Eagle Field (airport)
airport in California, United States of America
Eagle Field (FAA LID: CL01) is a privately owned, private use airport in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) southwest of the central business district of Dos Palos, a city in neighboring Merced County.
History
It was first activated on June 24, 1943, as United States Army Air Forces primary (level 1) pilot training airfield known as Dos Palos Airport. It was assigned to the USAAF West Coast Training Center (later Western Flying Training Command), operated under contract by Coast Aviation Corp. The airport had three turf runways, aligned 00/18 (1,900 feet); 09/27 (1,900 feet), and 13/31 (2,300 feet). It had several satellite airfields in the local area for emergency and overflow landings.
Hammond Auxiliary Field (location undetermined)
Vail Auxiliary Field (36°46′12″N 120°40′00″W)
Dos Palos Emergency Field (36°50′35″N 120°43′00″W)
Canal Field Auxiliary Field (36°56′34″N 120°47′20″W)
Mason Auxiliary Field (36°43′50″N 120°34′50″W)
Flying training was performed with Ryan PT-22s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. It was inactivated on December 28, 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers.
The base was then used as an aircraft storage depot for excess USAAF training aircraft, having UC-78s, PT-17s, Vultee BT-13/15, and AT-6 Texans.
The public source identifies “Eagle Field (airport)” as airport in California, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eagle, Field and airport.
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