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The airport was opened in September 1942 as Porterville Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a training base during World War II. It was a sub-base to Lemoore AAF, being used as a pilot training facility. Improvements to the site included a fueling system utilizing nine underground storage tanks.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California — the United States Army Air Forces (1941−1947) were active during and immediately after World War II. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Palmdale Army Airfield Desert Center Army Airfield Gary Army Airfield Rice Army Airfield Muroc Flight Test Base. Ontario Army Airfield, 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Ontario; 311th Army Air Force Base Unit Now: LA/Ontario International Airport (IATA: ONT, ICAO: KONT, FAA LID: ONT) Salinas Army Air Base, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Salinas
This is a list of airports in California (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport: Blytheville Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1946 [11] Arkansas International Airport: Bruning Army Air Field: Nebraska: 1942–1945: Mid-America Feed Yard Condron Army Airfield: White Sands Missile Range: New Mexico: 1945–2015: Drone operations [12] Courtland Army Airfield Alabama: 1942–1946 ...
Helm Field was used by Air Corps Basic Flying School, the AAF Basic Flying School, the AAF Pilot School, the 88th Air Base Squadron, the 3023rd Army Air Force Pilot School and the 461st Army Air Force Base Unit. The army closed Helm Field on October 15, 1844 and the Airfield was sold by the War Assets Administration. Helm Field was used as a ...
The United States has 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC). [1] They are operated by and are part of the Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation . An ARTCC controls aircraft flying in a specified region of airspace, known as a flight information region (FIR), typically during the en route portion of flight.
The City of Porterville has been awarded a federal grant for $4.44 million towards the rehabilitation of the Porterville Municipal Airport Taxiway. The grant has been awarded by the United States Department of Transportation through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), which provides grants to ...