Lost Hills Airport
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Lost Hills Airport (Template:Comma separated entries), also known as Lost Hills-Kern County Airport, was a public airport located Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of the central business district (CBD) of Lost Hills, in Kern County, California, United States. It was mostly used for general aviation. It was closed in March 2019.[1]
Facilities
Lost Hills Airport covered Script error: No such module "convert". and had one runway:
- Runway
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History
The airport was built as the Lost Hills Auxiliary Field or Lost Hills Field No. 7, a satellite airfield of Minter Field, a US Army World War II pilot training base. In 1942 the War Department received the free use of land from Jean Atkinson on November 5, 1942. The US Army added 288.26 acres more of free land, received from Standard Oil Company of California on August 30, 1943. The Army built a 5,000-foot runway and a 1,600-foot clay landing strip at Lost Hills Auxiliary Field. The 5,000-foot runway was used for training bomber pilots like the North American B-25 Mitchell and Lockheed P-38 Lightning. The Vultee BT-13 Valiant and Boeing-Stearman Model 75 were the most common planes used for training at Minter Army Airfield auxiliary fields. Lost Hills Auxiliary Field was closed on January 11, 1945, and became the Lost Hills Airport, a public airport.[2][3][4][5]
See also
- List of airports in Kern County, California
- Minter Army Airfield auxiliary fields
- California World War II Army Airfields
- California during World War II
- American Theater (1939–1945)
- Military history of the United States during World War II
- United States home front during World War II
References
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- ↑ militarymuseum.org, Lost Hills Auxiliary Field
- ↑ airport-data.com Lost Hills Airport
- ↑ militarymuseum.org Minter Army Airfield
- ↑ kerncounty.com, Airport planning
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External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for L84
- AirNav airport information for L84
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for L84