Marina Municipal Airport (IATA: OAR, ICAO: KOAR, FAA LID: OAR) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Marina, a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It is owned by the City of Marina.[1]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Marina | ||||||||||
| Location | Marina, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 137 ft / 42 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°40′53″N 121°45′42″W / 36.68139°N 121.76167°W | ||||||||||
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The airport is on the former site of the Fritzsche Army Air Field, built in the early 1960s at Fort Ord, which closed in 1994.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
editMarina Municipal Airport has one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 3,483 x 75 ft. (1,062 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day, all of which were general aviation. There are 69 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 6% multi-engine, 3% helicopters and 4% ultralight.[1]
The Naval Postgraduate School, based in the nearby city of Monterey, has a Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (NPS/CIRPAS) at this airport.[2][3]
Skydive Monterey Bay conducts skydiving and parachuting activities on the south east side of the Marina Municipal airport. [4] [5]
In 2021, a manufacturing facility for Joby Aviation was approved at the airport.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for OAR PDF, effective 2007-07-05
- ^ a b Fritzsche Army Air Field at GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (official site)
- ^ "AirNav: KOAR - Marina Municipal Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Monterey Bay Skydive". www.seemonterey.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Final Environmental Assessment: Proposed Joby Aviation Manufacturing Facility at Marina Municipal Airport". City of Marina, California. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
External links
edit- Aviation Photos: OAR / KOAR - Marina Municipal (Fritzsche AAF)
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OAR
- AirNav airport information for OAR
- ASN accident history for OAR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OAR
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