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Chino Airport (IATA: CNO, ICAO: KCNO, FAA LID: CNO) is a county-owned airport about three miles southeast of Chino, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. [1] The Federal Aviation Administration 's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 classified it as a reliever airport , [ 2 ] due to its proximity to the ...
The Chino facility encompasses 176,000-square-foot (16,400 m 2) under roof and covers 10 acres (40,000 m 2). In addition to the display hangars, public access is permitted, on a supervised basis, to the main restoration hangar and boneyard where historic aircraft are in various stages of restoration.
Because of its pastoral setting and rural flavor, Chino was a popular site for Hollywood crews to shoot "Midwestern" settings. 1960s movies included Bus Riley's Back in Town starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks; [13] The Stripper, with Joanne Woodward; and the mid-1960s TV series Twelve O'Clock High, refashioning Chino's rural airport into a ...
In 1970, redevelopment of the airport at Ontario forced the museum to move again. The nonflyable aircraft became part of the "Movie World: Cars of the Stars and Planes of Fame Museum" in Buena Park, California, near Knott's Berry Farm, while the flyable aircraft moved to Chino Airport, about 30 mi (48 km) away. [3]
Formerly stored at Chino Airport, California. [23] RF-35 N217FR former Royal Danish Air Force AR-117, stored in the middle of the main airliner storage area at Mojave, California.(seen Nov 2015; appears in music video released 2017 [22]).
The airport was expanded in 1941 to help serve the needs of the United States military, [5] on 11 September 1941, when the City Council of Chico signed a lease with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (representing the War Department) for the use of 1,045 acres (4.2 km 2) of land at $1 per year with an option to buy. The city also provided all ...
Edward T. Maloney (May 21, 1928 – August 19, 2016) was an American aviation historian based in Southern California.. He assembled much of the collection of historic airframes displayed at the Planes of Fame Museum at Chino Airport, Chino, California.
The airport authority required the 5,000 ft (1,500 m) extension to ensure that cargo planes could depart fully loaded in summer heat. The longer runway was also required for the efficient use of the facility as the main transportation hub for the 70,000 troops a year traveling to and from the Army National Training Center at Fort Irwin.