21 km) southeast of San Diego, along US-Mexico border.; Gillespie Field (IATA: SEE, ICAO: KSEE, FAA LID: SEE) is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of San Diego in El Cajon.

  3. San Diego International Airport - Wikipedia

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    San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN, FAA LID: SAN) is the primary international airport serving San Diego and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of California. The airport is located three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) northwest of downtown San Diego. It covers 663 acres (268 ha) of land and is the third busiest ...

  4. Loma Prieta - Wikipedia

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    Loma Prieta (from Spanish loma-hill, prieta-dark) is the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, measuring 3,790 feet (1,160 m) in height. [ 3 ] Although the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was named for this mountain, the actual epicenter was five miles southwest of the peak, across the San Andreas Fault , in The Forest of ...

  5. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake - Wikipedia

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    On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

  6. Santa Cruz Sky Park - Wikipedia

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    The City—in cooperation with the County, if possible—is urged to acquire the Airport. [1] 11/1961 Santa Cruz City Council requests the California Aeronautics Commission to grant waivers of certain Skypark deficiencies and, in the event the City and/or the County of Santa Cruz purchase the airport, to reissue an airport permit. [1] 1/1962

  7. Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport - Wikipedia

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    First known as Gibbs Field, the airport opened in July 1940 as an all-way clay and gravel surface airfield.It was founded by William Gibbs (1910–2016). In 1950, the airport was renamed Montgomery Field in honor of John Joseph Montgomery, an aviation pioneer who, in 1884 to 1886, made the first manned, controlled, heavier-than-air flights in the United States from Otay Mesa, south of San ...

  8. Gillespie Field - Wikipedia

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    The last race was run in 2004, and the County started expansion of the airport onto 70 acres (28 ha) of this land in 2005. [7] [8] In 1971 the County Sheriff stationed ASTREA, a helicopter law enforcement base at the airport, and in 1993 the San Diego Aerospace Museum located its restoration operations and an exhibit at the field.

  9. Aeronautical chart conventions (United States) - Wikipedia

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    White space around the chart is filled with map information and the legend, scales, and tables of airport and airspace information. Terrain is color-coded for its elevation and major roads, cities, and bodies of water are shown for visual reference, as well as other identifiable structures (e.g., stadiums and water towers ).